China Compass

On last week’s podcast, I discussed my deportation from Egypt to Istanbul. This week we continue in Turkey, visiting the Seven Churches of Revelation. Today's show begins with a look at modern-day Laodicea, and a short talk I gave yesterday in the heart of old Ephesus.  Unbeaten : My Arrest, Interrogation, and Deportation from China - Unbeaten.vip Pray for China (Nov 10-16): https://chi...

Welcome to this episode of the “Prison Pulpit”. I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben, recording today from Ephesus in Turkey! Follow me on X ( @chinaadventures ) where I share daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me anytime @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Last but not least, to learn more about our strategic prayer and missions projects or to get one of my missiona...

Well, nothing like a deportation to start your day!  I begin today’s podcast by telling about being deported from Egypt a few hours ago (1:30), followed by a biographical sketch of William Borden (24:30), whose birthday was today (Nov 1), and whose footsteps I had hoped to follow in Cairo before I was sent packing back to Istanbul.    Borden of Yale: No Reserve, No Retreat, No...

Follow me on Twitter/X ( @chinaadventures ) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Last but not least, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit PrayGiveGo.us !   My Op-Ed for Crosspolitic News: Trump Making US-Malaysia Relations Great Again https://www.crosspolitic...

Follow me on X ( @chinaadventures ) where I post new China city prayer profiles every single day. Send any notes or comments to bfwesten at gmail dot com and find much more, including my missionary biographies, at PrayGiveGo.us !   Today I begin by discussing Trump’s visit to Malaysia (today!) and how he is likely perceived by Malaysians (and Asians in general), plus a note about Doug W...

Today we look at a few updates from pastors in China in the context of what Wang Yi calls "China's greatest evil", followed by a primer on persecution in Nigeria and how we can pray for people so far away and different from us (Hebrews 13:3 is the key)! Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X ( @chinaadventures ) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email...

On last week’s podcast I sat down with Pastor Doug Wilson in Moscow, Idaho. Today I’ve got another special guest for the first half of the podcast, my lovely daughter Abby who just had a birthday this week (hint: she’s old enough to drive but yet an “adult”).  Here’s how you can follow her and her artwork: https://www.instagram.com/abriana.isabel_art/ And h...

This is the 52nd episode in the “Prison Pulpit” series on the China Compass podcast! I started in mid-October of last year. Today's episode starts with remembering Pastor Wang Yi, and then we look at the remarkable similarities in the legacies of Charlie Kirk and the millionaire missionary, William Borden, and how we ought to pray in the aftermath of the death of our heroes in the fait...

Today I am talking to a special guest, Annabelle Vaughn, who watched her father get dragged from the front door of their rural Tennessee home four years ago, for the “crime” of conspiracy to protect the unborn.  Paul Vaugn, who was interviewed a couple of times on Crosspolitic, was one of the Nashville 11 who was later arrested for helping the others who committed the “crime...

On this special episode of China Compass we revisit a special interview I did last year with NSA Professor (and former China missionary), Brent Pinkall, who is getting married TODAY (Oct 4) here in Moscow to Christiana Hale, also a teacher at NSA (and published author: Deeper Heavens).  In part to honor my buddy Brent, and in part because he's got us groomsman so busy I didn't have time to re...

I'm recording today from my hotel room in Macau, China. Well, the intro and outtro were from today, but the bulk of today's podcast is borrowed from the Macau podcast I did on location on THIS DAY last year. I love being in this city, and the opportunities that it brings. Enjoy today's podcast, thank God for the legacy of Pastor Lucky, pray for the needs presented (and give if you can), and spend...

Today I am recording (almost) live from Hong Kong, China. . . After sharing some fascinating and moving clips of a sermon Voddie Baucham preached here in Kowloon last year, we follow a thread that connects Voddie’s critique of LeBron James in his book “Fault Lines” with the NBA’s hypocrisy and its unholy relationship with China. And last but not least, I had time to talk th...

Today once again, we turn to Richard Wurmbrand to speak on behalf of the persecuted… BTW, Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Lutheran minister who spent fourteen years in prison (three in solitary confinement) and published ”Tortured for Christ" after his release in the late 1960s. He later founded Voice of the Martyrs, but son Michael does NOT recommend VOM’s ministry today. (Rea...

I recently met up with a Canadian missionary friend, in an undisclosed (Asian) location, to talk about our many China adventures, answered prayers, and how to avoid getting grabbed (or clubbed) by so-called “peaceful” Tibetan monks! Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post new...

Follow me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Last but not least, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit PrayGiveGo.us !   Why did I begin the Prison Pulpit series?  The goal is to remind everyone to pray for persecuted bel...

So in honor of Charlie Kirk, I let him "take the mike" on my weekly China Compass podcast and share his thoughts on China, which he discussed on his own podcast just last week (Sept 3).   Here's his own episode (scroll down for mine): https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1963270640183685393 .   I went through his China takes, commenting and critiquing (only a little) along the way. But hon...

Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Last but not least, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit PrayGiveGo.us!   Visible Wounds (Blessing in the Torture) From Wurmbrand’s book, Sermons in Solitary C...

(If you're wondering what the "dam" is about, or why it's mispelt (it's not), just listen...) After a short intro, we jump into the first headline of the week: China Celebrates 80th Anniversary of Defeat of Japan and End of WW2 (1:16). Next, we jump right into China’s 60th Anniversary celebration of subjugating Tibet (12:01), followed by a look at the “run-of-the-river” dam being...

Welcome to the 46th episode in the “Prison Pulpit” series on the China Compass podcast on the Fight Laugh Feast network! Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Last but not least, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary...

After working through this week’s Pray for China cities (4:28), we jump into the topic of the day: Are Chinese students all spies? (19:05). Lastly, some stories about teaching in China (50:00).  Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. Follow me (@chinaadventures) on Twitter/X where I post new/unique Chinese city prayer prof...

Welcome to the 45th episode in the “Prison Pulpit” series on the China Compass podcast on the Fight Laugh Feast network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben, recording today from Malaysia.  Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Last but...

China Compass Sponsors: Pray for China Interceding for all the Cities of China PrayforChina.us   Unbeaten The Story of My Arrest, Interrogation, and Deportation from China  Unbeaten.vip   The Memoirs of William Milne  200th Anniversary Edition! https://milne.my/   Borden of Yale: The Millionaire Missionary No Reserve, No Retreat, No Regrets www. BordenofYale.com   The...

Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Last but not least, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit PrayGiveGo.us ! Why did I begin this weekly Prison Pulpit series?  The goal is to remind us all to pray for...

After a brief intro, I jump into the four (very random) China stories of the week (1:25), followed by a deep dive into how the Babylon Bee recently (no joke) promoted Falun Gong, a Chinese Buddhist cult (23:31). For the final five or so minutes, I go through all of the Pray for China cities to "remember" this week. (52:12).   Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your...

Follow and/or message me on Twitter/X (@chinaadventures) where I post (among other things) daily reminders to pray for China. You can also email me @ bfwesten at gmail dot com. Lastly, to learn more about our ministry endeavors or get one of my missionary biographies, visit PrayGiveGo.us!   Why did I begin this weekly Prison Pulpit series?  To remind us all to pray for persecuted pastors...