CHINA: Thomas. "1421"/"Who Discovered America?" Porcelain. The Great Wall.

About this episode

The episode discusses the apostle Thomas's potential role in bringing Christianity to China, explores a new theory on world exploration, and highlights historical Chinese products and the Great Wall.

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! We finish our world tour in a land considered a fertile field for the gospel until godless Communists took over. We’ll discuss the apostle who may have first brought Jesus to China and why; a radical new theory about world exploration (embrace or discard at your pleasure); the super-fancy products China used to be famous for making in earlier centuries; and the wall you and your fellow game players must defend at all costs, even the c...

People in this episode

Host: Hal Hammons

Topics covered

• Christianity in China
• World exploration theories
• Historical products of China
• The Great Wall
• Apostolic missions

Keywords

• China
• Thomas
• Christianity
• exploration
• porcelain
• Great Wall
• gospel

Mentioned in this episode

Products: porcelain

Books & works: 1421, Who Discovered America?

Places: China, The Great Wall

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