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This week we begin by looking at an in-depth piece by an astute Japanese observer about China’s current bargaining strategy with the US, balancing Iran and its own internal struggles (3:51), followed by a more cynical view from China hawk Gordon Chang (19:53). Then, after taking a break to look at one aspect of China’s current real-estate troubles (24:57), I try to explain the motivation behind all that China does (or does not do) in the world (40:25). Lastly, we look at all of the Pray for China cities for the coming week (48:18).

Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast network! I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben. Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I share a new Chinese city or county to pray for every single day.  Feel free to write anytime: [email protected]. All my books, substack, patreon, and everything else can be easily found at PrayGiveGo.us!

Book Recommendation: “I'm currently reading [The Millionaire Missionary] and am really enjoying it. What a powerful story of radical obedience and sacrifice. I'm planning to recommend it to the young men I'm currently mobilizing for the 10/40 Window—I think Borden's example will be incredibly inspiring for them as they consider their own call to the unreached.”

The Autobiography of John G. Paton (JohnGPaton.com)

Borden of Yale: The Millionaire Missionary (BordenofYale.com)

Unbeaten: Arrested, Interrogated, and Deported from China (Unbeaten.vip)

Why Xi Can’t Say No To Trump Despite Iran Strikes (Paywall)

https://asia.nikkei.com/editor-s-picks/china-up-close/analysis-why-xi-can-t-say-no-to-trump-visit-despite-the-iran-strikes

Gordon Chang is (Mostly) Right This Time

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/gordon-chang-urges-us-treat-china-enemy-combatant-warns-subs-operating-very-close-us

I Miss China’s Cheap Apartments

https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/03/03/cheap-apartments-spawn-retire-early-trend-amid-chinas-slowing-economy/

Now let's take a look at this coming week's Pray for China (PrayforChina.us) cities…

https://open.substack.com/pub/chinacall/p/pray-for-china-mar-8-14-2026

Thank you for listening! Subscribe + leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! If you’d like to support our China ministry, that, and everything else can be found @ PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10, vs 2: the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few, so let's ask the Lord for more!

Thank you for listening! Subscribe + leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! If you’d like to support our China ministry, that, and everything else can be found @ PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10, vs 2: the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few, so let's ask the Lord for more!

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Pastor Matt Plett continues his verse-by-verse study of the Olivet Discourse, focusing on Jesus’ statement about “this generation.” Did Christ mean the people living in His day? How does this fit with the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70? A clear partial preterist explanation of one of the most debated prophetic passages in the New Testament.

Today's episode considers an aspect of “the law of God” that is often overlooked when it comes to how Christians think about proposed  legislation that would conform to it. Paul's letter to the Romans, John Owen, Robert Haldane, and Abraham Kuyper provide insights we need. In the coming weeks, this aspect of the law of God will be applied to two legislative proposals: One that would again imposed criminal sanctions on an abortive mother and one that would again define the martial relationship as one man and one woman.

With Juan DeVevo, Luke, and John Branyan, we trade stories about moles, possums, and the other critters that turn a backyard into an ongoing problem. We compare practical ways people try to deal with them, from pest control ideas to half-serious plans for turning the animals themselves into products. Our examples move between real attempts at solving the problem and the strange logic that appears when nuisance animals meet entrepreneurial thinking.

On this episode of CrossPolitic at AmFest 2025, Knox, Toby, and Gabe welcome Eyal Yakoby from the University of Pennsylvania on to talk about the issue of anti-Semitism on college campuses and why it reveals a deeper crisis of cowardice and hypocrisy in American culture. Going into Eyal's experience witnessing professors celebrate Hamas after October 7th and the congressional testimony where Ivy League presidents couldn't condemn calls for genocide, it's a discussion about faith, politics, and what it means to stand for truth in a world that celebrates terror.

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0:00 Intro

2:24 Anti-Semitic Incidents October 7

4:44 Congressional Testimony About Calls For Genocide

7:50 Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and the Conservative Divide

9:20 Why parts of the right are shifting on Israel

11:28 Ben Shapiro vs Tucker Carlson debate

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15:49 Can Conservatism Exist Without Christianity?

18:10 Religious Freedom and the US Founding

21:30 Ben Shapiro’s Influence on Young Men

24:30 Islam and the Christian Nation Argument

26:00 Nigeria, Christian persecution, and Media Narratives

27:10 Concern About Abandoning Christianity

29:00 Outro

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This week, Pastor Nate Wright is joined by Dr. Joe Boot and Dr. Michael Thiessen to help Christians think Christianly about the escalating conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.

Rather than reacting to headlines or repeating past debates about foreign wars, the conversation examines the issue through a Christian worldview—drawing on Scripture, sphere sovereignty, and the insights of Abraham Kuyper. What is the biblical basis for international law? Do nations have a right to defend themselves? And how should Christians think about war, treaties, and global conflict in a fallen world?

The goal of this episode is simple: to help believers move beyond political talking points and think Christianly about international conflict, justice, and the responsibilities of nations under God’s law.

Everyone says metabolism is simple.

Eat less. Move more. Try keto. Maybe take a GLP-1.

So why are we sicker, heavier, and more metabolically broken than ever?

In this episode of Water Break, Joel Green joins us to challenge the entire framework of modern weight loss. We dig into environmental toxins, transgenerational epigenetics, insulin resistance, fasting, carnivore, GLP-1 drugs, and why so many diets “work” once… and then fail.

If you’ve hit a wall with your health — or you’re starting to suspect the mainstream advice isn’t telling the whole story — this conversation might rewire how you think about metabolism altogether.

Did Jesus reject political power as inherently satanic? In this episode, Cory Wing, Tim Bushong, Matt Plett, and Mike D’Virgilio respond to comments from Rhett McLaughlin suggesting that Christians seeking political influence are embracing the temptation Satan offered Christ.

Is that what the temptation narrative actually teaches? The hosts carefully examine the biblical text, its historical context, and the theological implications of Christ’s rejection of Satan’s offer. They argue that this popular interpretation misunderstands both the nature of Christ’s kingship and the legitimate role of political authority under God. From a robust, postmillennial perspective, they present:

- Why Christ rejected Satan’s offer — and what that rejection really means 
- The difference between unlawful power and lawful authority 
- Why pietist and anabaptist instincts often distort this passage 
- The necessity of political power rightly ordered under Christ 
- A positive, hopeful vision for Christianity in public life

This isn’t about partisan politics. It’s about whether Jesus is Lord over all of life — including civil authority.