China

Since writing and submitting the series of posts (beginning here ) on the pervasive Christological confusion in China, I have received a communication confirming that my caution about attributing to our brother the view suggested by his assertions is well founded. As I muse in the final post of the...

This is the final post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed community (see parts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , and 9 and 10 and 11 ). Conclusion There may be ways to construe the supposed pre-existent humanity of Christ without...

This is the eleventh post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed community (see parts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , and 9 and 10 ). Seventh Statement: The "Unknown Humanity of God in Christ" "Until recent times," Veli-Matti...

This is the ninth post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed community (see parts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 and 8 ) Fifth Statement: Merely Functional Likeness Ironically, holding a univocal view of God's image (see part 8 ) leads...

This is the eighth post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed community (see part 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , and 7 ) Fourth Statement: The Recast Image of God Recast by the concept of Christ's eternal humanness (see part 5 ), the image...

This is the seventh post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed community (see part 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 and 6 ) . Third Statement: Incarnation as the Assumption of a Body (Alone?) Despite his apparent anthropological dualism, our...

This post is the second in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed Community (see part 1 here ). Context & Cause of the Current Confusion In one of the most fascinating developments in global Christianity today, many pastors and...

Editors' Note: This is the third and final installment of this series. You can access part one here and part two here. Part III: Church Development, Presbyterianism, & China The need for church development, so acute in China, exists wherever the gospel is bearing fruit. Indeed, the proper goal...

Editors' Note: This is the third and final installment of this series. You can access part one here and part two here. Part III: Church Development, Presbyterianism, & China The need for church development, so acute in China, exists wherever the gospel is bearing fruit. Indeed, the proper goal...

Part II: A Brief History of Christianity in China From the Christian point of view, the true center of world history is not money or political power but Jesus Christ, and the totalizing narrative of world history is the glory of God through the salvation of his people. In other words, under Christ...