Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents

by Jeanette Yep, Peter Cha, Paul Tokunaga

Book Overview

Go to the right school.
Become a doctor or a lawyer.
Marry a nice Asian.

These are some of the hopes of our Asian parents. Knowing that our parents have sacrificed for us, we want to honor their wishes. But we also want to serve Jesus, and sometimes that can seem to conflict with family expectations. Discovering our Asian identity in the midst of Western culture means learning to bridge these and other conflicting values. We need...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830813586
• ISBN13: 9780830813582
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: IVP
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book to explain the trouble of living in 2 cultures

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.

A must read for Asian-American Christians

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.