Articles & Essays

Anti-Asian violence falls in line with a long history of racism that we have seen against Asians who bear the image of God. The Atlanta-area massacre is a single link in a long chain of spiritual deformation that has plagued the church in the United…

My phone started lighting up with notifications. By now, when this happens, it’s usually because an incident involving race has occurred. As I picked up my phone, I saw the words, “8 shot dead in Atlanta.” My stomach dropped. All I could say to myself…

On Tuesday (Feb. 16), two Asian women were randomly attacked in New York City; one was punched in the face, the other in the back of the head. This is but the most recent in a spate of anti-Asian violence since the start of a…

In 2017, the Christian hip hop artist, Lecrae, publicly “divorced” himself from white evangelicalism on a Truth’s Table podcast due to the lack of empathy and a persistent unwillingness to substantively engage with racial injustice by white evangelicals. To this, many, including John Piper responded:…

Many churches have made the difficult but prudent decision to suspend in-person gatherings and move online in the midst of the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To slow and hopefully mitigate the spread of the virus, churches have followed medical advice to minimize person-to-person contact by…

As an Asian American (and more specifically, as a Korean American Christian), it was quite special to watch "Parasite" win the Oscar for Best Picture, along with Best Director, Best Original Screen Play, and Best International Feature Film. Side note: I’m glad they changed the…

In 2017, the rapper Lecrae, who had been openly embraced in white evangelical circles, said he was leaving white evangelism. His announcement caused ripples of confusion and debate in the evangelical sphere. Pastors and theologians began to address the topic of majority white evangelism and…

Now that Thanksgiving is over, many of us will be overwhelmed with the cleaning that has to be done, the errands that have to be run, and the work that is still yet to come. Others of us are confronted with the reality of how…

I published an Open Letter to John Piper on Ed Stetzer’s blog in Christianity Today. This letter talked about Lecrae’s departure from white evangelicalism and what it meant for the future of multiethnic relations in the white evangelical church. The next day, Bryan Loritts published…

At Wheaton College, I have the privilege of serving with a wide array of evangelical thinkers and leaders. One of them is Ray Chang, who serves as Ministry Associate for Discipleship in the Chaplain’s Office. Ray and I recently discussed a letter that John Piper…