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China Compass — 190 episodes

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1

On Eating Grubworms, Learning Mandarin, Chinese Reality TV Stardom, and Fleeing from the Tibetan Communist Police (A Chat with Brent from NSA)

2

China's Early Rain Church Busted AGAIN│Prison Pulpit #87

3

Happy Birthday John G. Paton (May 24, 1824) + My Deportation Day (May 25, 2018)

4

Xi Jinping: Taiwanese Freedom Threatens Peace + China & Iran + World’s Longest Flight

5

The Six "Divisions" of China’s Persecuted Church│Prison Pulpit #77

6

Tibet on Two Wheels: No Lights + Flat Tire + Below Zero (w/ Jack in South Africa)

7

A Reminder to Remember Kidnapped Pilot Kevin Rideout + The Savior’s Thirst│Prison Pulpit #76

8

Is Your Password Safe in Hong Kong? │China's "Superpower" Bid Lacks Two Things │That One Time I Got Caught Smuggling

9

A Pastor’s Prison Birthday (+ Covert Birthdays Under Communism) │Prison Pulpit #75

10

Dispatches from Calcutta + Rocket Man's "Election" + India's Complex Affairs with China & Tibet

11

Three Days in Dhaka: Praying for the "Most Crowded" Nation on Earth (Bangladesh)│Prison Pulpit #74

12

“Rocket Man” Strikes Again: Why Doesn’t China Remove North Korea’s Dictator? (From Hyderabad, India)

13

Pray for Chinese Christians in EXILE + Chinese Missionaries ABROAD│Prison Pulpit #73

14

Xi Avoids Confronting Trump (Because He Needs Him) + China's Fundamental Problem

15

Pray for Persecuted Christians in the Middle East + Open Doors/More Laborers│Prison Pulpit #72

16

China: Not ‘Notified’ In Advance of Iran Attack + Grok's "Who's Who" of Dictators

17

US Air Force Pilot Arrested AFTER “Serving” 2 Years in Beijing (+ World’s Biggest China Importer?)

18

Praying for Missionary Kids (MKs) + Departed/Deported Missionary Families│Prison Pulpit #71

19

23 Ways You're Already Living in the Chinese Century (WIRED) + Canada/Britain Granted Visa Free Access to China

20

Wife Requests Prayer for Imprisoned Husband in NW China (+ Intercede for Iranian Christians)│Prison Pulpit #70

21

Who is China’s Eileen Gu? (+ North Korea Executes Teens for Consuming South Korean Media)

22

Pastor Released from North Korean Prison after 11 Years (+ Kids Back from China) │Prison Pulpit #69

23

Chinese Marijuana Mafia Busted in Oklahoma (+ Fleeing Traffic Police in China)

24

My Kids In China + Praying for Christians in Iran (and Other Muslim Nations)│Prison Pulpit #68

25

Martyrdom of the Stams (Anhui) + Driving In Circles (Lintan) + China’s Deadliest Earthquake (Tangshan)

26

Interview with a Chinese Pastor (Part III) + New Wave of Early Rain Persecution

27

China Keeps Relaxing Visa Rules, Macau Propaganda, 1st Chinese Police Encounter

28

Flashback: Eric Liddell: Scotland to Shandong (in Chariots of Fire) + Dictator Xi Struggles with Corruption

29

Life Through the Eyes of a Chinese Pastor Prisoner (On Probation) │Prison Pulpit #66

30

China Rewrites Korean History + Canadians Visa-Free to China? (If CANADA Allows)

31

The 7 Herbs of “Prison Tea” + Iran & Venezuela│Prison Pulpit #65

32

Venezuelan Oil & China + Missionary Ben & the Podcast Ninja Meet Again

33

How to Pray for Venezuela + Uncle Bundo’s Prison Preaching │Prison Pulpit #64

34

Tempted in Black Dragon River + China’s Mandatory Pre-Divorce “Cooling Off” Period

35

Clean Every Whit: Wurmbrand’s Final Sermon in Solitary Confinement │Prison Pulpit #63

36

Year-End Roundup: Most (and Least) Popular Episodes + Runaway Van in Tibet @ 14,700 Feet

