...reading for anyone who hopes to understand the way Chinese people today understand the world around them. Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall by Margaret E. Roberts This book offers a...
...testimony, but we need to be on guard against the following phenomenon: turning living faith into dogma that leads to the development of rigid, spiritualized, political correctness in the church....
...professional culture are distinguished. If one compared many churches and organizations—whether in America or among the Chinese—on the level of management, I believe Willow Creek Community Church would be found...
...lack of pastoral ethics can be ranked among the top issues given the overall authoritarian political culture in which many churches are immersed. We also need to acknowledge that during...
...community to their peril. I resonate with the themes of this issue. They are so relevant to my own experience and, I believe, to the life experience of leaders throughout...
...read the original English version of Georges’s book, so I will only give a brief introduction to The 3D Gospel before highlighting aspects of the new translation. Summarizing Three Dimensions...
...week I cooked mapo tofu, one of the first dishes I ate when I moved to China. Silky tofu in a Sichuan spicy sauce with tender minced pork always seemed to be...
...at a Chinese High School (July 1, 2019, Sixth Tone) When I became the first Chinese student to medal at the International Philosophy Olympiad earlier this year, I realized how much I...
...can go. This need not be a cause for concern; what is essential is the sincerity of our offer. Interests Without a keen awareness of current government priorities and initiatives...
Featured Article Summer Censorship: Weibo Launches “Project Sky Blue” (July 6, 2019, What’s on Weibo) Earlier this week, the administration of Sina Weibo announced a special summer holiday crackdown on “vulgar content,”...
...I, we are. I know I need to prepare for the Big One but . . . Our government leaders took this opportunity to again remind us that it is...
...such conversations mentally rehashing what I could have said differently. How could I have explained and better connected Scripture to the context? Did I miss some cultural cue? Did I...