This Advent season, four authors will walk us through these four names of Christ from Isaiah 9:6 in a short series of devotionals. Beginning on December 2, entries will be published weekly until Christmas. You can look for them at the start of each week on our blog as well as compiled in an online magazine. Faith Chang wrote our first installment: Advent: Wonderful Counselor.
In case you missed it, SOLA Network is excited to co-host an inaugural Asian American Youth Workers Training Day with Rooted Ministry. Steve Chang, Hanley Liu, Monica Kim, Clark Fobes, and a handful of other familiar faces will lead workshops and panels with attendees throughout the day. The Conference will take place on March 15, 2025 at Living Hope Community Church in Brea, California from 9AM to 5PM. Learn more.
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Aaron Lee, Editorial Curator
Enter our giveaway! Thanks to IVP for providing, in partnership with @diveindigdeep, SOLA Network, and FCBC Walnut. 1 winner will receive these excellent books! Links open to my reviews:
- Land of My Sojourn: Have you been burned out by the church? In Land of My Sojourn, Mike Cosper powerfully unveils the landscape of a faith that has been both lost and found.
- Light Unapproachable: Is it possible to truly know God? In Light Unapproachable, Ronni Kurtz writes on divine incomprehensibility and the task of theology.
- Great to Good: Does God want us to be great or good? In Great to Good, Jae Hoon Lee compellingly shows how following Jesus reshapes our ambitions.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Hannah Nation: What One Chinese Pastor Can Teach You About Suffering Faithfully
Wang quietly embodied so much of what I hear Christians in America today trying to figure out.
2. Yi Ning Chiu: Like & Subscribe for Eternal Life
Salvation through the internet.
3. Geoff Chang, Isaac Pang: Thanksgiving: Always and for All Things
The fire of thanksgiving should warm us through the coldest and darkest winters. And thanksgiving will be our joy for all eternity.
Will you join us in embracing the call for the Asian American Church? The collective voices in our new book argue that there is underappreciated beauty, diversity, joy, benefit, and place for the Asian American church. Asian American leaders need to joyfully embrace the call to serve the Asian American church, not only for the emerging generation but for the broader church. Find a sample, links to purchase, and a free discussion guide at sola.network/book.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. The Heart of Pastoring Podcast: Episode 9: Reading
Why should reading be a priority for every pastor? How do you incorporate the need to learn and grow this way during seasons of intense busyness and lack of margin? In this episode, Jared Wilson and Ronnie Martin resume their exploration of the pastoral wisdom practices by talking about their own reading histories and habits, and how every pastor ought to invest in his ongoing development and discipline by committing to read.
2. Let All Peoples Praise the Lord: Missions Conversation with John Piper
Thirty years after the publication of ‘Let the Nations Be Glad!’ John Piper answers questions on Christian Hedonism and the Great Commission.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: Conceived by the Holy Spirit by Rhyne R. Putman, Motyer By the Day: A Psalms and Isaiah Devotional Collection by Alec Motyer. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Our Books and Reviews page is your one-stop resource for all of your reading needs. It features Asian American authors and issues, recommendations, and interviews.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Aaron Lee: Open Your Eyes: A Book Review of Wonders from Your Law
Where are the connection points as your read through God’s Word? In Wonders from Your Law, Kevin S. Chen explains nexus passages and the promise of an exegetical intertextual Old Testament theology.
2. Monica Kim: De-stigmatizing Clinical and Professional Counseling for Teenagers
Addressing teens’ mental health is both a pressing and complex issue, one that requires faith, courage, and humility through the grace of God in Christ Jesus from both parents and the church. Recognizing the barriers—such as shame, wariness of worldly influences, a tendency to “wait and see,” and concerns about costs—can help parents and churches to press even more into the mercy and compassion of God that can be available through professional counseling.
3. SOLA Network: Giving Tuesday
Ultimately, your generosity will go a long way to help us achieve our vision of reaching the emerging generation and those who lead them, with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
4. Faith Chang: Advent: Wonderful Counselor
It is only through the eyes of humble faith that we will see the wonderful counsel of God in the birth of Christ. So may it be in submission to a wisdom far beyond our own that we prepare our hearts this season.
5. TGIF: Roundup for November 29, 2024
Pilgrim at Plaster Creek / Praying the Psalms / Illustrating the Incarnation / A Wondrous Mystery / The Penguin’s Perilous Path
6. SOLA Network: TGIF Subscription
Get our TGIF installments delivered straight to your inbox for free every Friday. Join today so you never miss out.
General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors. Header image by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash.