By: Mark Petersen on June 7, 2018
Steve Tsang, in his well-written and comprehensive overview of modern Hong Kong history, reviews key events leading to the iconic and unconventional status of this bustling city-state. Emerging from fishing villages of China’s Pearl River Delta, the status of Hong Kong begins with the upheaval of 19th century colonial expansion. As the century progressed, Western…
By: Chip Stapleton on June 7, 2018
I ran out of room for what has become my customary blog title procedure, where I give part of the title and then add, ‘or . . . .’ The first part of the title was just too long this week. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t have an ‘or’, because I most definitely…
By: Dave Watermulder on June 7, 2018
In both style and substance, Steve Tsang’s in depth work, A Modern History of Hong Kong is well worth the read. Surveying the history of Hong Kong from 1842 with its founding as a “Crown Colony” in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Chinese War (also known as “The First Opium War”), Tsang traces the development of the…
By: Lynda Gittens on June 7, 2018
“Miriam-Prophetess and Sisters” http://www.asianchristianart.org/art_d’souza.html Author Chan explored the views, culture, philosophy, tradition, and theology of faith and beliefs in the Christian community. His discussions focused on how Asian Theology should be developed. He also included the views of other religions including the Muslim, Catholics, and Jewish. He stated that the Church and tradition need…
By: Jim Sabella on June 7, 2018
The Global Church is a fascinating topic. It is incredible how many expressions of Christian faith there are around the world. One would think that with all of the expressions of Christian faith that it would somehow weaken the faith. However, that is not the case. As we look at the world today and the…
By: Mike on June 7, 2018
Steve Yui-Sang Tsang’s Modern History of Hong Kong offers a perceptive 156-year historical look at how a small fishing port developed into the seventh largest stock exchange in the world while balancing the superpower influences of Imperial Britain and Communist China. Tsang has a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford and currently serves…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on June 6, 2018
Author, Simon Chan of Grassroots Asian Theology gave the best question we can be asking ourselves when evangelizing Christianity to the Asian culture: “what spiritual and intellectual resources of the Christian faith can we bring to bear on the Asian context such that an authentic Christian faith can be effectively communicated and received?”[1]Chan gives…
By: Shawn Hart on June 6, 2018
In Simon Chan’s work, “Grassroots Asian Theology,” the author touches deeply upon the need to not only understand the role that Christianity plays in Asian cultures, but also the impact that role may have already had on modern theology. Early on Chan discusses the two processes by which he will try to interpret Asian Theology:…
By: Katy Drage Lines on June 6, 2018
Focus on the (true) Family I have distinct memories growing up of my home being a Focus on the Family home. That is, my parents read James Dobson’s books on parenting, we went through Preparing for Adolescence together, listened to cassette tapes of Adventures in Odyssey, and newsletters from Dobson regularly arrived in our mail.…
By: Chip Stapleton on June 4, 2018
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By: Kyle Chalko on June 3, 2018
Grassroots Asian Theology by Simon Chan is a fun read for me. Having lived in Japan for three years as a child, currently working in a (formerly) Chinese congregation and about to become brother-in-law to a Filipino Chi Alpha Missionary, there was a lot of common interests. I was also drawn to the concept of…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on June 3, 2018
This week we read the book Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger. I am amazed at her grit, commitment and dedication the her calling as she ministered in the Walled City in Hong Kong. In reading chapter 10 “Try Jesus” I was captivated by her determination to reach the hardest and dangerous Chainwan drug lords.…
By: Kristin Hamilton on June 2, 2018
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By: Jason Turbeville on June 2, 2018
In his book Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking The Faith From The Ground Up, Simon Chan presents the reader with a challenge to see theology in a much different view than western churches do. In reading how Chan views theology, one senses a deep love of Christ and a desire for understanding just how theology can affect…
By: Trisha Welstad on June 1, 2018
Grassroots Asian Theology by Simon Chan may take on the assumption of a basic approach to faith in Asia until opening the text. Chan approaches the content from an academic perspective, and while he lays a strong foundation for the differences between Asian Christianity and other parts of the world, it is technically and theologically…
By: Jennifer Williamson on June 1, 2018
In his book Grassroots Asian Theology, Simon Chan explains that “healthy theological development requires holding together two processes in a healthy tension: ressourcement and aggiornamento.”[1] This statement caught my attention because I’m coming to believe that much of the Christian life is lived in healthy tensions. Justice and mercy. Faith and works. Spirit and truth.…
By: Chip Stapleton on June 1, 2018
Jackie Pullinger’s book, Chasing the Dragon: One Woman’s Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong’s Drug Dens is an engaging read that is at once heartening and disturbing as it manages to capture both the depth of human weakness and depravity as well as the incredible power of God’s love for us demonstrated first in and through Jesus…
By: Greg on June 1, 2018
“You are a criminal, you have committed a crime and need to confess.” While looking around to see if anyone heard you, they respond, “I am not a criminal, what crime have I committed? I am a good person in this community. Criminals should be lock away in prison and that is not me.”…
By: Kristin Hamilton on May 31, 2018
As someone who has prayed for the healing of my daughter for years, reading Jackie Pullinger’s Chasing the Dragon was bittersweet. I love stories of miraculous healing and lives lived in a deep faith that seems like insanity or naiveté to others. Pullinger tells such a story and it is breath-taking. With a boldness few…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on May 31, 2018
Faith, innovation, and grit are the key leadership character traits aptly used to describe Jackie Pullinger’s ministry in the Walled City of Hong Kong. Purposefully and passionately, she pursued the vision God placed on her heart about being a missionary. Faith – “the hope of things unseen…”[1] Her faith was remarkable as she relied on…
