by Jeff Jackson | May 12, 2022 | Christian Living, Culture (Honor-Shame)
My plan is to write a number of blog posts about how my understanding and appreciation of culture came about and is continually growing. But before I share the first example of what I refer to as a Catalyst for Cultural Clarity moment, (CCC) here’s what I mean when... 
by Jeff Jackson | Apr 22, 2022 | Christian Living, Culture-General, Evangelism
Jonah 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god….. Jonah 1:6 “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God, perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish”. Jonah 1:9 So he said to the, “I... 
by Jeff Jackson | Apr 15, 2022 | Christian Living, Culture (Honor-Shame), Culture-General
As this verse makes clear, Jesus despised the shame of the cross. He regarded it with contempt, He loathed it, He basically gave it no regard–He assigned no credibility to it. But what specifically did He despise? The SHAME of the cross. The Romans were horrifyingly... 
by Jeff Jackson | Mar 16, 2022 | Culture-General
Before I plunge in to another post that I hope will be helpful for understanding both the value of using culture-related language and what I believe is the fundamental difference between Western and Non-Western cultures, I believe a clear definition of the word is in... 
by Jeff Jackson | Mar 1, 2022 | Christian Living, Culture-General
“Nevertheless the centurion was more persuaded by the helmsman and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul” (Acts 27:11).”Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would...