The Insanity of God is the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky who thought they were going on just your ordinary missionary pilgrimage, but discovered it would be anything but. After spending over six hard years doing relief work in Somalia, and experiencing life where it looked like God had turned away completely and He was clueless about the tragedies of life, the couple had a crisis of faith and left Africa asking God, "Does the gospel work anywhere when it is really a hard place? It sure didn't work in Somalia.

Nik recalls that, "God had...

Wise Sheep Among the Wolves

All Christian disciples have one thing in common: as they carry the gospel across the ocean and across the street, persecution will become the norm for those who choose to follow Jesus. How believers respond in the face of persecution reveals everything about their level of faith and obedience.

The Insanity of Obedience is a bold challenge to global discipleship. Nik Ripken exposes the danger of safe Christianity and calls readers to something greater. The Insanity of Obedience challenges Christians in the same, provocative way that...

Nik Ripken erfährt Gott als Jugendlicher auf ungewöhnliche Weise und folgt später seinem Ruf nach Somalia. Doch die Not und Dunkelheit in dem Bürgerkriegsland erschüttern sein Vertrauen auf Gott: Wirkt Jesus als Auferstandener heute überhaupt noch? Dann lernt er in China, in der ehemaligen Sowjetunion und islamisch geprägten Ländern Christen kennen, die Verfolgung im Glauben durchgestanden haben. Durch diese Begegnungen wird sein Glaube radikal verwandelt und erneuert. Hier sein spannender und tief berührender Bericht. Gekürzt: Nik Ripken erfährt Gott auf ungewöhnliche Weise. Als...

One surgeon's passion for disabled children in Africa