(118) S7E15 {Interview - Hanna Nation} Learning from Wang Yi and the Chinese House Church

I talk with Hannah Nation of China Partnership about Wang Yi and the Chinese house church. We discuss various issues related to nonviolence, government, and suffering. ------------------------------- Intro 0:00 Hannah Intro 3:00 Recap 9:00 Who is Wang Yi? 14:00 Why was Wang Yi arrested? 27:00 Wang Yi's law background and influence 36:00 Eschatology as a guide to action 41:00 Nonviolence and the Chinese church 48:00 Protest for power and control vs. the prophetic role of the church 54:00 Participation in government 60:00 Cross and the landfill analogy of Christian action in the world 67:00 Suffering 72:00 How would China view the U.S. church's reaction to government mandates due to COVID? Persecution or peace? 78:00 Fruit of Spirit and persecution as a call to our own repentance 84:00 Eschatology take 2 91:00 Biggest take away Americans can get from China and Wang Yi 94:30
-Intro 0:00
-Hannah Intro 3:00
-Recap 9:00
-Who is Wang Yi? 14:00
-Why was Wang Yi arrested? 27:00
-Wang Yi's law background and influence 36:00
-Eschatology as a guide to action 41:00
-Nonviolence and the Chinese church 48:00
-Protest for power and control vs. the prophetic role of the church 54:00
-Participation in government 60:00
-Cross and the landfill analogy of Christian action in the world 67:00
-Suffering 72:00
-How would China view the U.S. church's reaction to government mandates due to COVID? Persecution or peace? 78:00
-Fruit of Spirit and persecution as a call to our own repentance 84:00
-Eschatology take 2 91:00
-Biggest take away Americans can get from China and Wang Yi 94:30
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  • When the Police Come Knocking: https://www.chinasource.org/resource-library/chinese-church-voices/when-the-police-come-knocking/
  • The Cross and the Landfill: https://www.chinapartnership.org/blog/2019/12/the-cross-and-the-landfill-a-pastoral-letter-from-wang-yi
  • Grace to the City: https://www.amazon.com/Grace-City-Studies-Gospel-China/dp/1954874006/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=grace+to+the+city&qid=1622051838&sr=8-1
  • Church in the Wilderness: https://www.housechurchtheology.com/
  • China Partnership Blog: https://www.chinapartnership.org/blog
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  • Episode on Wang Yi's "My Declaration of Faithful Disobedience": https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/114-s7e11-pastor-wang-yis-my-declaration-of-faithful-disobedience
  • Interview with Kingdom Women on submission: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/113-s7e10-interview-submission-oppression-and-freedom
  • His Stripes and Our Stripes - Questioning submission and suffering: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/112-se16-his-stripes-and-our-stripes
  • The Moral Conundrum of Lying to Save Lives: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-the-moral-conundrum-of-lying-to-save-lives
  • Augustine and Lying: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d89b9cea?preview=true
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(118) S7E15 {Interview - Hanna Nation} Learning from Wang Yi and the Chinese House Church
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