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This week’s Prison Pulpit was recorded on location in Thessalonica, where I am spending a day or two en route to Istanbul. Join me today in studying some of 2 Thess, and talking about a few specific prayer needs, and then looking at a few folks who were tortured and/or martyred in the Tower of London

I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben. Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Email me with any questions, comments, or complaints: bfwesten AT gmail dot com. Finally, check out my personal landing page PrayGiveGo.us for everything else, including our missions website, substack, and books.

Why the Prison Pulpit? 

The goal is to remind people to pray for persecuted believers as Hebrews 13:3 teaches: “Remember those who are in prison, as bound with them.” We’ve looked at Wang Yi and Early Rain Church’s writings in the aftermath of their arrest and attack in 2018, but I’ve also regularly turned to other persecuted ministers who have gone before, such as Richard Wurmbrand, to give us a voice literally from prison. (Here you’ll find some free PDF books by Richard Wurmbrand: https://richardwurmbrandfoundation.org/)

Pakistan Raid Forces Digital Gospel Worker Into Hiding

https://www.mnnonline.org/news/pakistan-raid-forces-gospel-worker-into-hiding/

Accounts of Persecution in Great Britain & Ireland, Prior to the Reign of Queen Mary I (Fox Ch. 14)

https://www.berbc.org/book-of-martyrs-chapter-xiv

Anne Askew: Tortured in the Tower of London

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Askew

Pray for China Cities of the Week (Aug 24-31):

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-aug-24-31-2026

Help Us Equip and Encourage China’s Persecuted Church

If you (or your church or organization) would like to “sponsor” a Chinese church leader, I can personally provide you with the name (or secure nickname) of the particular pastor/leader who you sponsor, and for whom you can continue to pray for going forward.

Sponsor a Chinese Pastor/Evangelist for $1000! 

Contact me (bfwesten AT gmail dot com)

Or donate directly at: MCI3.org 

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What happens when technology stops merely serving humanity—and starts trying to redefine what it means to be human?

Pastor George Sayour is joined by author C.R. Wiley to discuss his book Man Made: A Guide to Surviving the AI Apocalypse and the Christian response to artificial intelligence and transhumanism.

They explore the connections between AI, the transhumanist dream, Francis Bacon, human “hacking,” consciousness, golems, robots, and humanity's ancient temptation to overcome the limits God has placed upon us.

Wiley argues that Christians don't need to fear every use of artificial intelligence. But as technology becomes increasingly powerful, Christians must remain rooted in the real, embodied, analog world God created—and resist the temptation to remake humanity in man's own image.

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CrossPolitic — Show Notes: The Lindsay Clancy Case, the Culture, and the Church

Gabe, Pastor Toby, and Knox take up the Lindsay Clancy trial — the Massachusetts mother who killed her three children while on a cocktail of psychiatric medications — and work through the case, the culture, and the church's responsibility. They address toxic empathy from women at the courthouse, the pharmakeia connection to CrossPolitic's latest documentary, what Genesis 9 says about moral agency regardless of mental state, why biblical justice demands the death penalty Massachusetts removed in 1947, and what it means for men — fathers, pastors, husbands — to take responsibility for a culture they helped disciple into this.

Timestamps

00:00 — Intro & Fight Laugh Feast conference update — October 1–3, Franklin, TN

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00:00 — Background on the Lindsay Clancy case — who she is, what happened, and the trial

00:00 — Toxic empathy at the courthouse — women blaming Patrick, astrology charts, and the "not guilty" crowd

00:00 — Candace Owens clip — where she's right about Big Pharma and where she's wrong about guilt

00:00 — Pharmakeia — how the case connects to CrossPolitic's documentary on pharmaceutical gods

00:00 — Genesis 9 and moral agency — even animals are held responsible; insanity is not a biblical category

00:00 — She was a labor and delivery nurse for nine years — the premeditation nobody's discussing

00:00 — Massachusetts, the death penalty, and the logic of a culture of death

00:00 — Romans 1 — every sin is a kind of temporary insanity; being deceived doesn't give you a pass

00:00 — The church's failure — no concept of God's holiness, coddling feminine sin, and the feminization of Christianity

00:00 — WNBA clip — Enes Kanter and the soccer flop as justice; whoever cries loudest wins

