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Luke and John are going to be doing a show together, and Luke has some new material to workshop!  (Yes--it does!)

Our ancestors must have been dealing with different animals than the ones we currently have...

NEXT:  We are having Second Winter, right on schedule.  If history is a teacher, we have at least 4 more thaws-and-refreezes before Real Spring.   But, if history is a teacher, Luke still won't learn.

LATER:  WE HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.  But let's talk about Artificial Intelligence again. Marcus Pittman suggestes that God was the Original Prompter, and making things with AI is a valid way to imitate God and make art.   But, boy, that wasn't a popular take!

FINALLY: John reads some AI-generated "jokes" from his comedy-writing GPT.  (Yikes.)

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The Pugsters welcome Dr. Timothy Padgett, Theologian in Residence and Glenn’s colleague at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, for a conversation on constructive ecumenism. Working across denominational and theological lines raises a range of questions: how do you do it without compromising things you believe are true? Can evangelical and Reformed Christians work with Catholics? How about Mormons? What is the difference between ecumenism and co-belligerency? As usual, the guys have a wide-ranging conversation about these and other (mostly) related topics.

Links mentioned on the show:

What Would You Say: Are Mormons Christians: https://breakpoint.org/are-mormons-christians/

What Would you Say: What is Christian Nationalism?: https://breakpoint.org/what-is-christian-nationalism-exactly/

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Every business owner and their mom talks about culture - values statements, team-building events, speeches about what the company stands for. But culture isn't built by what you say. It's built by who you are. Before you can build the business culture you want, you must embody it.

On this week’s China Compass, after looking at China’s newly opened (visa-free) door to Canadian and British nationals, as well as a personal admonition to visit China, we work through what might as well be a Chinese propaganda article from Wired.com, listing 23 ways we are (supposedly) already living in the Chinese century. I sure do hope they got most of these wrong!

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!

My Missions Resources:

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)

The Memoirs of William Milne: First Protestant Missionary to Malaysia (PrayGiveGo.us)

China Grants Visa-Free Access to Canadian and British Nationals

https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/02/15/china-to-grant-visa-free-policy-to-canadian-and-british-nationals-from-feb-17

As Trump Retreats from Climate Goals, China is Becoming a Green Superpower

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-8d2b6944-4f7a-45b4-96fd-2d92499ff97d

23 Ways You're Already Living in the Chinese Century

https://www.wired.com/china-issue/

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

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-feb-22-28-2026

Thank you for listening! Subscribe and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! There’s also a Paypal link at PrayforChina.us if you’d like to give to our China ministry. Last but not least, for (almost) everything else we’re doing visit PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10, vs 2: the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few, therefore ask the Lord for more. Talk again soon!

Did the Great Tribulation already happen? In this opening episode, Pastor Matt Plett begins a deep dive into Matthew 24 and the Olivet Discourse — one of the most debated passages in the Bible. Was Jesus speaking about our future, or events His first listeners would witness? By examining Scripture alongside Church history, this episode challenges the prophetic framework many modern Christians assume is standard. If you’ve ever struggled to understand Matthew 24, this series will reshape how you read the text.

Today, Jason Farley's interview with me helps us understand what metaphysics and the metaphysics of sin are and how their disappearance from our thinking changed our times. It is a look at the missing fundamentals of Christian thought that has undergirded recent episodes on original sin and the dominion of sin in relation to law and politics.

On this episode of Crosspoliticat AmFest 2025, Knox and Gabe welcome on Nathan Graville, CEO and founder of Geviti to talk about the issue of preventative healthcare through AI-driven blood work analysis and why it could have saved his father's life and help millions catch health problems before it's too late. Find out more on Geviti here: https://www.gogeviti.com/about-us

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We start off fighting with a cheap plastic recorder that won’t cooperate and complaining about all the trash showing up now that the snow is melting. Then things take a hard turn when we talk about the morning we found a stranger sitting on our living room couch at 5:30 AM. 

That moment changes how we see our own habits. Leaving the doors unlocked used to feel normal, even harmless. After that morning, it feels careless, and we end up installing an auto-locking digital system. One unexpected person on a couch is enough to turn a casual routine into a security upgrade.

From there, we wander into some childhood memories—like techniques for flattening hamsters and lizards. It’s uncomfortable and a little funny in hindsight, but mostly it’s about how small mistakes had very real results. 

We also talk about AI, comparing it to a nervous friend who sounds confident but gets things wrong. That leads us into a debate about the tangled timeline in Primer and how some kids somehow guess the twist in The Sixth Sense right away. We wrap up by unpacking why hearing “you did your best” can feel like a quiet insult—like the recorder that won’t play right, the door that now locks itself, and the headlamp shining on a problem we didn’t want to see.

In this episode of the podcast for cultural reformation, Nate Wright and Dr. Michael Thiessen continue the Think Christianly series by examining the relationship between the Church, the Kingdom of God, and the mission of God’s people.

Is the Church’s mission merely personal piety, church growth, political activism, or evangelism alone? Drawing from Dr. Joe Boot’s Think Christianly, they argue that the kingdom of God is the comprehensive rule and reign of Christ over every sphere of life—not something confined to Sunday worship or outsourced to the state. When that vision is reduced, Christians drift into either “churchianity” or a politicized view of the kingdom.

The episode unpacks worship beyond Sunday, the distinction between the Church as institute and organism, sphere sovereignty, the central (but not exhaustive) role of evangelism, and the danger of sacred/secular dualism. Ultimately, the gospel calls believers into a world-encompassing mission: all of life lived under the lordship of King Jesus.

Why do so many people hit their 40s and suddenly fall apart?

In this episode of Water Break, we zoom out and ask the bigger question: How did we get here? From chronic dieting and lost muscle to modern stress, sedentary life, and hormonal fallout, we unpack the real reasons so many men and women feel exhausted, overweight, and inflamed.

If you’ve ever wondered why “just eat less and move more” isn’t working anymore — this episode connects the dots and gives you a better path forward.

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