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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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5 Shameful Things Westerners Say

By HonorShame Posted on September 16, 2015 Posted in Communication, Culture, Ministry, Relationships, Shame 6 Comments Tagged with culture, relationships, shame, West

Readers enjoyed Colin E. Andrew’s earlier post “5 Rude Things Honor-Shame Cultures Say.” In this post, he turns the tables. Here are 5 “rude” things Westerners say, even when trying to be polite. 1. “My friend!” “Hey Rafshan! This is my …

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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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Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse

By HonorShame Posted on July 1, 2015 Posted in Culture, Ministry, Resources 2 Comments Tagged with abuse, ministry, shame

Sexual abuse creates in people a deep sense of shame and a warped sense of honor. Because the issue is so globally pervasive, I suspect you’ll find this interview informative for ministry. Anthony has lived in a Muslim country for 20+ …

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God’s Face

By HonorShame Posted on June 3, 2015 Posted in Culture, OT, Shame, Theology 5 Comments Tagged with cain, face, God, OT, shame

Christian workers will never eliminate social face, nor should they attempt to. A better approach to “face” is to reorient cultural face around God’s face. Fortunately, the Bible has much to say about face; it is a significant concern for …

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Got Face?

By HonorShame Posted on May 27, 2015 Posted in Communication, Culture, Shame, Theology No Comments Tagged with culture, face, Honor, ministry, shame

Imagine if I showed you this picture, and said, “Here is a picture of my daughters. Aren’t they adorable?”Why wouldn’t that work? Our physical face is how other people know and recognize us. Our public identity is intimately connected with our …

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Yes, I Do Believe in Sin.

By HonorShame Posted on May 13, 2015 Posted in Culture, Shame, Sin, Theology 7 Comments Tagged with shame, sin, theology

I often hear this, “Your ideas about shame are helpful, but what about sin?” People assume that since I talk about God’s salvation from shame, that I don’t believe much about sin (which is a rather curious assumption IMO). So …

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Culture Profile: Ireland

By HonorShame Posted on May 6, 2015 Posted in Culture, Shame 1 Comment Tagged with Culture Profile, Ireland, shame

Guest blogger Roy Angle has lived and worked in Dublin, Ireland for 12 years. Though it may surprise people, honor and shame play unique roles in Irish culture, due in part to Ireland’s Latin roots.What does honor and shame look …

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What the Bible Says About Honor & Shame

By HonorShame Posted on April 8, 2015 Posted in Culture, Honor, Resources, Shame, Theology 2 Comments Tagged with bible, Honor, resource, shame

This posts explains (almost) everything the Bible says about honor and shame, which is a fair amount. Instead of being a book or article, it is three pictures…technically, word clouds. The concepts of honor and shame extend far beyond the words …

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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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Bonhoeffer’s Theology of Shame

By HonorShame Posted on February 19, 2015 Posted in Culture, Shame, Theology 9 Comments Tagged with bonhoeffer, history, shame, theology

Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45) speaks about shame in his book Ethics. Bonhoeffer’s unflinching zeal and brilliant mind generated great reflections on the topic of shame, which I’ve summarized in five points below. 1-Shame is the result of disunion/estrangementPeople perceive their …

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VBS is Shame-less (Individualism vs. Collectivism)

By HonorShame Posted on January 28, 2015 Posted in Communication, Culture, Ministry 1 Comment Tagged with culture, individualism, shame

My dear three-year old came home from Vacation Bible School eager to show me her activity poster (below). I read it, and complimented her work. Then as any good father would, I sat her down to explain the individualism of …

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Mission Frontiers Issue on Honor/Shame

By HonorShame Posted on January 2, 2015 Posted in Honor, Ministry, Resources, Shame No Comments Tagged with Honor, resources, shame

The current issue of Mission Frontiers “The Power of Honor” covers the topic of honor & shame. This journal from Frontier Ventures (formerly U.S. Center of World Missions) contains two lead articles from myself (“The Gospel the World is Waiting For“) and …

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Top Honor/Shame Blogs of 2014

By HonorShame Posted on December 29, 2014 Posted in Honor, Ministry, Missiology, News, Resources, Shame, Theology 1 Comment Tagged with shame

To celebrate the New Year, here are the top blogs posts (based on comments and views) from 2014. 8. Why Western Culture Neglects Honor & Shame – Learn why Western civilization is shameless. 7. 6 Places Honor & Shame Hide in …

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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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The Disgraced Human Family (Gen 4-11)

By HonorShame Posted on October 22, 2014 Posted in OT, Shame, Sin, Theology No Comments Tagged with bible, Gen 1-12, OT, shame, sin, theology

After the fall of Adam and Eve, the storyline of Genesis reads like a season of Arrested Development (or any other sitcom about a dysfunctional family) – a series of episodes featuring the human family’s disgrace and dysfunction. Humans sense …

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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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