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Summary:
In this second part of the interview with Nik Ripken, author of The Insanity of God and The Insanity of Obedience, Cynthia and Nik talk about how we define persecution, the challenge of sharing our faith in the West, and the role fear plays in our lives. He gives an exhortation and encouragement to those in persecuted situations and shares about new resources coming available soon.
Find out more about Nik Ripken’s books and resources at www.nikripken.com.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why would Satan care about if the church is woken up, when he has already shut us up?
- In the West, only 1% of Christians come to faith through direct evangelism.
- What do we do with a new believer? When bring them to church and they become passive Christians within 6 weeks to 2 months.
- The alternative is to disciple them in home groups and house churches.
- Persecution is defined as anything that keeps you from having access to Jesus, anything or anyone that tries to hinder you from practicing your faith and sharing Jesus with others.
- Fear is the #1, #2, and #3 best tool of Satan.
- The persecuted church tells the right stories, stories from Hebrews about those who are chained, and beaten, and killed. We don’t tell those stories.
- Most Western churches preach 85% of their sermons on Romans through Revelation. We need to focus much more on Genesis through Acts.
- Don’t give up in freedom what we were given in persecution, our commitment to witness to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus!
- Video Workshop called “Insanity Unleashed” is being released soon. 21 hours of video teaching.
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Links Mentioned in This Episode:
Order The Multiplier’s Mindset Book
Getting Started in Disciple Making Movements Course
