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ISIS – Terrorizing or Shaming?

By HonorShame Posted on September 17, 2014 Posted in Culture, In The News, News, Shame 16 Comments Tagged with Islam, news, politics, shame, terrorism

Guest blogger Colin E. Andrews has lived in Central Asia for 10 years and Southeast Asia for 4 years. The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) has been in the headlines for months now. Western journalists and governments have …

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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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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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Worshiping God For Salvation From Shame

By HonorShame Posted on June 12, 2014 Posted in Culture, Ministry, Shame 2 Comments Tagged with culture, shame, worship

God has saved us from shame unto honor, we are called to worship our Great Patron and Exalt-er. But how exactly? Most public worship and liturgies emphasize confession of transgressions and assurance of pardon/forgiveness, perpetuating the guilt-innocence theological paradigm. But …

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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 Stories Change Honor Codes (I)

By HonorShame Posted on April 24, 2014 Posted in Communication, Culture, Evangelism, Shame, Spirituality 3 Comments Tagged with honor code, narrative, shame, story

A friend Kent got in a taxi to travel between two Central Asian cities. In the car with him were the (male) driver, and two other men. Then a young girl was placed in the final seat by her father, …

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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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How to Despise Shame

By HonorShame Posted on April 2, 2014 Posted in Ministry, Relationships, Spirituality 2 Comments Tagged with Despising shame, shame

What did Jesus do to shame? He despised it. “For the joy set before Him, (Jesus) endured the cross, despising the shame.” (Heb 12:2)de●spise – to intensely dislike, to regard with contempt.Though shame threatens to make us despicable, we must declare shame despicable. …

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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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How God Shamed Job

By HonorShame Posted on March 11, 2014 Posted in OT, Shame, Theology 8 Comments Tagged with God, Job, shame, theodicy

What did Job really suffer? Is the book of job Job about the loss of wealth and health, livestock and children, or something more? I suggest Job suffered primarily shame and social humiliation. And through that shame, God wanted to demonstrate …

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How HS Cultures Dialogue (II)

By HonorShame Posted on March 3, 2014 Posted in Communication, Culture, Ministry, Relationships, Shame No Comments Tagged with communication, honor challenge, shame, verbal jousting

How do we as Christians respond to verbal duels for honor? The previous blog introduced ‘verbal jousting’; this blog explores practical ‘fencing moves’ for Christian workers in HonorShame contexts. Once I learned about verbal jousting, I recognized it often (especially …

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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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