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Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents

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I'm a Caucasian pastor whom God called to minister to and worship with the Asian American community, mainly ages 18-30. Since I didn't grow up inside the Asian culture, I was ignorant to many of the struggles that Asian Americans go through. Thank God for this book!
This book examines many of the issues that Asian Americans face, including the Asian work ethic, marriage, the struggle with Asian parents while living in western culture, among the many. While the authors may not have quoted from lots of scripture, they still did an accurate job of letting you inside their hearts, minds, and souls. And they did it from a Christian point of view. Anyone who is a serious Christian can see their Christianity shining through as they share thier lives. So they did honor Christ by sharing themselves, as John 14:6 commands us to do. For me, this book was certainly an eye-opener.
While this book may not be a "how to" in terms of how Asian Americans should deal with things, it provides a decent framework for looking at things and sorting things out. In short, it provides a good starting point for the journey. I recommend this book to all Asian Americans and to those who, like myself, minister to and worship with them. As I said when I started out, thank God for this book.

This was an extremely insightful book which examined the ways that elements in Asian, Confusian-based cultures clash with elements in the American culture. Furthermore, the authors presented ways in which these conflicts could be worked out.

One strength of this book is its authencity. It was written by Asian-Americans who used examples from their own lives to illustrate concepts. I was able to relate to many experiences which the authors described.

Another strength was that this book presented the issues in a mature and non-accusatory manner. Although strong emotions may have surrounded the issues discussed, the authors did not use this book as an opportunity to lash out, but rather explained the problem in a humble manner.

This book was tremendously helpful in helping me understand how our Asian background has shaped us into who we are, and how God can use us to edify His kingdom. It is a good book with many practical insights and personal stories from the writers. I recommend every Asian immigrant reading this book as it is well worth investing the time to read it. It is by far one of the most helpful books I have read. It is also an easy and fun read!

The authors made many good points about American and Asian Cultural clashes. They described personal experiences they had. Reading this book made me aware I was not alone in struggling with similar situations. However, since each of them had pastoral experience, I was disappointed with the authors not talking about how each situation Jesus would have dealt with it. I felt they were talking about themselves and not thinking, applying, and teaching Christ's truth to us. After all, the book was titled "Following Jesus... Discipleship." What does it mean to follow Jesus? How do we follow Christ without dishonoring our parents? What are some of the principles God gave us for young men and women?

Lastly, the book does not much talk about the prayer. During these difficult circumstances they were in, did they not pray to God for help?