37

The Missionary's Family Talks Christmas on the Mission Field + The Millionaire Missionary's Last Christmas

38

Christmas in Room #4 (The Death Room)│Prison Pulpit #62

39

Beijing Lies Doom Jimmy Lai (78) to Life for Allegedly Lying about Beijing (+ Britain Abandons Its Own)

40

Free to Evangelize (in Jail)│Prison Pulpit #61

41

Hong Kong Fire│US-India Visa Fallout│India Deports Chinese Spy│Shaolin Temple Scandal│Trump's Ceasefire Backfires

42

Anniversary of Wang Yi’s Arrest, Early Rain Attack, Worshipping on the Run │Prison Pulpit #60

43

Live from Darjeeling: China vs India, The First Hindoo Convert (+ Cherokee Theology)

44

In Case You Missed It: Doug Wilson Joins China Compass

45

Wang Yi’s Last Newsletter, Killing Time in Kolkata, Bibles for the Rawang│Prison Pulpit #59

46

China Gaslights Indian Lady, Pastors Avoid "Tiger Chair" Torture (For Now), Tieli Dog Cafes (+ Dan the Man)

47

My Wife and Daughter Share Thanksgiving Memories from China & Peru (Also, Guinea Pigs & Concussions)

48

Spurgeon on Being Thankful for ALL Things (Including Wurmbrand's Prison Gruel) │The Prison Pulpit

49

China Aims to Eradicate All Religion + China's (Cult-like) Distortion of Reality

50

Missionary Pilot Kidnapped in Niger (Taken to Timbuktu?) │The Prison Pulpit

51

Chinese Bridges Falling Down, Two Meals for $1 + More Wacky China News

52

Tracing Paul's Footsteps (Troas to Assos) + Paul's (Roman) Prison Pulpit │Prison Pulpit #56

53

Live from Laodicea (Echoes from Ephesus) + Alien China, CCP Warnings & NK Spy Balloons

54

From Ephesus (Turkey): Paul's Prison Pulpit + Inside my Deportation from Egypt│The Prison Pulpit #55

55

Deported from Egypt (Nov 1) + The Millionaire Missionary (CRF Talk)

56

Wives of Imprisoned Pastors Request Prayer + Trump Makes US-Malaysia Relations Great Again │The Prison Pulpit #54

57

Trump in Kuala Lumpur (Sunday) + Missionary Ben & the Podcast Ninja Meet Again

58

China's Greatest Evil + What’s Up With Nigeria?│The Prison Pulpit #53

59

China's Zion Church Targeted + Abby's Unbelievably Awful Birthday Boat Ride

60

To Die Is Gain: How to Pray When Our Heroes Die│The Prison Pulpit #52

61

Remembering the Children of the Imprisoned (+ Praying for Persecuted Parents)│The Prison Pulpit #51

62

Beloved NSA Professor (former China TV "Star" & Missionary) Married in Moscow

63

Live from Macau (China's Las Vegas): Making Pastor Lucky Proud + Urgent Prayer Requests│The Prison Pulpit #50

64

Live from Hong Kong: Voddie Baucham in Kowloon│NBA Back in Bed With China

65

A Complete Sabbath (ie, Bound, Gagged, in a Straitjacket) │The Prison Pulpit #49

66

Adventures in China, Answered Prayers, and Avoiding Getting Clubbed by Tibetan Monks (Convo with a Canadian Missionary)

67

Charlie Kirk On Prayer + A Dying Father Admonishes His Son│The Prison Pulpit #48

68

Charlie Kirk: "America Must Shape Up, or China Wins" + Charlie Discusses "Upcoming" Trip to Utah

69

Visible Wounds (Blessing in the Tortures) │ The Prison Pulpit #47

70

China’s WW2 Hubris│Tibet’s Grand Canyon is the World’s Deepest (19k ft! Dam!)

