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How Jesus Atones For My Shame

By HonorShame Posted on November 11, 2015 Posted in Honor, NT, Shame, Spirituality, Theology 6 Comments Tagged with asian, atonement, shame, spirituality, theology

Guest Mako A. Nagasawa is a campus minister at Harvard and Boston College with the New Humanity Institute, and founding director of New Humanity Institute.“Don’t you know how much I sacrificed for you???” Those words shaped my sense of self, …

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5 Facts about Asian-American Shame

By HonorShame Posted on September 23, 2015 Posted in Culture, Relationships, Resources, Shame, Spirituality 1 Comment Tagged with asian-american, counseling, shame

Sam Louie (M.A., Clinical Psychology) is a therapist and speaker near Seattle, WA. He published Asian Shame and Addiction and Asian Honor, and blogs at Psychology Today.As a therapist specializing in shame and addictions within the Asian-American culture, here are 5 …

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Can a Truck Make You Handsome?

By HonorShame Posted on August 26, 2015 Posted in Culture, Honor, Spirituality 2 Comments Tagged with America, culture, honor code

In case the previous three posts (Appiah video, Jesus’ teaching, discipleship in 1 Peter) did not clarify the idea of “honor code,” this Chevy truck commercial surely will. They show pictures of the same exact guy, one with a truck and the other …

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The Apostolic Honor Code (1 Pet)

By HonorShame Posted on August 19, 2015 Posted in Culture, Honor, NT, Spirituality 6 Comments Tagged with 1 peter, discipleship, ethics, honor code, NT

How does God’s Kingdom reshape morality and ethics in honor-shame contexts?The most common proposal for Christian’s ethics in shame-based contexts is something like, “People should not care about other people’s opinions, but just do what is right. Get rid of all vestiges …

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He is Greater! (worship video)

By HonorShame Posted on August 17, 2015 Posted in Spirituality 2 Comments Tagged with worship spirituality

The last couple of days I’ve been wrestling with the voices of shame. God has used Romans 8 and the worship video “Greater” by MercyMe to realign my heart. I suspect others need to get back in step with The One True Drumbeat. Here are …

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Do You Want to Change the World?

By HonorShame Posted on August 5, 2015 Posted in Culture, Honor, Relationships, Spirituality No Comments Tagged with culture, ethics, honor code, ministry

“Honor is very important in bringing about change in the world.” If you want to bring about change in the world, I suggest this engaging 3 ½ minute video “The Honor Code” with Princeton professor Anthony Kwame Appiah.In his book …

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God’s New (Testament) Face

By HonorShame Posted on June 10, 2015 Posted in Culture, Honor, NT, Spirituality, Theology No Comments Tagged with face, God, Honor, Jesus, NT, salvation

“I will never again hide my face from them, when I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.” (Ez 39:29). New Covenant saints behold the face of God as never before.The knotty passage of 2 Cor …

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Worshipping God for Removing Shame

By HonorShame Posted on November 20, 2014 Posted in Communication, Honor, Shame, Spirituality, Theology 2 Comments Tagged with Honor, shame, spirituality, worship

I spent last weekend with ethnic pastors worshipping God for His salvation for shame. It was an amazing time! We gathered church leaders from 8 different ethnic congregations (including Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, and multi-ethnic English) to discuss …

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New book: THE 3D GOSPEL

By HonorShame Posted on November 13, 2014 Posted in Communication, Culture, Evangelism, Honor, Ministry, Missiology, News, NT, OT, Relationships, Shame, Sin, Spirituality, Theology 1 Comment Tagged with 3D Gospel, fear, guilt, ministry, missiology, shame, TheCultureTest, theology

Learn how the gospel speaks to all cultures. Western theology emphasizes legal forgiveness of sins, but people in the Majority World seek honor or spiritual power. In today’s globalized world, Christians need a three-dimensional gospel. Learn how the Bible speaks to cultures …

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7 Subcultures of Shame in America

By HonorShame Posted on October 1, 2014 Posted in Culture, News, Relationships, Shame, Spirituality 1 Comment Tagged with America, shame, subculture

Shame is a dominant moral emotion in many pockets of American society. These subcultures use public praise and scorn to regulate behavior. In such groups, a person’s reputation is determined by their ability to meet the group expectations, the unwritten …

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The Cost of (Unequal) Wealth

By HonorShame Posted on September 10, 2014 Posted in Culture, Honor, In The News, Relationships, Shame, Spirituality 3 Comments Tagged with economic inequality, shame, status anxiety

The facts are in regarding economic inequality. It exists!In America, the top 1% own 33% of the wealth in America, the next 9% own another third, and the bottom 90% of Americans own the final 33% of wealth. (The bottom …

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Work & Vocation in Honor-Shame Cultures

By HonorShame Posted on September 3, 2014 Posted in Honor, Spirituality 4 Comments Tagged with ethnicity, Honor, vocation, work

This post was originally published at the Washington Institute‘s Missio blog. Is our work sacred? Does God “see” what you and I do from 8am – 5pm? Beyond the paycheck, do our jobs mean something? In our ever secularized world, contemporary Christians …

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How Paying Money Honors (and Shames)

By HonorShame Posted on August 27, 2014 Posted in Culture, Honor, Ministry, Missiology, Relationships, Spirituality 1 Comment Tagged with Honor, money, payment

Does Paying Money Honor or Dishonor?In 1969, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their All-Star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Phillies. During the days before free agency, MLB players were owned by one team for life. Instead of reporting to …

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Another FREE BOOK, and HS Missiology

By HonorShame Posted on August 15, 2014 Posted in Ministry, Missiology, Spirituality, Theology No Comments Tagged with dignification, Honor, missiology, promo, shame

WIN ANOTHER FREE BOOK! We are doing one more promotional book giveaway. Last week’s winners of Misinterpreting Scripture were Clive of Chicago, who learned of @HonorShame on Twitter from Mike in Long Beach. This week’s book is Shame Interrupted: How God …

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How Authoritarian Leaders Could Lead

By HonorShame Posted on July 23, 2014 Posted in Culture, Spirituality 8 Comments Tagged with Honor, leadership, power

Guest blogger Arley Loewen (Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies) has lived in Afghanistan and published several books, including a short novel, where he explores honor-shame themes. He now directs an international media project and teaches leadership seminars, through which he analyzes …

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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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How Stories Change Honor Codes (III)

By HonorShame Posted on May 6, 2014 Posted in Culture, Ministry, Missiology, Relationships, Spirituality No Comments Tagged with discipleship, honor code, narrative, story

The two previous posts “How Stories Change Honor Codes” (here and here) examine how narratives can subvert and reorient a person’s honor code. We talked about honor codes in the general and abstract. How can they, on the whole, be reoriented …

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How Stories Change Honor Codes (II)

By HonorShame Posted on April 29, 2014 Posted in Ministry, Spirituality No Comments Tagged with discipleship, honor code, narrative, story, worldview

A “code of honor” or “honor code” is the socially-shared value system defining what and who is honorable or shameful. (In American English, ‘honor code‘ typically refers to an pledge of academic honesty and integrity, but I use the term more philosophical and ethically, …

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