Refusing “Gentle Sympathy”: From “Disability Sympathy” to “Diversity in Creation” By Mau Kwok Lam Introduction: When Being Pitied Becomes a Slow Spiritual Suffocation “We know you are hurting. This is not your sin; it is simply a physical manifestation of a broken world, a ‘disability’ in your body. We will not condemn you, but we… Continue reading →

Does God Create “Flawed Products”? The Pain of Conversion Therapy Survivors and the Theological Liberation of “Reasonable as Natural” By Mau Kwok Lam Introduction: When “Repair” Becomes the Deepest Destruction “You are unnatural. You need to be corrected to return to God’s original design.” In many conservative churches and families, this phrase is heralded as… Continue reading →

Taking a Deep Breath Before Entering: When Self-Defense Becomes the Spiritual Routine of Queer Believers By Mau Kwok Lam Introduction: The “Safety Assessment” at the Church Door “Do they even let… people like you… in?” This was the first question asked by Madelyn, the highly supportive sister of transgender theologian Austen Hartke[^1], when he was… Continue reading →

Preface: A “Heretical” Essay that Shook the Church’s Foundations? If there is a contemporary theological article that makes conservatives uneasy while providing profound spiritual solace to queer believers, it is surely Rowan Williams’ “The Body’s Grace.” Written in 1989, before Williams became the Archbishop of Canterbury, he was then the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity… Continue reading →

Prison of the Soul or Temple of God?: Deconstructing the “Sarcophobia” in the Church’s DNA Have you ever had this experience: as you step into the sanctuary to worship God, you subconsciously adjust your posture, shut down your senses, and feel that “feeling your own body” is somehow unspiritual? In church, we learn how to… Continue reading →

Introduction: From the Legal Boundaries of the Old Testament to the “Final Judgment” of the New?   In our previous article, we used the perspectives of Professor Archie Chi Chung Lee and J. Harold Ellens to deconstruct the misreadings of Sodom and Leviticus in the Old Testament. We saw how the “Law of Hospitality” and… Continue reading →

Historical Deconstruction of Homosexuality and Old Testament Texts By Mau Kwok Lam Video: YouTube / Nextcloud Between Fear and Truth In today’s churches and Chinese Christian communities, “homosexuality” is often treated as a “monstrous beast.” Many believers hold a firm intuition that the Bible’s stance on this issue is extremely clear, certain, and consistently oppositional. We are told… Continue reading →

The Truth of Biblical Marriage (Part 2): Does God Really Hate Divorce? From Ethnic Boundaries to Jesus’ Radical Reform By Mau Kwok Lam Continuing from the deconstruction of biblical marriage structures in the previous article, we understand that marriage in antiquity was an institution steeped in property and power. However, in the biblical narrative, marriage… Continue reading →

The Truth About Biblical Marriage (Part 1): From Polygyny to Property Contracts, Dismantling the Myth of “Traditional Values” By Mau Kwok Lam Whenever society discusses the definition of marriage, “returning to Biblical tradition” is always the loudest slogan of the conservative camp. But have you ever wondered what it would be like if you actually… Continue reading →

Women in the Bible: Divine Archetypes or Silent Property? A Believer’s Struggle and Reflection Today For many Christians, the Bible is the cornerstone of faith, the revelation of God’s word. However, when we, especially women, open this ancient text, we often fall into a deep struggle. We read that God “created humankind in his image,… Continue reading →