71

Fraser of Lisuland on "Definite" Prayer (Also, Some Urgent Prayer Requests)│The Prison Pulpit #46

72

Are Chinese Students All Commies and Spies? (Deace Says Yea, I Say Nay)

73

“Blessed Bitterness”: Weeping in Prayer for the Unreached (w Grandma)│The Prison Pulpit #45

74

Arrested for Spying on North Korea, Illegal in Tibet, and China's Wild, Wild West

75

The Struggles of "Secret" Christians in Dangerous Places│The Prison Pulpit #44

76

No Joke: Chinese Buddhist “Cult” Sponsors Babylon Bee Article│Also: Chinese Crypto, Tibetan Antelope Robots, Chinese PB&J ? (And More)

77

Lessons on Prayer from C.S. Lewis│The Prison Pulpit #43

78

C.S. Lewis on China (Incl. a Shocking 1927 Exchange Between Lewis and His Brother in Hong Kong)

79

C.S. Lewis, Burnt Marshwiggle, and the Brainwashing of Richard Wurmbrand│The Prison Pulpit #42

80

MacArthur Didn’t Do His Homework (The True Story of the Millionaire Missionary)

81

Collateral Damage: Praying for the Children of the Persecuted│The Prison Pulpit #41

82

Bold in Black Dragon River│More Missionary Musings on Immigration (No Beef in Cuba)

83

Syrian Pastor, Family Massacred ("They Shot Patients In Their Beds")│The Prison Pulpit #40

84

Missionary Musings on Immigration (Also: My 36 Hours As An Illegal)

85

MacArthur’s Shortest Exposition (Heb. 13:3)│My Uncle Jack Tackled Johnny Mac (Prison Pulpit #39)

86

A Tale of Two Teenagers and Two Tibetan Towns│Marco Rubio in Kuala Lumpur

87

Is Brother Bai Still Alive? │The Prison Pulpit #38

88

China’s “Roman Roads”, Trouble in Tibet, and the (Planned) Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama

89

Iranian Underground: Christian Dad Loses Handicapped Son While Serving Unjust Sentence │The Prison Pulpit #37

90

A (China) Conversation with Ray Comfort │First Day in Malaysia

91

From China's Southern Border: Letter to a Fellow Pastor in Prison │The Prison Pulpit #36

92

The Missionary and the Podcast Ninja Discuss Golf, Chinese Dialects, and the NBA Finals (Gm 7!) Between the "Indiana Fast Horses" and the "OKC Thunderbolts"

93

Missionary Ben’s Daughters Discuss Growing Up In China (And Dad’s Deportation)

94

Praying for Pastors Facing Gov't Surveillance and Harassment │The Prison Pulpit #35

95

Should We Want More (Or Less) Chinese Students in America? │Family Vacay in China?

96

Bonhoeffer's Prison Poetry (and Prayers) │The Prison Pulpit #34

97

Pastor Wang Yi to Dictator Xi: Repent or Perish! │Arrested on the North Korean Border

98

The Missionary and the Podcast Ninja Debate the NBA Finals Between Their Hometown Teams (Indiana vs OKC)

99

Wang Yi's Pastoral Prayer on the Anniversary of Tiananmen │The Prison Pulpit #33

100

Trump's China Trade Truce In Trouble │Hide ‘N Seek with the Chinese Police

101

What Will You Do In the Time of Testing? │The Prison Pulpit #32

102

Overnight in Oman (Live from Muscat)│The Prison Pulpit #31

103

Trump Drinks Chinese Kool-Aid (Will China "Fully Open” To American Businesses?) │ Debating Trump vs China on Steve Deace Show

104

Kidnapped in Kuala Lumpur │The Prison Pulpit #30

105

Live from Hong Kong: China Will “Never Kneel Down!” (Except On the Necks of Martyrs) │How Has Hong Kong Changed Since the Handover?

106

How To See Angels │The Prison Pulpit #29

107

From Interrogation to Deportation & Why China is NOT Dangerous for Missionaries

108

Interrogated in China 7 Years Ago Tonight (And How to Pray For Those In Similar Circumstances) (The Prison Pulpit #28)

109

Chinese Grandma Jailed (4 Years!) for Giving Away Bibles and Why You Should Ignore China’s "New" Missionary Ban

110

On Laban, Leah, and Loving Ugly Souls │Sermons in Solitary Confinement (The Prison Pulpit #27)

111

Easter in a Chinese Church │"Ignorant Hillbilly" Vance Insults China's Peasants │Bible Tariffs?

