The Madness of God

Will you follow Jesus even when it doesn’t make any sense?

From the mountains of Kentucky to war-torn Somalia, Nik Ripken has walked alongside followers of Christ. Faced with suffering in his own family, the realities of the war around him, and the systematic destruction of the work he felt called to do, the evil sometimes felt simply unbearable. How could God be good when life was so dark? How could Christ reign victorious when some of Nik’s best friends were among the martyrs? Is there really power in Christ, despite adverse circumstances?

The ashes of Somalia led the Ripken family to travel through more than 60 countries around the world and learn the stories of more than 600 believers, men and women who learned to be strong and sufficiently prepared to walk with Jesus in the midst of persecution. These believers, along with the testimony of others in Scripture, cry out that Jesus is worth it. He is worth your life, your spouse's life, and your children's lives.

How does faith survive, let alone flourish, in those places where the darkness of sin and despair are determined to defeat life? Join Nik as he tells you how persecuted believers taught him “how to follow Jesus, how to love Jesus, and how to walk with Jesus day after day.” We may think it would be better to live like the world rather than do the “crazy things” Jesus asks of us. But are we really happier than those who walk through the darkest and most insane paths? What does it mean if we are not? Is God really enough? All these questions will be answered in The Insanity of God.