Our monthly newsletter highlights our most popular resources, and our September issue is set to be sent out this evening. Read the previous edition and subscribe.
In case you missed it, find our recent interviews with author, professor, and Ph.D. candidate Daniel Eng, speaker and author Trillia Newbell, and Letters for Black Lives translator Joyce Kang.
In the coming weeks, be on the lookout for new articles by Community of Faith Bible Church Pastor Bobby Scott and an interview featuring Anacostia River Church Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile. Do you have a link or article to share? Reach me on Twitter or Instagram.
Articles From Around The Web
1. James Rutherford: What We Can Learn from John Chau
“The question Chau’s life poses for us is: have we counted the cost of following Jesus and shaped our lives around his mission or have we gotten a little too comfortable with the ways and perspectives of this world?”
2. David Schuman: What 1 Corinthians 7 Says About Desertion and Divorce
“You never deserve abuse, no matter what you have or haven’t done. Your partner may try to make you think you’re to blame, but the Word of God insists otherwise.”
3. Steven Lee: Embodied Creativity: Delighting in God Through Diversity
“We cannot allow our ethnicity to be a source of division. Christ’s blood is too precious and his work too great.”
4. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra: From Killing Fields to Harvest Fields: Why Christianity Is Growing in Cambodia
“They didn’t start with sermons on Paul’s letters or on the so-called four spiritual laws. The people couldn’t even understand the questions: Who is God? What does that mean? What does sin mean? Instead, the missionaries told stories.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. FCBC Walnut: God Gives More Grace
God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Here is a 3-minute sermon excerpt from Kevin Quan, the youth minister at my home church, FCBC Walnut.
2. NewStory Church: The Blessing
The first time I heard multiple languages from the nations featured during worship was when I went to the Urbana Student Missions Conference with my brother when we were in college. This beautiful arrangement, along with the spoken word portion in the bridge, is perfect coming from one of my favorite music ministries in Los Angeles.
3. Aaron Lee: Miscellaneous
Book Reviews: Exodus Old and New by L. Michael Morales; Alabaster Bibles, 2nd Edition – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Our TGIF playlist is available on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Sophia Lee: Popsicle Philosophy: Remembering What We Have in Common
“Stripped of all our hurts and wounds, our politics, our selfishness and stubbornness, we all naturally yearn to love and be loved.”
2. Fred Mok: How Asian Americans Misunderstand Shame
“Jesus undoubtedly suffered shame and the ultimate end of his suffering was to heal and cover the relational rift caused by humanity’s tragic misalignment with God’s values.”
3. Yvonne Cha: Why I Chose Seminary Even Though I’m Not Going to be a Pastor
“Maybe I won’t be a pastor, but how can I know how God might use my seminary education in the future?”
4. Jimmy Roh: “That You May Believe”: Tips for Reading John
“In John, ‘believing’ goes beyond mere intellectual assent and requires putting one’s trust in Jesus.”
5. TGIF: Roundup for September 18, 2020
In case you missed it: Moving from Programs to a Culture of Discipleship in an Immigrant Church / How the Psalms Teach Us Contentment / Becoming a Man with C.S. Lewis – Lessons from His Teenage Wanderings
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General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors.