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 & shame in the Bible
• Honor & Shame 101-short explainer video
• Honor & Shame 201-a training video
• The Culture Test
• Back to God’s Village–gospel video
• Free Reference Bookmark
• Document: Global Insights for Ministry
• Spanish Resources
• Infographic: How Cultures Clash (B/W version)
• Document: 8 Guidelines for Fruitful Relationships
• 6 Learning/Teaching Exercises
• Set of 30 Bible Stories
• “Honor & Shame in God’s Mission“: A short summary article from Lausanne Global Analysis
• Videos from the 2017 Honor-Shame Conference, and here
• Interactive Map of Global Cultures
• Patronage 101 Video
• A Creation-to-Christ Story

From Others

• Infographic of Global Cultures by GMI/Mission Nexus
• JANGLED-a short evangelistic film by CRU
• Evangelism App from CRU
• Christianity Today cover story about Shame, by Andy Crouch
• Mission Frontiers issue “The Power of Honor”
• HonorEthics.org (an academic blogsite)
• A Fear-Power Gospel Video
• A Complete Picture of Salvation
• The gospel in 2 poems
• 6 great sermons on honor-shame
• “Honour & Respect” in African Study Bible

Culture

Global Cultures

• 5 rude things honor-shame cultures say
• 5 shameful things Westerners say
• 8 traits of honor-shame cultures
• Data on global culture types (results of The Culture Test)
• 5 kinds of honor-shame cultures
• The geography of shame: Eastern vs. Western
• Culture profiles: Ireland, Cambodia, Botswana, Haiti, Thailand, Kenya, Romania
• Hospitality in Afghanistan (a news story)
• Bibliography of honor-shame resources for Africa
• The Iraq War & ISIS Began with a Cultural Miscue

Western Culture

• 7 subcultures of shame in America
• 5 facts about Asian-American shame
• 2 ways social media fuels shame
• how black/blue/all “lives matter”
• Shame anxiety–the cost of unequal wealth
• Why Western theology neglects honor
• The Gospel for Western Shame
• How We’re Selling Honor
• Guilt-Innocence Cultures are W.E.I.R.D.
• 12 Proven Fact about Southern Honor Culture
• Microaggressions and American morality 
• The Rise of Shame in America
• 5 Reasons the West is Becoming Shame Based
• A Western Bias about HS Cultures
• 4 Problems with Guilt-Based Morality
• Fame-Shame Culture and Social Media

Islam

• ISIS-terrorizing, or shaming?
• The Gospel of ISIS
• Why Muslims Defend God’s Honor
• 9 Must-Knows for Muslim Ministry
• Why Honor Matters 
• Arab Notions of Honor

Anthropological Categories

• 5 rude things honor-shame cultures say
• 5 shameful things Westerners say
• Charlie Hebdo and Being Human 
• Individualism vs. collectivism
• Ascribed honor vs. achieved honor (LeBron touches princess!)
• “Limited Good” has limited good
• Who?, not What?—the key cultural distinction (part two)
• Guilt, shame, & fear—the 3 culture types explained
• The meaning of work in honor-shame cultures
• Honorism (not capitalism) as the key socio-economic system
• How honor-shame cultures dialogue (i.e., challenge-riposte)
• How most cultures think: “Honor > Life”
• Got Face? (an anthropology of “face”)
• 2 aspects of honor (inclusion and exaltation)
• 5 (Unwritten) Rules of Honor-Shame Cultures
• The 3 Kinds of Honor (Bad, Good, & Eternal)
• The 3 Sources of Honor (Loyalty, Purity, & Power)
• The 3 Dimensions of Honor (Status, Virtue, & Respect)
• A Definition for Honor-Shame Cultures: “Connection” (not “Violence”)
• Shame is “Difference”

Guilt-Shame-Fear Model

• The 3D Gospel: Updated and Revised
• Guilt-Shame-Fear in Secular Research
• 3 Problems with The Culture Test Results
• The Story Behind “The Culture Test”
• 3 In 1: Integrating Guilt, Shame, and Fear
• The Value of Cultural Models
• Guilt-Shame-Fear & Other Cultural Models
• The Meaning of “Shame”—A Short History
• The Guilt-Shame-Fear Paradigm—A Short History
• The Meaning of “Fear-Power”—3 Options
• A 4th Category of “Pain-Pleasure”?
• Is Africa “Power-Fear”…or “Honor-Shame”?
• 4 Practical Ways to Use The Culture Test
• Interactive Map of Global Cultures

Bible

Hermeneutics

• Top 10 verses about honor & shame
• Popular (Mis)quoted Bible verses (Phil 4:13; 1 Pet 5:7; Prov 3:5; John 14:6)
• The language of honor & shame in the Bible
• 6 places honor & shame hide in the Bible
• The mission of God–to honor people.
• The problem with your Bible—your own culture.
• Caution: Honor and Shame are Extreme!!

Old Testament

• In the beginning…honor (Gen 1-2)
• The Imago Dei as “God’s face” (Gen 1)
• The shame of original sin (Gen 3)
• The disgraced human family (Gen 4-11)
• The call of Abraham…to honor (Gen 12)
• Hagar & Sarah: A Struggle for Honor
• The Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah
• The meaning of Israel’s exodus 
• How OT sacrifices saved
• The Law is not legal
• Esther 1 (HSP)
• 20 honor-shame truths in the Psalms
• Honoring Covenant: Key to Psalms
• Psalm 23: An Honor-Shame Paraphrase
• 50 biblical Proverbs about honor & shame
• Theology of honor-shame in proverbs
• How God shamed Job
• Why God shamed Job
• Did Bathsheeba Seduce David?
• How David Sinned with Bathsheeba
• 3 Facts About Isaiah’s Suffering Servant
• God’s Face (OT theology)
• What is Your “Name”?
• Yahweh’s Counter-Cultural View of Honor & Shame
• The Real Problem with Suffering (aka, Israel’s Theodicy)

New Testament

• God’s New (Testament) Face
• Towards an “Honor Christology”
• The incarnation
• “In the Form of God” (Phil 2:6)
• 3 Aspects of Jesus’ Noble Birth
• Jesus’ Miraculous Healing Honor
• 7 Reasons Jesus Has Supreme Honor
• How Jesus’s teachings change honor codes
•  The prodigal son (Lk 15). Part one, two, three, & four.
• Jesus’ Death for Muslims
• Is Jesus an “Honored Ancestor” for Africans?
• The honor-shame gospel in Romans
• The meaning of Romans 3:23
• Paul’s honor-ethic in 1 Cor
• The Meaning of God’s Grace (Dr. Barclay on Galatians)
• The Apostolic Honor Code in 1 Peter
• 1 Peter 2, an Honor-Shame Paraphrase
• Honor-Shame in Jude & 2 Peter (Dr. Mbuvi)

Theology: Doctrines

• 8 Tips of Doing HS Theology
• Honoring Theology
•  Imputation (of Honor)
• Parkting in Glory (Dr. Ken Bailey)
• Hell
• Redemption
• Boasting/Self-Righteousness
• Communion
• Faith
• Grace
• Get Yourself Some Glory!
• The 4 Dimensions of Honor & Shame
• Theology of Honor and Shame (JWu)

Theology: Sin

• Does God Slut-Shame?
• Shaming as the essence of sin
• Sin & shame
• Sin as dishonor and shame
• How shame breeds sin
• Unthankfulness = Sin
• Can you shame God?
• Westerners Don’t Believe in Sin!

Theology: Salvation

• Does God shame Christians? Yes!
• 10 ways the cross atones for shame
• How Jesus Atones For My Shame
• Guilt, shame, & fear in the Bible
• One Gospel for Guilt, Fear, & Shame (J Wu)
• Becoming “Like Jesus” 
• Visualizing the Resurrection
• Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

Theology: History

• John Chrysostom: A Hermeneutics of Honor
• Anselm’s honor-shame atonement theory (and How to improve Anselm’s)
• The Reformation: 3 facts
• The Gospel of Honor….according to White, Southern Evangelicals
• Bonhoeffer’s theology on shame
• C.S. Lewis’ theology of honor
• AW Tozer: 11 Powerful Quotes
• What is God’s Glory?–Jonathan Edwards
• Honor & Wealth in St. Basil the Great

Ministry

Relationships

• 5 keys to relationships in honor-shame cultures
• How (not) to be an honoring guest
• Responding well to honor challenges
• How paying money honors, and shames
• Putting Honor into Action
• Restorative Justice: A Great Idea
• 3 Applications of Restorative Justice
• How Dignity Resolves Conflict
• How To Give…Without Shaming
• 5 Lessons from a Terrible Patron
• Cashmere—The Kyrgyz Honor (a BAM model)
• Giving Indirect Advice (a folktale)
• Guilt and Shame in Racial Reconciliation

Evangelism

• The Gospel…in 5 words
• How to broach shame in conversations
• A simple evangelism method (use relational metaphors)
• A Fear-Power Gospel Video (& More Resources)
• 3 Tips for Evangelism in Honor-Shame Cultures
• 6 Ways HS Makes Disciples (Not Converts), by Jackson Wu

General

• How to Confess Sins
• Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Bible college curriculum for honor-shame
• Worshipping God for removing our shame
• Redeeming authoritarian leadership
• How stories change honor codes
• Honor-shame in diaspora missiology
• How to despise shame
• How to demolish shame (the fruits of the Spirit)
• Christian discipleship: transforming the honor code
• An Answer for Addiction
• Honor & Patronage among Church Leaders
• How Christians Should Vote
• Teaching in honor-shame contexts: 5 tips
• Support-raising in HS contexts: 5 tips
• Confronting Theft
• Not Taking Revenge

Ethics

• Honorable Sexuality
• Shame and Transgender Issues
• Can Public Shaming be Good?
• The Morality of Patronage
• Top Ethics Books on Shame and Honor
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Shaming
• How to Shame Biblically

• An honor-shame research bibliography