Thank God it’s Friday
This is excerpted from my TGIF column at SOLA Network.
Articles From Around The Web
Dorothy Lau: More Than a Model Minority: Discovering Diversity in Youth Ministry
“To dignify any people group above others is to devalue and dehumanize persons who have all been made in God’s image and submit to a social hierarchy which God never established in his Word.”
Benjamin Vrbicek: The Terrible Possibility of Adultery
“In marriage, frequent conflict without reconciliation and quiet disdain without repentance can become lethal — especially when coupled with a frenetic pace of life that leaves little room for rest with God and one another.”
Sam Cheng: Amandus Polanus: Classical Theism’s Reformed Ally
“In this way, Polanus and the other Reformed Scholastics were theological consolidators and synthesizers. They clarified the doctrinal similarities between Roman Catholic and Reformed theologies, and they also delineated the distinctions.”
Newsletters, Books, Media, and More
From Crushing Religion to Freedom in Jesus
“Why my Great Aunt left Buddhism and ancestral worship for Jesus.”
Abraham Cho: The Tremor of Joy
An excerpt from Defiant Joy: A Vision for Christian Witness to a World of Anxiety, Loneliness and Outrage.
Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: All of Me: Pursuing a Life Wholly Devoted to God by Cheryl Marshall. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group. Find me on Substack. Keep in touch on X and Instagram.
Featured This Week on SOLA Network
Episode 32: Adolescent Research, Scripture, and Asian American Parenting (AAP), Part 1: Conversation and Communication in Families
“In this new series, Danny and Monica look at recent research and studies about teenagers and families and assess them through the lens of Scripture. They then apply their conclusions for their implications for Asian American Parenting. In part 1 of this series, they examine a study about childhood religious experiences and adult outcomes, and how it relates to communication in the adult-teenager relationship for faith.”
Dillon Yoon: The Holy Cultural Divide
“We are called to be united with one another, yet spiritually separate from the world. However, cultural conformity can be a danger, especially when it proceeds without discernment.”
Scott Shimada:Adoption and the Heart of the Father
“But the truth is, and it has taken me a couple years to fully embrace this, that nothing that I learned recently can take away all my experiences and who I really am. No matter who my earthly parents are, I am a child of God. And I know God’s plan was for me to be raised by my mom and dad to help me become the person I am now.”
TGIF: Roundup for June 12, 2026
The Two Kinds of Content You Consume / Virtue Signalling in the Church / Helping Teenagers Experience the Body of Christ / Find Heroes Better Than Harry Potter / What Does It Mean to “Apply” the Bible?
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