00:00 — Will Spencer's testimony — 20 years of new age ceremonies, and what finally changed him was guilt

00:00 — The fathers of women in that crowd — they deserve to be flogged for what they gave society

00:00 — Men taking responsibility — Christ's headship, Adam in the garden, and loving a whore bride

Fight Laugh Feast 2026: Holy Wars

Join us October 1–3 in Franklin, Tennessee at The Factory in Franklin. This year's theme is Holy Wars — Just War, the Crusades, and the Christian Life. Featuring Doug Wilson, Joe Boot, George Grant, Jared Longshore, Joe Rigney, Ben Merkel, Michael Foster, and the CrossPolitic crew. Pre-business conference Thursday 1–5 PM. Church leadership luncheon Friday. Business luncheon Saturday. Beer & Psalms to kick things off.

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About CrossPolitic

CrossPolitic exists to put Jesus over Politics and reclaim the public square through bold, joyful, biblically grounded media. We confront the chaos discipling America and build the next generation of Christian media infrastructure. Our mission is simple: all of Christ for all of media for all of America.

Mainstream media is collapsing. Eighty-seven percent of journalists identify as progressive, and even many conservative outlets prioritize profit over principle. Meanwhile, billions of hours of digital content are discipling the world every day. CrossPolitic stands in that gap, producing courageous, entertaining, truth-filled media for households, churches, and leaders across the nation.

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What did Jesus mean when He declared that “the gates of hell shall not prevail” against His church?

In this episode of The Based Boomer Podcast, Mike D’Virgilio challenges the idea that Christians should expect the church to remain permanently on the defensive. Gates are defensive structures—and Christ’s promise in Matthew 16 presents a church advancing against the kingdom of darkness, not hiding from it.

Drawing from Matthew 12 and 16, Colossians 1, Ephesians 1, and Revelation 20, Mike examines Christ’s victory over Satan through His death, resurrection, and ascension. The strong man has been bound, Christ reigns, and His people have been commissioned to carry the gospel into the world.

The question isn’t whether the gates of hell will overcome Christ’s church. Jesus has already told us they won’t. The question is whether Christians actually believe His promise.

Is there a connection between Tylenol and autism—and has the medical establishment been too quick to dismiss the evidence?

Renowned scientist Dr. William Parker, author of Tylenol and Autism, joins Alex Newman for a deep dive into one of the most consequential and controversial medical debates facing American families.

Parker lays out the evidence he believes points toward an association between acetaminophen exposure and autism, explains where he says mainstream medicine has gotten the science wrong, and addresses the enormous question facing parents: If there is a real risk, why aren't families being warned?

Meanwhile, a longtime Fauci adviser has PLEADED GUILTY after admitting to a conspiracy to conceal federal COVID records from the American people—and could face years in prison. What does this reveal about efforts to keep COVID-era government communications away from public scrutiny?

And the news gets even wilder.

Democratic Socialists are openly discussing overthrowing America’s constitutional system. Surveillance cameras are proliferating across the country. Some of the world's wealthiest people are building million-dollar bunkers beneath more than 300 feet of solid rock in the Swiss Alps. And American cattle producers are sounding the alarm as President Trump moves to dramatically increase foreign beef imports while U.S. ranchers struggle to survive.

Plus, Gary Meredith joins Alex to explain why Christians cannot simply abandon the political battlefield.

And Dr. Dave Jones exposes the enemies within—fear, lust, anger, and pride—and explains how Christians can defeat them before they destroy their families, ministries, businesses, and calling.

From the Tylenol-autism controversy and the Fauci COVID-records scandal to socialist revolutionaries, billionaire bunkers, surveillance, and America's ranchers, this episode is packed.

What is progressive sanctification, and why is it such good news for Christians who still struggle with sin?

In this episode of Take Heart, Cory Wing explains that when God saves His people, He does not leave them where He found them.

Through Philippians 1, Galatians 3, 2 Corinthians 3, Romans 8, John 17, Hebrews 10, and other passages, Cory shows how God progressively conforms believers into the image of Christ through His Spirit, His Word, prayer, the church, family, suffering, repentance, and daily obedience.

This episode offers encouragement for weary Christians who feel like they are growing slowly: the same God who began the good work will bring it to completion.