This week featured a panel discussion on Understanding Spiritual Abuse in the Asian American Church, as well as my interviews with Soojin Park and Thomas Hwang. And Daniel K. Eng answered this question: Why does God sometimes close doors?
I rounded up our most viewed videos on Instagram, and you can find them all in our Most Popular YouTube Playlist. Our Featured playlist shows off some of our favorites, and you can also check out our videos with Authors and Artists.
Our monthly newsletter features our most popular resources. Read our July edition and join for free. Check out my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group and TGIF Playlist on Spotify. You can reach me on Twitter and Instagram.
We thank God for TGC, SOLA, KALI, and the inaugural Asian American Leadership Conference! We’ll be adding our videos to this playlist on YouTube.
Articles From Around The Web
1. Angela Lu Fulton: Saving Local Media Outlets Is a Way to Love Your Neighbor
“As Good News people, these Christians are fighting to revive community-centered journalism.”
2. Robert Cheong: 2 Overlooked Topics in Premarital Care
“God uses suffering to help believing couples grow in humility and dependence upon him, and in compassion and patience with one another.”
3. David Schuman: The Secret to Happiness
“If I spent one less hour per day meditating on my phone, and one more on God’s Word, I would almost certainly be happier.”
Check out our most viewed YouTube videos! Interviews, podcasts, conference messages, and more. You can also find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Ask Pastor John: Fighting for Faith in the Entertainment Age
In an age inundated with entertainment, how do Christians stay awake to the glory of Christ and help others do the same?
2. Crossway Podcast: 12 Key Tools for Bible Study (Lydia Brownback)
Lydia Brownback discusses 12 key tools for Bible study that all Christians can use—tools that will help us go deeper into the biblical text and understand the Bible’s life-giving message for ourselves.
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp, The King and the Dragon by James Shrimpton, A Candle Against the Dark by Robert M. Copeland & D. Ray Wilcox. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Check out our International Students series, focused on connecting international students with the gospel of Jesus Christ, featuring four articles by Karisa You.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Daniel K. Eng: On Closed Doors, and the Value of a Bible Atlas
Why does God sometimes close doors? God sometimes denies opportunities because he has a different outcome in mind. When we experience the frustration of closed doors, we can remember that God’s plan is better than ours.
2. Aaron Lee: Trends and Blindspots of the Asian American Church: An Interview with Thomas Hwang
Trends in the Asian American churches, reaching unchurched people, and blindspots of older and younger Asian American leaders.
3. Aaron Lee: The Blindspots and Beauty of the Complementarian Church: An Interview with Soojin Park
How to help women leaders feel heard, and encouragements and challenges to male leaders within the complementarian church.
4. Thomas Hwang: Understanding Spiritual Abuse in the Asian American Church
Soojin Park, Joanna Wong, and Jason Min discuss how churches can create a culture that guards against spiritual abuse and bring healing to those who have experienced it.
5. TGIF: Roundup for July 22, 2022
An unexpected field for ministry: Angolan students grow and share their faith at Chinese universities / A Doctor Shares the Secret to Dying Well / When God Calls a “Time-Out”
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