The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken
Week 10: Part Nine — Can Faith Survive in Hard Places? (The Answer Begins)
Read Part Nine of The Insanity of God (Nik's findings begin to converge around a clear answer to his central question). Key passage: Romans 8:35-39; John 16:33.
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After years of listening, Nik Ripken is finally ready to answer the question that sent him on this journey — and the answer is both simpler and more profound than he expected.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Nik's central question — 'Can faith survive in the worst places on earth?' — has now been answered by hundreds of testimonies. In your own words, what answer does the evidence of the persecuted church give to that question?
2.Romans 8:35-39 asks, 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?' and proceeds to list the worst things imaginable — tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword. Paul's answer is an emphatic 'nothing.' How has reading the stories in this book changed what it means to you when you read that passage?
3.Jesus tells His disciples in John 16:33, 'In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.' He does not promise the absence of trouble — He promises His overcoming *within* it. How does this distinction reshape your prayers and expectations?
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