112

Does Wang Yi Even Know It’s Easter? │Stories are (Prison) Soul Food (The Prison Pulpit #26)

113

Tariff Wars: China Digs In│Influencer Propaganda: Will the “Real” China Please Stand Up? (China Compass

114

If Torture Means Compromise, Is Dying Gain? │Richard Wurmbrand (The Prison Pulpit #24)

115

China’s Trump Tariff Retaliation │Xi’s Disappearing Generals │Stolen Passport

116

Preaching in a Straitjacket (Gagged) │Sermons in Solitary Confinement  (The Prison Pulpit #24)

117

Chinatown: Tokyo? │The Bee On Chinese Food │Deport Anyone

118

Like Samson in Prison: Am I a Martyr or a Sinner? (The Prison Pulpit #23)

119

China’s Economic Woes │Chinese Prostitution Grows │A Grief Observed

120

Duty Never Ends, Especially in Solitary Confinement (The Prison Pulpit #22)

121

On Deflation, Dueling, and (Almost) Dying

122

“Permission" to Cough in Communist China (The Prison Pulpit #21)

123

A North Korean Vacation? │6 "Considerations" Before Preaching │China’s Christian Hotel

124

Sermons in Solitary Confinement: Is God Unjust? (The Prison Pulpit #20)

125

The ‘Real’ China? │China: U.S. ‘Greatest’ Human Rights Violator │Two Insane Weeks

126

Wurmbrand: Join Me In My Subterranean Prison (The Prison Pulpit #19)

127

Chinese Propaganda Leans Left │The Death of Mrs Milne │My First Motorcycle (Crash)

128

Sermons in Solitary Confinement (The Prison Pulpit #18)

129

Cancel All Chinese Student Visas? / How To Teach Yourself Mandarin / Surrounded in Shunde

130

Prayer Requests from Prison (The Prison Pulpit #17)

131

Critiquing a China Hawk / Redeeming DeepSeek? / China-HK vs Panama-US

132

In the Face of [a Secret Trial], What Will I Do? Part IV (The Prison Pulpit #16)

133

Everything You’ve Heard About China Is True! / Why Chinese Men Like Trump

134

In the Face of [Brainwashing], What Will I Do? Part III (The Prison Pulpit #15)

135

Dragon Babies / The Year of the Snake / Trump Pardons Pro-life China Missionaries / The Old Man in the Alley

136

In the Face of Persecution, What Will I Do? Part II (The Prison Pulpit #14)

137

Chinese Pastors Imprisoned for "Fraud" / Before I Could Speak Chinese (22 Years Ago This Week)

138

In the Face of Persecution, What Will I Do? Part I (The Prison Pulpit #13)

139

China’s Struggling Economy / Critiquing Carter / My First Letter Home from China

140

Why the Persecuted Church Will Persevere (The Prison Pulpit #12)

141

Jimmy Carter's China Legacy / How I Helped Piper Preach

142

More Prostitutes or Pastors in China? / Near Death on New Year's (The Prison Pulpit #11)

143

Christmas in Room Number Four [The Death Room] (The Prison Pulpit #10)

144

China's Slowdown Helps US in Trade War / "I Don't Want Your Jesus" - Guilin Mountain Chief

145

Testimonies from a Chinese Jail (The Prison Pulpit #9)

146

Corruption in Xi's China (and how Biden's fits right in) / Denny Burk and the Borden Myth / Guizhou's Martyrs

147

Flashback: Early Rain Church Attacked, Pastor Wang Yi Imprisoned (The Prison Pulpit #8)

148

“Family Guy” Hurts China’s Feelings / Inner Mongolia Visa Runs with Little Kids (and the Flu)

149

Wang Yi's Pre-Arrest Family Newsletter (The Prison Pulpit #7)

150

China-US Prisoner Swap / Chongqing: Largest City in the World? / Tibetan Monk Assassins

