Archive for May 2014
Reflections on a Hit and Run accident I just experienced
“What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” I’m taking a little break from the “series” for a little reflection. It’s been a while since I have felt the feeling that our lives hang by a thread. I’m grateful to be alive, that I did…
Read MoreThe Four Spiritual Laws if it were written from an Eastern Perspective: Law 2
It’s well known that emotions tend to be suppressed in Asian culture. CNN has long reported that sharing weaknesses is “taboo” in Asian cultures. More recently, Sam Louie in his book “Asian Honor” describes “Soul Murder” where Asian adults “have lost their abilities to say no, articulate what they want, set boundaries, or even acknowledge feeling…
Read MoreThe 4 Spiritual Laws from an Eastern Perspective translated into Chinese
This is just a “teaser” slide. The complete Four Spiritual Laws in Chinese are found in the link below. Also below, I introduce my translator theologian friend, Xi-Wei Wu. We’ve worked together for about 10 years, and she wrote an explanation of the Gospel from the “ground up,” meaning it is much more contextual. I wrote…
Read MoreThe Four Spiritual Laws if it were written from an Eastern Perspective: Law 1
A disclaimer about these “4 laws”: Eastern culture. Laws. Those typically don’t mix well together culturally. Let me explain. When I first wrote this to present to Cru (formally Campus Crusade for Christ) in 2006 and 2007, I had no intention this this would ever be used for evangelism. Because although this is titled “4…
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