The Back to Jerusalem Podcast

Loren Duane Cunningham was an American missionary who was the founder of the international Christian missionary organization Youth With A Mission and the University of the Nations. Cunningham founded YWAM in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1960 with his wife, Darlene Cunningham, at the age of 24.

This is an urgent podcast that we want to get out to our supporters. You may not be aware of recent earthquakes that have devastated parts of Afghanistan. In the last few days, multiple 6-7 magnitude earthquakes have killed thousands and displaced thousands more. BTJ is on the ground providing support and ministering, and we need your help!

Does motivation matter when it comes to helping others? Supplying food, donating money, and providing humanitarian assistance to those in need is an absolute good, isn't it?

The massive event ticketing website Eventbrite deemed their event to be hateful and violent and removed it from their platform. Justin with the Palmetto Family Council in South Carolina joins Eugene on this episode to discuss.

"We are at war," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address yesterday. "Not an 'operation,' not a 'round,' but at war." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war after a deadly shock attack on Israel launched by Hamas during a holy reflective time in Israel. Rabbi Myles Weiss joins Eugene on this episode to discuss.

This podcast was recorded in late August 2023. During this wide ranging discussion, Eugene and Rabbi Myles Weiss cover a number of topics including signs that Saudi Arabia and Israel may be entertaining a deal for cooperation.

There are two very different ways of looking at the “15-minute city” idea. For some, it’s a sustainable, convenient, progressive urban planning concept. For others, it’s a conspiracy by “tyrannical bureaucrats” to take our lives, our cars and freedom. What is the truth? Perhaps China’s history can shed some light on this.

Pastor Chris Monaghan joins Eugene on this episode to discuss a recent event at his church. After inviting an evangelist who claimed he had visited heaven and hell to share his testimony, Pastor Chris and his church discovered things that led them to the conclusion that the evangelist was a fraud.

On this BTJ Story Time episode, Bethany reads an excerpt from the latest book released by BTJ's Underground Publishing House, The Lame Shall Take The Prey. Listen as the author describes what daily life was like with evil, dark opposition against the spreading of the Gospel in China.

George Stott’s story of how God called him to Wenzhou is an impossible one. If God has called you to do the impossible – this story is for you! This story shares of how a one-legged man turned Wenzhou into a city with the most Christians in China. Bethany joins Eugene on this episode to announce the book and share excerpts with you!

Eugene joins Rabbi Myles Weiss' program to talk about three book projects Eugene is currently working on.

There has been some unrest in Sweden. There have been Muslim protests, Quran burnings, and the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad was recently stormed and torched. Eugene discusses on this episode.

The smash hit movie, BARBIE, is hitting theaters now and it is a huge hit in China, but according to the BTJ UK Director, Bethany Hope, it has an overall theme of a world that is ruled by an evil "patriarchy" made up of powerful, privileged males subjugating underprivileged females. The film seems to promote a feminist message that elevates women over men, essentially trading one inequal...

This is Back to Jerusalem Story Time. We read the words of Christians from long ago that had so much to say, but have been forgotten. Join us as we read from the most recent book published by BTJ, A Voice In The Darkness.

There seems to be an undeniable ‘dumbing down‘ pervasive in Christian literature today. Many Christian books deliberately oversimplify the complexity of God’s Word and the struggles of man and this has arguably created a weak Christian culture unable to answer difficult questions about faith. Perhaps this is why authors like C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and John Bunyan have stood the test of time,...

Eugene is putting on his waders to address all of the haters. It's time to read some of the "hate" mail and social media messages that BTJ receives. Buckle up!

A licensed acupuncturist and a former Falun Gong practitioner, Gina, joins Eugene on this episode to talk discuss the practices of Falun Gong and the persecution its practitioners in China.

After hearing and reading some of the content that Eugene has published on Tibetan Buddhism, our special guest Adam wanted to join the podcast to discuss and debate some of the points he took issue with. Join us for this interesting, and sometimes heated, debate on Buddhism.

Amazon, one of the world’s largest companies, locked a man out of his smart home after he was falsely accused of saying something that the tech giant did not agree with. Christians, take notice.

This episode was originally recorded and published in October 2020. Walt Heyer spent 8 years of his life living as a transgender female, and now he says that sex change is a myth. He's the author of multiple books and after Eugene saw him being interviewed on the Candace Owen's show and knew he needed to talk with him about the rise of transgenderism in China and the Church's response.

If you want daily updates from BTJ on disaster relief in Turkey and Syria, or on the work with the refugees in Iraq, or the victims of Islamic terrorism in Somalia, or the ongoing projects in North Korea or China, or any project we're working on you may be interested in joining our Telegram channel. Eugene and special guest, Roy, tells you how on this episode.

Our partners inside of China recently held a secret meeting in Hunan Province. Some leaders from one of the main networks of the underground church came together to discuss the things they've seen in the last 3 years, and what they will do going forward. Out of this meeting they said there is one thing that they have need of... Bibles.

Our guest on the podcast today, John, wrote us a letter about what he thought could be the start of the tribulation. So, Eugene has invited him on this episode to discuss his ideas and findings.

The Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in the United Kingdom is scheduled for this week, and Eugene has something that he wants to share with you. It's a relatively unknown thing that connects England directly to Israel, and it's something that you can be looking for if you watch the Coronation ceremony.

In this episode from January 2023 Eugene talks about three crazy rules for traveling to and from China. The pandemic that started in China now seems to be, in a way, ending in China.