151

Richard Wurmbrand on Rejoicing, Weeping, Feasting in Prison (The Prison Pulpit #6)

152

The Many Martyrs of Hebei / China’s “Mass Shootings” and Chinese “Statistics”

153

Wang Yi on God's Use of China's "Unrighteous Politics" (The Prison Pulpit #5)

154

China’s South American Concubines & Wannabe Polygamy in Paradise (w/ Denny in "House Arrest")

155

Wang Yi on God Raising Up and Deposing Dictators (The Prison Pulpit #4)

156

Heartbreaking Martyr Tales / First Impressions of Wuhan / China Reacts to Trump Victory

157

Wang Yi's Election Day Admonition (The Prison Pulpit #3)

158

The Heavenly Man (of Henan) / Tibetan Guerillas (in Colorado) / Martin Luther (in Chinese)

159

Wang Yi on China's "Most Horrendous" Evil (The Prison Pulpit #2)

160

Beheaded by Communists in Anhui, the Millionaire Missionary Admonishes America, and Watchmen Nee's Final Journey

161

Wang Yi's Prison Preaching Plan / Pro-Life Grandpa Goes to Jail (The Prison Pulpit #1)

162

AI-Enhanced Persecution? / China's Terracotta Army (and the Emperor's Booby-Trapped Tomb) / Chatting w Dr. Claud re: Xi'an (Shaanxi)

163

Walz Gets China Propaganda Boost, Biden "Stabbed in the Back" / Yunnan Missionaries & Martyrs

164

The 7 “Speak-Nots” of Modern China, Gladys Aylward: The Great Little Missionary, and the "Ghastly Summer of 1900"

165

CCP on Crosspolitic, Wang Yi’s Prison Pulpit, and the Legacy of Pastor Lucky

166

Christianity and Communist China (9 Things) & Did Postmillennialism Kill 30 Million Chinese in the Taiping Rebellion)?

167

Maria (Hudson Taylor’s First Love), Malaysia (Almost Robbed!), and Malacca (Rachel's Grave)

168

Millions of Unadoptable Babies, China's 3 Forbidden "T's", and the Martyrs of Tianjin

169

Chinese Spies Among Us, China Cancels Adoptions, Mao Helped by Yale Mission in Hunan, China’s First Missionary

170

Cursing in Chinese, Anti-NBA Hypocrites, Chinese Megaport in Peru

171

Tim Walz: China Asset? + Black Dragon River & Double Duck Mountain

172

From Chinese Reality TV to NSA, Chatting with Brent in Moscow (Idaho) about our China Adventures

173

China’s Olympic Pride (& Propaganda) / 1st Trip to China (22 Yrs Ago This Week)

174

China Missionary Killed in Plane Crash & 14 y/o Missionary Arrested in China

175

E** Faces Nashville Sentencing with Joyful China Memories and a Moving Song!

176

China’s Take on Trump Shooting, Scissor Robbers in Guangdong (Canton)

177

More on the Nashville 10, American Summer Camp in Fujian, and a 4 Hour Email at a Chinese "Wangba"

178

6 Months in Prison for Bible Smuggler, Baby Rescuer

179

Denny Deported from China (Multiple Times), Sentenced in Nashville

180

Hitchhikin’ w Kids, the Drowning of Dr. King, and "Dystopian" Ningxia

181

Chased by Tibetan Police Dogs, Sichuan Earthquake, and Early Rain

182

Arrested in Lucky Forest for Spying on North Korea

183

Tiananmen Massacre, Beijing Below Zero, Baby Denied Visa

184

Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, and an Epic Journey: Aksu-Okinawa (Hami-Hiroshima, Turpan-Tokyo)

185

Remembering Deportation Day (May 25, 2018)

186

John G. Paton's 200th Birthday, Hudson Taylor vs John Paton, Toby Sumpter's Paton Talk

187

Tibet vs Gaza, the Dalai Lama, and the Forbidden Land

188

Baseball in the Tibetan Sun and Midnight at the Monastery

189

Gansu Who, Shocking Story, and more SARS Craziness

190

China 101, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Surviving SARS