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TGIF: Roundup for January 22, 2021

SOLA Network Editor Hannah Chao and I got together to talk about The Best Articles from SOLA Network 2020. Watch on YouTube. If you have an article or link to share, reach me on Twitter or Instagram.

Should all churches be multiethnic? Is there still a place for ethnic-specific churches? Moses Y. Lee spoke with Thabiti Anyabwile and Dr. Alexander Jun, and we will share their conversation on Monday. Watch a preview on YouTube.

Our first SOLA Network Magazine features our best articles from 2020. Read it online as a flipbook or as a PDF download for free. Read and subscribe to our monthly newsletter and see our most popular articles. For more of our faves, check out SOLA’s Hidden Gems of 2020.


Articles From Around The Web

1. Jay Y. Kim: Inaugurations and Image Bearing

“While many Christians might bear the name of Christ, it isn’t clear that they bear his image as their truest source of identity and allegiance.”

2. Vaneetha Rendall Risner: Has God Withheld Good from Me?

“Christians should never mistake fame, money, and health for the best things of God.”

3. Kevin DeYoung: We Must Find a Better Way to Talk About Race

“The simple, honest truth is that Bible-believing orthodox Christians are not setting a Spirit-infused example in how to talk about racial matters.”


Books, Podcasts, Music, And More

1. Brett McCracken: Three Habits Making Us Sick

Three particular dynamics of the information age that are making us foolish and sick: Too much, Too fast, Too focused on me.

2. TGC Q&A: How Do the Arts Help Us Learn and Grasp Scripture?

Josh Byers and Quina Aragon on the arts as a means of communication, Imago Dei, and more.

3. Aaron Lee: Related Works

Book Reviews: The God Contest by Carl Laferton and Catalina Echeverri; Evil and Creation by David Luy, Matthew Levering, and George Kalantzis. Commentary Review: Hebrews by Thomas R. Schreiner. Our TGIF playlist is available on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.


Featured This Week On SOLA Network

1. Thabiti Anyabwile, Alexander Jun, and Moses Y. Lee: SOLA Preview: Why Ethnic-Specific Churches are Still Important

“Being in ethnic-specific context is not only permissible, it’s actually quite necessary for a lot of Christians to receive the comfort and discipleship that that’s needed.”

2. Hannah Chao and Aaron Lee: The Best Articles from SOLA Network 2020

“I wanted to show that SOLA is here to equip Christians of all age ranges and on so many different topics.”

3. Daniel K. Eng: Tips for Reading and Teaching the Book of Ruth

“It is because of the lovingkindness of Christ that we who follow him can have a future.”

4. Hannah Chao: Remembering Dr. King’s Words from a Birmingham Jail

“We pray that his words will continue to challenge us as we fight for justice for and through the Gospel.”

5. TGIF: Roundup for January 15, 2021

10 Commitments for 2021 / Let’s Be Different in 2021. (But Not Like That.) / The Day We Saw the Capitol Fall

6. SOLA Network: TGIF Subscription

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General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors.