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 record a new episode, most of today's episode is of that previous (fascinating) conversation.

Enjoy! And pray for Brent and Christiana as they tie the knot today and begin a new life together!

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Brent and I discuss a wide range of topics, including...

• The Olympics in China (Brent carried the torch in 2008!)


• Living in Wuhan long before the pandemic


• Liaoning Province being paired with NY, PA, NJ, and Delaware


• Practical tips for learning Chinese


• Eating big bugs in China


• How John Piper introduced me to Brent and became a friend


• Delivering Bibles & running from the police in the foothills of Tibet


• What its like to be a "star" on Chinese TV


• The state of Chinese classical Christian education

Here is the link to the John Piper sermon that God used to introduce Brent and I...

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/my-burden-for-the-truly-unreached-fbc

https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/holy-ambition

And here are various links to Brent's book on Chinese classical Christian education, "Redeeming the Six Arts", in both English and Chinese, as well as Christiana Hale's book on the Ransom Trilogyy:

Roman Roads Press：https://romanroadspress.com/store/six-arts/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Redeeming-Six-Arts-Christian-Classical-ebook/dp/B0BXY45TSK/

中文（Chinese): https://www.amazon.com/%E6%95%91%E8%B5%8E%E5%85%AD%E8%89%BA-Redeeming-Six-Arts-Chinese/dp/1944482709/

Deeper Heavens

https://www.amazon.com/Deeper-Heaven-Readers-Lewiss-Trilogy/dp/1944482563/