Today’s podcast covers a wide range of topics, starting with the Pakistani “Peace Talks”, China’s motives in the Iran conflict, hacking China, a few China travel related stories including the longest flight in the world, comparing the cost of “everyday” items in China vs. US, China’s take on Taiwanese “independence”, and finallyall the Chinese cities to pray for this week. 

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!

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)

The World's Longest One-Stop Flight Is Up To 29 Hours

https://simpleflying.com/worlds-longest-one-stop-29-hours-flight-explained/

20 flights: Some Chinese travellers stockpiled air tickets before fuel surcharge hike

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/he-booked-over-20-flights-some-chinese-travellers-stockpile-air-tickets-before-fuel-surcharge-hike

The Cost of Everyday Things in China vs. the U.S.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/cost-of-living-in-china-vs-us/

Xi declares Taiwan independence a threat to peace

https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2026/04/10/beijing-ramps-up-pressure-as-xi-declares-taiwan-independence-a-threat-to-peace/215822

Xi Jinping meets new face of Taiwan's opposition as US and Japan watch

https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/international-relations/taiwan-tensions/xi-jinping-meets-new-face-of-taiwan-s-opposition-as-us-and-japan-watch

This coming week's Pray for China (PrayforChina.us) cities…

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-apr-12-18-2026

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Today, David takes the next step in what we began to cover last week — what it might look like to be spiritually minded (Romans 8:6) in trying to apply the juridical aspects of the “law of Moses” to abortive mothers in our day. The spiritually-minded may find in today's publication some considerations that make the answer harder than some who desire to be teachers of the law might think it is.

Today, David takes the next step in what we began to cover last week — what it might look like to be spiritually minded (Romans 8:6) in trying to apply the juridical aspects of the “law of Moses” to abortive mothers in our day. The spiritually-minded may find in today's publication some considerations that make the answer harder than some who desire to be teachers of the law might think it is.

Jacob Glass walks through the first three beasts of Daniel 7 and what they actually represent. In this episode, we break down the lion, the bear, and the leopard—showing how these symbolic visions point directly to real historical kingdoms: Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece. Along the way, we explore the meaning of the four winds, the great sea, and why Daniel’s visions are not strictly chronological.

Rather than speculation about the distant future, Daniel 7 reveals how God sovereignly raises up and judges nations throughout history. If you’ve ever wondered what these beasts really mean, this is a clear and grounded explanation rooted in Scripture.

Eschatology Matters isn’t going anywhere—but it is growing.

In this special update, I’m sharing the vision behind the EM Network—why we’re expanding to multiple shows each week, what’s coming next, and how you can be part of it.

We now have:
– Take Heart (Monday) 
– The World View with Alex Kocman (Tuesday)
– Reaction & Topical Content (Wednesdays) 
– The Magistrate with Baird & Howard (Thursdays)
– Theology & Study content Fridays)
Plus new shows in development!

This isn’t just more content—it’s a mission: To tell the full story of Scripture, clearly and faithfully, and to recover a hopeful, victorious vision of the future. If you believe eschatology matters, now is the time to lean in.

👉 Subscribe, share, and consider partnering with us to help build what’s next.

Can Christianity be restored to the center of American life? In this episode of The Magistrate, Josh Howard and James Baird engage two competing narratives shaping the current conversation around religion in America—decline and revival. Interacting with recent articles from American Reformer and The New York Times, they examine whether the so-called “waning” of Christianity tells the full story, or whether deeper currents suggest something else entirely.

Is America moving beyond Christianity… or is a return still possible? More importantly—what would it actually mean for Christianity to be “central” again? Cultural influence? Political establishment? Or something deeper? This conversation pushes beyond simplistic binaries and asks what a historically Protestant, theologically grounded vision for public life might look like in the present moment.

https://americanreformer.org/2026/03/...

We walk you through the ways we’ve “improved” lawnmowers, power washers, and even our diets—by lowering the standard of success. 

Between the three of us, we’ve collected a highlight reel of poor decisions: mow mishaps, backyard experiments, and deep thoughts about sardines, anchovies, and whatever Grape Nuts are supposed to be. We share the kind of “redneck hacks” that sound helpful right up until you try them—like stuffing a rag into a mower’s air intake to save starter fluid.

We also explore self-defense, which for us mostly means recognizing how quickly we would lose a fight. We’ve studied the irrationality of street fights just enough to conclude the smartest move is to not become a story someone else tells later. 

Along the way, we uncover “truths” like the difference between reel mowers and the real mowers, the correct spelling of 'lapping compound', and why hot sauce might technically qualify as a weapon. We also spend an unreasonable amount of time debating cereal, because nothing reveals our intellectual limits faster than our fascination with the expansion rate of Grape Nuts.

We even get into emergency preparedness, which for us means looking around the house and saying, “What could this be used for instead?” Could Grape Nuts replace kitty litter? Should hot sauce be used as a fire extinguisher? We don’t recommend it, but we’ve clearly thought about it more than responsible people do.

If you’ve ever fixed something the wrong way and felt proud anyway, you’re one of us. 

In this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Nate Wright, Dr. Joe Boot, and Dr. Michael Thiessen discuss how to think Christianly about science and evolutionism. They challenge the modern myth that Christianity and science are enemies, arguing instead that modern science was born out of a biblical worldview. They also expose evolutionism as more than a neutral scientific theory, showing that it functions as a rival religious worldview with deep cultural consequences. Finally, they explore how Darwinian thinking reduces human dignity, morality, and meaning, and why only the Christian worldview provides the necessary foundation for true science and human flourishing.

Jacob Glass responds to a common claim about Daniel’s 70 weeks—that it predicts the end of the world. But does the text actually say that? Walking through Daniel 9 and Hebrews, Jacob shows that the prophecy points to Christ’s first coming—not the end of time. The work of putting away sin, bringing in everlasting righteousness, and fulfilling the vision was accomplished in the first century. If that’s true, it changes how we understand prophecy, the mission of Christ, and what we should expect about the future. Watch and consider the text carefully.