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Articles From Around The Web
1. Hannah Nation: Chinese Pastors Can Teach You What John Calvin Can’t
“We have more cultural proximity to Christians around the world today than we do to Calvin or Luther.”
Related: Witness the Work of God: A Book Review of “Faithful Disobedience” by Aaron Lee
2. Brett Rayl: Pray Kingdom Prayers: Three Requests We Often Neglect
“If we want to see unreached peoples reached, we need to pray with impudent persistence.”
Related: Bread for 100,000 Children: The Prayer Life of George Muller by Karisa You
3. David Schuman: How to Hold On to Faith When 2023 Gets Tough
“With persecution and false teaching tugging at us, we must continue on the same old path.”
Related: Don’t Follow Your Heart by Davd Schuman
In case you missed it, you can find all of our Advent Devotions on Substack!
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Dive In Dig Deep: Asian American Worship Leaders
King of My Heart (Kairos Church) / Build My Life (All Nations Community Church) / Ever Be (Bethel Grace Church) / Good, Good Father (Tapestry Church)
2. Thomas Kidd: Charles Spurgeon the Pastor
An interview with Geoff Chang about his new book Spurgeon the Pastor: Recovering a Biblical and Theological Vision for Ministry (B&H, 2022).
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Spurgeon the Pastor by Geoffrey Chang, The Shadow of Christ in the Book of Lamentations by C. J. Williams, Like Me by Laura Wifler. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
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Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Daniel K. Eng: How Olympians Nathan Chen and Zhu Yi Remind Me of My True Hope
“With the constant experience of not belonging, I am reminded that my hope is not in American society. I am reminded that my hope is not in my ancestral culture either. In fact, my hope is not in this world at all.”
2. Thomas Hwang: Spiritual Abuse: Why the Church Needs to Talk About This Problem
“While the world is fallen and broken by sin, the church is supposed to be a city on a hill where the broken and heavy-laden can find rest.”
3. Moses Y. Lee: The Generational Healing of “Turning Red”: An AAPI Christian Perspective
“Turning Red isn’t encouraging the pursuit of our hedonistic desires; it’s about rightly framing our individuality while appropriately bringing honor to our parents, our traditions, and perhaps even our faith.”
4. Hannah Chao: Introducing the 2022 SOLA Network Magazine
“One of my favorite projects at SOLA Network is our yearly magazine. In it, we feature some of the best articles of the year. It captures the breadth and depth of our work, and it is a great way to celebrate the great articles we published this year.”
5. TGIF: Roundup for January 6, 2023
Don’t Lose Heart / How Guilt and Shame Can Bring Us Closer to God / In Christian Publishing, ‘Platform’ Is Being Weighed and Found Wanting / Everything Everywhere & First Love / Small Group Leading
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