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On Eating Grubworms, Learning Mandarin, Chinese Reality TV Stardom, and Fleeing from the Tibetan Communist Police (A Chat with Brent from NSA) [China Compass]

On Eating Grubworms, Learning Mandarin, Chinese Reality TV Stardom, and Fleeing from the Tibetan Communist Police (A Chat with Brent from NSA) [China Compass]

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In honor of my good friend Brent P, who teaches rhetoric at New St. Andrews in Moscow, Idaho, and along with his lovely wife is expecting their first baby any day now, I am re-sharing this lightly edited episode (from 2024) in which we discussed a wide range of topics, including:

  • Brent carrying the Chinese Olympic torch in 08!
  • Learning from a North Korean classmate
  • Eating "creature soup" and grubworms
  • Our practical tips for learning Chinese
  • What its like to be a "star" on Chinese TV
  • How John Piper introduced Brent and I in 2012
  • Running from the police and delivering Bibles in Tibet
  • Starring on Chinese TV to pay for NSA Graduate Degree
  • Brent's book promoting Chinese classical Christian education

Here are links to the John Piper sermon that God used to introduce Brent and I almost 15 years ago...

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:
 
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)：
 
恩道：https://ebook.endao.co/book-914#
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