Doug Wilson Interview: Early Years in Japan, Trump's China Tactics, and Climbing the Great Wall (Someday)

Doug Wilson Interview: Early Years in Japan, Trump's China Tactics, and Climbing the Great Wall (Someday)

I was blessed to sit down once again with Pastor Doug Wilson in his Idaho office to discuss a variety of China-related topics, including Trump's China tactics and whether or not Doug thinks he'll ever stand on the Great Wall of China. We also spent quite a few minutes discussing his early years in Japan, which was sort of unplanned. The conversation was fascinating and fun and we only stopped because of time restraints. I have a few more questions that I had to leave for a future conversation.  Here's the link to our previous conversation back in the Fall of 2025, of which I wrote the following... In our 30+ minute conversation, we touched on many topics including the Great Leap Forward, Mao’s Great Famine, Doug’s Submarine Adventures with a Taiwanese crew, the China Legacies of Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, the Tiananmen Square massacre (and revival), China’s modern-day revival, C.S. Lewis’s 1946 China optimism vs. Doug’s (short-term) pessimism, Hebrews 13:3 and how to pray for the persecuted, and PrayforChina.us’s helpful strategy! https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/133 [https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/133]   We would welcome donations to help us equip pastors [https://givebutter.com/missioncatalyst] in the Chinese house church network I mentioned in my conversation with Doug. Here is the website to the ministry I lead, Mission Catalyst: MCI3.org [https://givebutter.com/missioncatalyst]   Follow me on X (@chinaadventures [www.x.com/chinaadventures]) where I post new China city prayer profiles every single day. Feel free to email me any notes, questions, or comments: chinacompass at privacyport dot com Learn more about our China work, including my missionary biographies, at PrayGiveGo.us [PrayGiveGo.us]! Subscribe to China Compass and leave a review on your preferred podcast platform. Luke 10, vs. 2, the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Talk again soon!

Wang Yi's Prayer for China on Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre │Prison Pulpit #84

Welcome to another special episode in the weekly “Prison Pulpit” series on the China Compass podcast! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben, currently returning (overland) to Oklahoma from Moscow, Idaho. You can follow me on X (@chinaadventures [http://www.x.com/chinaadventures]) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us [http://prayforchina.us]). To learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit www.PrayGiveGo.us [http://www.praygivego.us]!   Why the Prison Pulpit? I want to remind you once again why I do this weekly Prison Pulpit series: to encourage you to pray for Pastor Wang Yi (and others like him) as Hebrews 13:3 teaches us, by sharing from his own words and sermons, as well as many stories and sermons from the late Richard Wurmbrand.    Pastor Wang Yi’s Prayer for the (Chinese) Nation https://www.wangyilibrary.org/en/post/a-prayer-for-the-nation [https://www.wangyilibrary.org/en/post/a-prayer-for-the-nation] Bonus: If Xi Jinping Does Not Repent, He Will Perish! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWuv55YgKjY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWuv55YgKjY]   Follow China Compass Follow or subscribe to China Compass wherever you are listening. You can also send any questions or comments via comment or DM on X: @chinaadventures [http://www.x.com/chinaadventures]. Hebrews 13:3

On the Road to Moscow (Idaho): Vanuatu Miscellanies + Urgent China Request

Today’s podcast was recorded on the highway en route to Moscow, ID. I discuss a few things I forgot to mention from Vanuatu, a big prayer request from China, a few thoughts on Iran, and more.  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 [http://www.x.com/chinaadventures]) where I share a new Chinese city or county to pray for every single day.  Feel free to write anytime: chinacompass@privacyport.com [chinacompass@privacyport.com]. All my books, substack, patreon, and everything else can be easily found at PrayGiveGo.us [http://praygivego.us]!   Don’t Miss these Classic Missionary Biographies I’ve edited and helped to publish: Borden of Yale: The Millionaire Missionary (BordenofYale.com [http://bordenofyale.com]) The Autobiography of John G. Paton: Part I (JohnGPaton.com [http://johngpaton.com]) The Memoirs of William Milne: First Missionary to Malaysia (PrayGiveGo.us [http://praygivego.us]) Unbeaten: Arrested, Interrogated, and Deported from China (Unbeaten.vip [http://unbeaten.vip])   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 [http://praygivego.us]. Luke 10, vs 2: the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few, so let's ask the Lord for more!

Vanuatu: Chinese in the South Seas + Spurgeon's Support for "the King of the Cannibals"

On my final day in Vanuatu, as I continue my work on Part II of John G. Paton’s autobiography, I read a portion from the forthcoming book that includes both George Mueller and C.H. Spurgeon. Then I discuss the growth of the Chinese church in the capital city of Vanuatu, Port Vila, before looking at the Chinese cities to pray for this week (PrayforChina.us [http://prayforchina.us]).   I'm your China travel guide in exile, Missionary Ben. Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures [http://x.com/chinaadventures]) where I share a new Chinese city to pray for every single day. Feel free to email anytime: chinacompass @ privacyport.com. Check out PrayGiveGo.us [http://praygivego.us] for everything else, incl. Patreon, Substack & books…   The Autobiography of John G. Paton (JohnGPaton.com [http://johngpaton.com]) Pray for China (May 24-31): https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-may-24-31-2026 [https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-may-24-31-2026]   Follow China Compass Thank you for listening! Subscribe & leave a review on your preferred podcast platform! And don’t forget to visit PrayGiveGo.us [http://praygivego.us] for books + Heb. 13:3: Remember those who are in prison, “as bound with them”!

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

As Americans celebrate Memorial Day, I'm busy traveling the South Seas (Vanuatu), so today's show (#200!) is a mashup of two shorter bonus episodes I recorded exactly two years ago, when the podcast was just getting started. The first discusses John G. Paton on his birthday (May 24, 1824), as well as a little bit about his contemporary Hudson Taylor. In the second, I spill the beans about the day I was deported from NW China in 2018.  Note, these have been lightly edited from the old originals, but some 2024 or otherwise time-bound references are sure to remain. My apologies in advance.   Part I: The Autobiography of John G. Paton - JohnGPaton.com [http://johngpaton.com] Part II: Deportation Day - Unbeaten.vip [http://unbeaten.vip] Here's the link to the full text version of Chapter Seven from my book, which I also mentioned: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/deportation-day-may-25-2018 [https://chinacall.substack.com/p/deportation-day-may-25-2018] Unbeaten: Confronting the Lies (and Laughter) of the Chinese Communist Police This is the story of my arrest, interrogation, and deportation from China in 2018: Unbeaten.vip [http://unbeaten.vip] Please follow/subscribe to China Compass and leave a review on your favorite platform. Also check out my books and everything else we’re involved in @ PrayGiveGo.us [http://www.praygivego.us]. Luke 10, Verse 2!