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The Audience – Lk 15 (4)

By HonorShame Posted on June 4, 2014 Posted in NT, Spirituality, Theology No Comments Tagged with Jesus, NT, prodigal son

As a piece of literature, the parable is rather strange…it has no ending! What happened with the older son? … the village celebration? …the family estate? We don’t know. The previous posts in the Lk 15 series are: The Prodigal, The …

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The Brother – Lk 15 (3)

By HonorShame Posted on May 29, 2014 Posted in NT, Shame, Spirituality, Theology 1 Comment Tagged with Jesus, NT, prodigal son

But just then, the older brother heard the music in the fields and walked into the village to investigate. The older brother asked a servant about the music, but getting him to explain was like pulling teeth. “Well sir…well sir… …

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The Father – Lk 15 (2)

By HonorShame Posted on May 26, 2014 Posted in NT, Relationships, Shame, Theology No Comments Tagged with Honor, love, NT, prodigal son, shame

Just as the community surrounded the younger son, the father came out of his house, jumped the hedge, and sprinted through the village, yelling, “My son! My son!” Everybody watched in shock. Everybody eyes were on the father now, not …

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The Prodigal – Lk 15 (1)

By HonorShame Posted on May 22, 2014 Posted in Culture, NT, Shame, Theology 3 Comments Tagged with love, NT, prodigal son, shame

A respected man was blessed with two sons. One day, his younger son says to him, “Father, give me the share of the property coming to me.” The father (should have) said, “WHAT ?!#?! I’m as good as dead to …

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How to Talk about Shame

By HonorShame Posted on February 18, 2014 Posted in Evangelism, Ministry, Shame 3 Comments Tagged with defilement, evangelism, objective shame, shame, testimony

How can you discuss shame? It is hard to talk about shame, particularly with unbelievers. It’s not the kind of thing people talk openly about. That is the nature of shame: it is hidden. However, it is only when …

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Set of 30 Bible Stories about Honor & Shame

By HonorShame Posted on January 25, 2017 Posted in Bible, Communication, Evangelism, Ministry, Missiology, Resources 5 Comments Tagged with bible, ministry, NT, OT, resource, story set

Biblical writers communicated God’s honor for the shamed through stories. Narratives recount how God saves his people from disgrace and displays honor.Here is a story set of 30 biblical narratives that address honor and shame. For a more complete list , …

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4 Benefits of Learning about Honor & Shame

By HonorShame Posted on January 5, 2017 Posted in Bible, Communication, Honor, Relationships, Resources, Shame, Spirituality, Theology No Comments Tagged with bible, ministry, relationships, resources, spirituality

Why learn about honor and shame? Here are four benefits.1. HermeneuticsI once saw a Turkish person read Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son (Lk 15). He read the opening verse about the son asking for his inheritance, closed the Bible, and declared, “That …

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The Blog of All Blogs (#100!)

By HonorShame Posted on July 30, 2015 Posted in Evangelism, Ministry, Resources, Theology 2 Comments Tagged with blogs, resources

To commemorate the 100th blog of HonorShame.com, I have written “The Blog of All Blogs”—literally. Here is a complete list of all previous blogs (minus a few event announcements). They are categorized by topic, allowing viewers easy access to the topics …

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Does God “Slut-Shame”?

By HonorShame Posted on July 15, 2015 Posted in Shame, Sin 1 Comment Tagged with repetance, shame, sin

Does God slut-shame? (FYI, “slut-shaming” means making someone, usually a woman or girl, feel inferior for deviating from traditional gender expectations, especially in areas of sexuality.) Here are some Bible verses similar to the language of slut shaming:You played the whore because …

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By HonorShame Posted on May 26, 2015 Posted in 1 Comment

This page shows all the blog articles posted at HonorShame.com. Also see the Top 10 posts of 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. For recommended resources, view here. And resources on patronage here. Resources From HonorShame.com 6 word clouds about honor & …

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10 Ways the Cross Atones for Shame

By HonorShame Posted on April 1, 2015 Posted in Missiology, NT, Theology 5 Comments Tagged with atonement, cross, death, Honor, Jesus, shame

Guest Mark Baker (Ph.D., Duke) is Professor of Mission and Theology at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary. Two of his books Recovering the Scandal of the Cross and Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross explore the saving significance of the cross. …

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Understanding 8 Traits of HonorShame Cultures

By HonorShame Posted on April 17, 2014 Posted in Culture, Ministry, Relationships 10 Comments Tagged with culture, food, gender, group, Honor, hospitality, patronage, shame

Honor and shame is the soil bed in which various cultural traits grow. In this post I mention eight cultural phenomena embedded in honor-shame values, and explain why those traits are associated with honor-shame. If you fail to understand the subsurface connection, …

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Why God Shamed Job

By HonorShame Posted on March 18, 2014 Posted in Honor, OT, Shame, Theology 3 Comments Tagged with Job, shame, theodicy

Job’s shame (previous post: “How God Shamed Job”) prepared him to learn a central point – God is the sole arbiter of honor, capable of honoring Himself and others as He chooses.This divine prerogative to honor (and shame) as He pleases is what …

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The Problem with Bruce Malina’s Cultural Frameworks

By HonorShame Posted on May 6, 2026 Posted in Bible 2 Comments Tagged with malina, methods

Dr. Melissa C. M. Tan (PhD., University of Aberdeen) wrote her doctoral dissertation on the methodology of Bruce Malina, the scholar who introduced honor-shame, patronage, and related anthropological categories to New Testament studies and even missiology. Forty-five years have passed …

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The 3D Gospel after 10 Years

By HonorShame Posted on February 9, 2026 Posted in Uncategorized 4 Comments

The 3D Gospel was published over 10 years ago. The initial idea was to create a two-page PDF handout. When it mushroomed into 70 pages, I thought, ‘Well, if I put it on Amazon, maybe a few people might buy …

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Shame-Conviction and Guilt-Conviction

By HonorShame Posted on November 16, 2022 Posted in Shame 8 Comments

Christopher Flanders (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is associate professor of missions at Abilene Christian University. He served as a missionary in Thailand for eleven years. This post is from his recent article This post is based on his article, “Bringing …

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Defending Shame

By HonorShame Posted on May 25, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized 3 Comments

Guest Dr. Te-Li Lau is an Associate Professor of New Testament at TEDS and author of Defending Shame: Its Formative Power in Paul’s Letters (Baker Academic, 2020), from which this post draws. We live in an age where many consider shame …

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Mercy in Honor-Shame Contexts

By HonorShame Posted on April 13, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Charles R. Harle (MS, Oregon State University) lived and taught ESL for a year in China then for 18 years worked with colleges and universities in China to recruit, train and place native English speaking ESL teachers. The Oxford Languages …

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“Shame” in the New Testament

By HonorShame Posted on March 16, 2021 Posted in NT, Shame No Comments Tagged with NT, shame

The New Testament uses a variety of words to speak about shame. This post discusses main three roots for shame. This first pie chart shows the various Greek terms behind the word “shame” in the NRSV. The primary NT word …

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Honor-Shame and Relativism: What Evangelicals Don’t Get about Donald Trump

By HonorShame Posted on March 3, 2021 Posted in Culture 11 Comments Tagged with relativism, trump

Guest Dr. Stan Nussbaum is an independent mission coach, researcher, and author. His latest project is SYNC. No culture is pure honor-shame, pure guilt-forgiveness, or pure power-fear. All are mixes and all change over time. American culture is a guilt-forgiveness …

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