On Display at Wheaton: Legalistic Muslims and Hermeneutical Jews

Psychological research helps us understand how inaccurate messages become ingrained as bias. Loving God and neighbor demands we resist those tendencies.

October 12, 2026
9:48 am

By Chuck Liu, Guest Opinion Contributor
As a former chair of World Christian Fellowship (WCF) in the mid-2000s, I watched Monday’s WCF chapel with gladness, praising God for the news of a tribal people hearing the gospel and experiencing holistic ministry in their community. It was clear that the speaker faced challenges that I cannot fathom for the sake of the gospel.
However, as a psychologist, educator and researcher of culture, I was dismayed about his framing of the legalism of Muslim...

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Chuck Liu

Dr. Chuck Liu '08 is a HNGR alumnus, a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor of psychology at Wheaton College. He teaches courses in cultural psychology, Asian American psychology, psychopathology, and introductory psychology.

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