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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · 8d
In honor of International Translation Day yesterday: Check out
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Christianity Today provides thoughtful, biblical perspectives on theology, church, ministry, and culture on the official site of Christianity Today Magazine.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · 10d
Yoichi Fujiyabu has spent three decades sharing God’s love to people who want to end their lives.

From Kazusa Okaya in Shirahama, Japan:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/japa...
The Pastor Who Rescues People from Japan’s ‘Suicide Cliff’ - Christianity Today
Yoichi Fujiyabu has spent three decades sharing God’s love with people who want to end their lives.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · 15d
Out on @christianitytoday.com this month: A personal essay by writer Ann Harikeerthan on growing up at a leprosy hospital in Vellore, India, and what that taught her about communal healing and restoration:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/lepr...
What I Learned Living Among Leprosy - Christianity Today
My 16 years at a rural hospital in India showed me what healing and restoration in Christian community look like.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Sep 3
“The largest obstacle to evangelism in Japan may be a deeply internalized identity of ‘Japaneseness,’ which is inevitably entangled with a Shinto worldview,” evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi says.

More @christianitytoday.com:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/shin...
Missions and Evangelism in a Shinto-influenced Culture - Christianity Today
"We must avoid both excessive fear and uncritical sentimentalism of Shinto," evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi argues.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 29
Although institutional Shinto is declining, Japanese people still have a Shinto-influenced worldview which makes it difficult for them to ascribe to Christianity’s exclusive claims, says evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi @christianitytoday.com:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/shin...
Christianity and Shinto - Christianity Today
Japanese believers must be wary of falling into syncretism again, evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi warns.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 28
Can Shinto be considered Japan's "national religion"? How did Christians in Japan respond to State Shinto, which revered the emperor as a supreme being? Find out more @christianitytoday.com:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/shin...
Shinto’s Historical and Contemporary Influences on Japanese Society - Christianity Today
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi shares how Shinto influenced the development of emperor worship and the ways Christians responded.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 26
“One defining characteristic of Shinto is its emphasis on ritual purity and harmony with nature. But this notion of purification differs considerably from the Christian concept of holiness before God.”

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/shin...
Shinto’s Key Teachings - Christianity Today
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi explains why Japan's indigenous religion lacks a transcendent notion of God.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 26
I shared more about how this story took shape in @christianitytoday.com's daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free:

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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 26
NEW @christianitytoday.com: Kazusa Okaya interviews Japanese evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi on the nature of Shinto, its development in Japan, its interactions with Christianity, and its implications for evangelism in the country.

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/shin...
What Christians Should Know About Shinto - Christianity Today
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi on the indigenous religion's key teachings, its historical development, and ways to evangelize effectively in Japan.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 22
"Women are grieving real children whom they carried in their bodies, and we address them as if they have merely lost an aspiration. But God does not view preborn babies this way." -- Brittany Lee Allen
I Lost Three Babies in a Year. No One Knew What to Say. - Christianity Today
Christian misconceptions around miscarriage are not new, but need to change.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 20
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/chin...
China’s Quiet Revival, One Handwritten Bible Verse at a Time - Christianity Today
A church sought 1,200 participants when it launched a Scripture-copying initiative. Millions of believers across the country responded.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 20
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/labu...
We’re Not Afraid of Monsters and Demons Anymore - Christianity Today
Labubu, ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Demon Slayer’: We humanize these otherworldly creatures because we’re spiritually ambivalent.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 20
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/davi...
‘Without God’s Permission, I Cannot Go to Prison’ - Christianity Today
Missionary David Lin spent his 17 years behind bars translating the Bible and ministering to his cellmates.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 20
Encouraging to see 3 Asia stories trending @christianitytoday.com! Links in thread
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 16
Just me popping up to talk about having a baby face, ageism, and leadership in Asian Christian ministry settings:

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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 16
Editing this piece made me think I should start hand-copying Scripture too. I’ll probably begin with the Psalms. What about you?

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China’s Quiet Revival, One Handwritten Bible Verse at a Time - Christianity Today
A church sought 1,200 participants when it launched a Scripture-copying initiative. Millions of believers across the country responded.
www.christianitytoday.com
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 15
On Korea's 80th Liberation Day, Ahrum Yoo reflects on widespread portrayals of Japan as Korea’s brutal oppressor and how she grew to view Japan through the lens of another biblical story @christianitytoday.com:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/japa...
Learning to Forgive the Country That Oppressed Mine - Christianity Today
On Korea’s 80th Liberation Day, I exhort fellow evangelicals to view Korea and Japan’s relationship through one of Jesus’ parables.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 14
"I am intrigued by our modern-day penchant for making monsters and demons safe—or cute or attractive or morally ambiguous—and how this might be creating a sense of spiritual ambivalence."

My reflection on "KPop Demon Hunters," "Demon Slayer," Labubu: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/labu...
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 14
Labubu, ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Demon Slayer’: We humanize these otherworldly creatures because we’re spiritually ambivalent.

My latest @christianitytoday.com:
We’re Not Afraid of Monsters and Demons Anymore - Christianity Today
Labubu, ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Demon Slayer’: We humanize these otherworldly creatures because we’re spiritually ambivalent.
www.christianitytoday.com
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 11
"MAID now accounts for about one in 20 deaths in Canada—more than Alzheimer’s and diabetes combined"
Canada Is Killing Itself
The country gave its citizens the right to die. Doctors are struggling to keep up with demand.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 6
Singapore turns 60 on Aug 9.

The prophetic call for the country to be an Antioch of Asia has helped and also hindered mission efforts, said the Singaporean Christian leaders I interviewed in my @christianitytoday.com report last year:

www.christianitytoday.com/2024/09/sing...
The ‘Antioch of Asia’? - Christianity Today
Christian leaders in Singapore wrestle with a prophetic charge and diminishing cross-cultural evangelism.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 6
"In this passage, knowing Jesus comes not by way of word but by way of smell. Fragrance, rather than doctrinal revelation, becomes the medium of recognition." -- Bohye Kim
To Know Christ, Use Your Sense of Smell - Christianity Today
Mary pouring nard on Jesus’ feet isn’t only about extravagant worship.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 5
Anyone else partial to cozy fiction lately? I shared some recent reads in @christianitytoday.com's Weekend newsletter, which you can subscribe to here:

pages.christianitytoday.com/ct-weekly
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Aug 5
We cover Canada, and publish pieces from writers/reporters based in the country, pretty often: www.christianitytoday.com/topics/canada/
Canada Articles - Christianity Today
Explore in-depth articles, news, and Christian perspectives connected to Canada. Stay informed with trusted insights from Christianity Today.
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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · Jul 31
Check out my author page here:
Isabel Ong Articles - Christianity Today
Explore in-depth articles, news, and Christian perspectives connected to Isabel Ong. Stay informed with trusted insights from Christianity Today.
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