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TGIF: ROUNDUP FOR APRIL 23, 2021

I interviewed Dr. Michelle Ami Reyes about her new book, Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to Lasting Connections Across Cultures. We discussed her experiences as an Asian American woman, the fear around the issue of race, and how we can “become all things” for the sake of the gospel. Read my book review, and check out the video, audio, and article of our interview.

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ARTICLES FROM AROUND THE WEB

1. Daniel K. Eng: ‘I Call You Friends’: Jesus as Patron in John 15

“The role of Jesus’s friend is one of subordination, not equality. Eng makes the case that Jesus portrays himself as the greatest patron. Patronage best explains the saying, ‘No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends (15:13).’ Jesus’s ultimate sacrifice for subordinates makes his patronage greater than Caesar’s.”

2. Heidi Tai: Mother, Not Maker: On Relinquishing Control This Mother’s Day

“The pains of pregnancy have given me a new appreciation of the power of mothers and the strength of the female body, but more importantly, it has left me in awe of God’s creation power and unwavering strength.”

3. Jennifer Clark: ‘Minari’ Recognizes Those Who Have Sacrificed Much. So Can the Church.

“To serve those on the margins implies that we will open up our lives and stretch our comfort zones to understand those who are different from us.”

BOOKS, PODCASTS, MUSIC, AND MORE

1. Crossway Podcast: Surviving College with Your Faith Intact (Michael Kruger)

“Michael Kruger discusses what it takes for Christian college students to make it through college with their faith intact. He highlights the top intellectual challenges to biblical Christianity many students will face on a secular campus including unprecedented pressure to abandon the Bible's teaching on gender and sexuality, how Christians can take the heat out of controversial conversations with non-Christians by remaining humble and asking good questions, and he shares why it's so important for parents and churches to focus on worldview formation for young people before they arrive on campus.”

2. FCBC Walnut: The Quantity and Quality of Eternal Life (Hanley Liu)

“Eternal life is not a thing in and of itself. Man was created to live in perfect relation to our Eternal God--a relationship that was broken by sin. In this sense, eternal life is not about an infinite amount of time but about a reconciled relationship with our infinite and eternal God.”

3. Aaron Lee: Related Works

Book Reviews: Acts by Alabaster, Hymns of Note by William Long, Deliver Us: Finding Hope in the Psalms for Moments of Desperation by Michele Howe. Our TGIF playlist is available on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.

FEATURED THIS WEEK ON SOLA NETWORK

1. Michelle Ami Reyes: Maranatha: How to Hope Against Hate (Video)

“If we are to have any sort of way in which to taper ourselves against the discouragement of the world, it is to continue to say ‘Maranatha,’ come Lord Jesus.”

2. Aaron Lee: A Road Map To Becoming All Things: An Interview with Dr. Michelle Ami Reyes

“The way in which we choose to connect with folks across cultures will either represent Christ to them in a way that's inviting or in a way that will turn them away from the Gospel.”

3. Hannah Chao: Why Do We Work So Hard?

“If we are part of Christ’s kingdom, then we have an inheritance that can never be taken away.”

4. Soojin Park: Asian American Sisters, God Lifts Your Heads High

“Whatever the world’s distortions about my body and being, I know that all of me has been bought with the blood of Christ, that I fully belong to Jesus, and that my complete worth is found in him.”

5. TGIF: Roundup for April 16, 2021

Addressing Racism in Light of the Image of God / Finding Home, Finding Rest / Holy Ambitions: The Two Aims of Hudson Taylor’s Life

General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors.