The Insanity of Obedience: Walking with Jesus in Tough Places
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The Insanity of Obedience: Walking with Jesus in Tough Places  -     By: Nik Ripken, Barry Stricker

The Insanity of Obedience: Walking with Jesus in Tough Places

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Whether you're carrying God's good news across the ocean or down the street, you're bound to run into persecution. In this insightful book Ripken shows that it's how we respond that makes all the difference. Learn to move beyond "safe" Christianity, operate wisely as a "sheep among wolves," and embrace the call to radical discipleship! Softcover.

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Title: The Insanity of Obedience: Walking with Jesus in Tough Places
By: Nik Ripken, Barry Stricker
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: B&H Books
Publication Date: 2013
Dimensions: 9 X 6 X 0.67 (inches)
Weight: 15 ounces
ISBN: 1433673096
ISBN-13: 9781433673092
Stock No: WW673090

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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 Jesus did. This book dares you—and prepares you—to cross the street and the oceans with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Some of Jesus’ instructions sound uncomfortable and are potentially dangerous. We may be initially encouraged by His declaration, "I am sending you out." But how are we to respond when He then tells us that He is sending us out "like sheep among wolves"?

In light of the words of Jesus, how can modern day believers rest comfortably in the status quo? How can we embrace casual faith in light of the radical commands of Jesus which are anything but casual? Ripken brings decades of ministry experience in some of the most persecuted areas of the world to bear on our understanding of faith in Jesus. The Insanity of Obedience is a call to roll up your sleeves . . . and to follow and partner with Jesus in the toughest places on this planet.

"We have the high privilege of answering Jesus’ call to go," Ripken says. "But let us be clear about this: we go on His terms, not ours. If we go at all, we go as sheep among wolves."
 
Jesus gives us Himself.  And He gives us the tools necessary for those who dare to journey with Him.

Author Bio

Nik Ripken is the world's leading expert on the persecuted church in Muslim contexts. He is a missions veteran of 30 years, having served primarily in North Africa and the Middle East. He is the author of The Insanity of God and the new book The Insanity of Obedience. He and his wife have done extensive research on the persecuted church, and on Muslim background believers, in approximately 72 countries.

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