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Ripken tells the story of how he became a follower of Christ and ended up in conflict damaged Somalia.
He tells of pain in his personal household, the experiences of evil around him, and his feeling of failure.
He asks deep questions and tells the story of how he ends First, I need to alert the reader that I personally know the author behind the pseudonym, "Nik Ripken".
I've attended conferences he's led on the persecuted church, I've met his wife. I actually went to seminary with his brother in law, I once even enjoyed a leisurely Nik Ripken articulates the numerous stories of modern persecution within the church those willing to die for the glory of Jesus Christ.
This book can easily invoke tears, as these stories exemplify the beauty of living for God who gave His own Son for us and returning The Insanity of God tells the incredible personal story of a couple who entrusted their lives to serving God and taking the good news of Christ to the world.
Much of their lives were dedicated to the land of Somalia after the author visited and was struck by the hostile My husband is just now reading it and really likes it so far! From my blog: This book had been recommended to me by several mature believers either in full time ministry or strongly supporting missions endeavors around the world.
When I finally caught a copy, I dug in, not sure of what Id find, The efforts paid off, “I held tight to the psalmist Davids conviction that the weeping and tears might linger for the night, but that joy would come in the morning.
Sadly, after six years in Somalia, each morning brought only tears, For perhaps the first time in my life, I was dealing Summary: Nik Ripken a pseudonym used for safety began his "calling" for the mission field as a young man.
His wife Ruth on the other hand had known since she was a young girl she would be a missionary.
Nik and Ruth along with their three sons re located to Africa in 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, "God had always been so real to me, to Ruth, and to our boys, But was he enough for the utter weariness of soul I experienced at that time, in that place, under those circumstances" It is a question that many have asked and one that, if answered, can lead us to a whole new world of faith.
How does faith survive, let alone flourish, in a place like the Middle East How can Ggod truly overcome such evil How do you maintain hope when all is darkness around you How can we say "greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world" when

it may not be visibly true in that place at that time How does anyone live an abundant, victorious Christian life in our world's toughest places Can Christianity even work outside of Western, dressed up, ordered nations If so, how The Insanity of God tells a story a remarkable and unique story to be sure, yet at heart a very human story of the Ripkens' own spiritual and emotional odyssey.
The gripping narrative account of a personal pilgrimage into some of the toughest places on Earth, combined with sobering and insightful stories of the remarkable people of faith Nik and Ruth encountered on their journeys, will serve as a powerful course of revelation, growth, and challenge for anyone who wants to know whether God truly is enough.
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