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TGIF: Roundup For June 19, 2020

Our IGTV video library is now open and you can view 30 short interviews on a variety of topics.

Don’t forget to check out our Top Anti-Racist Resources for Asian American Christians and our “Race, Racism, and Jesus” playlist on YouTube.

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Articles From Around The Web

1. Andrew Lee: Standing Between White Privilege and Black Disprivilege – An Asian American Perspective

The author of this article recently retired as senior pastor of the Chinese Christian Union Church in Chicago, the largest Chinese church in the Midwest. Chris Javier wrote about this church in his SOLA article: Why My Chinese-American Church is Cleaning Up the Streets of Chicago.

2. Kevin Huang: A Compassionate, Counter-Cultural, Christian Response

“In conversations about race, too often we treat disagreement as evil, and we attribute the worst motives to those who disagree with us on complex issues. This is the way the world responds to disagreement, but Christians should be different.”

3. Catherine Parks: Esther Ahn Kim – Steadfast in Persecution

“She knew God was calling her to Japan, and she knew that to be beaten, starved, or killed would be better than to disobey him.”


Books, Podcasts, Music, And More

1. Rooted Ministry: Asian Americans and Racial Reconciliation

SOLA contributor Kevin Yi is featured with Clark Fobes. They share how Asian-Americans can reconcile their own racial identity, and how the Gospel compels us towards racial justice and to personal repentance.

2. Tabletalk: Columns from June 2020

“The June issue of Tabletalk The June 2020 features articles on the theme of the ordinary means of grace.”

3. Aaron Lee: Miscellaneous

Book reviews: The Commandment We Forgot, Set an Example, and The Character of the Christian by Tim Challies. Our TGIF playlist is available on Spotify, with new music from contributors Sarah Kang and Uzuhan.


Featured This Week On SOLA Network

1. Daniel K. Eng: 6 Movies on Disney+ For Discussing Biblical Values with Your Family

“With families spending time together at home, we have more opportunities to have fruitful conversations.”

2. Heidi Tai: How Long, Lord? A Prayer for Our World

“Through fire and flood, sickness, and suffering, you have shown us time and time again, that our earthly idols cannot save.”

3. Christina Li and Esther Wong: Repentance to Revival: How 2020 Can Transform Asian American Christians and Churches

“Have we as Asian American believers been too busy ‘building our own houses’ while the body of Christ ‘remains a ruin’ because we have not reached out and bridged ethnic and cultural divides to love one another?”

4. James H. Lee: Where Do We Go From Here? A Biblical Framework to Talk About Racial Reconciliation

“Covenantal ethics ascribe worthiness to others simply because they are created beings in the image of God.”

5. James Tang: How to Pray for the Youth in Hong Kong

“I still believe in the next generation because I believe in a God who is faithful to fulfilling His promises from generation to generation.”

6. TGIF: Roundup for June 12, 2020

In case you missed it: George Floyd and Me / Prayer is Activism / Conversations on Race: How We Can Be Beautifully Distinct

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