Honor, Shame, and the Gospel: Reframing Our Message and Ministry

An Honorific Gospel: Biblically Faithful & Culturally Relevant...Christians engaged in communicating the gospel navigate a challenging tension: faithfulness to God's ancient, revealed Word—and relevance to the local, current social context. What if there was a lens or paradigm offering both? Understanding the Bible—particularly the gospel—through the ancient cultural "language" of honor—shame offers believers this double blessing.

In Honor, Shame, and the Gospel, over a dozen practitioners...