The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken
Week 7: Part Six — Voices from the Muslim World
Read Part Six of The Insanity of God (stories from persecuted believers in Muslim-majority contexts). Key passage: Matthew 10:28; Acts 7:54-60.
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Some of the most gripping — and most theologically disorienting — testimonies Nik collects come from men and women who came to faith in Christ out of Islam, knowing the cost before they paid it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Many of the Muslim-background believers Nik interviews came to faith through dreams and visions of Jesus — without any missionary contact. How does this challenge or expand your understanding of how God pursues people He wants to save?
2.Nik encounters believers who knew, at the moment of their conversion, that following Jesus would likely cost them their family, their community, and possibly their life — and chose to follow anyway. How does a faith born at that kind of cost compare to one that has never been tested?
3.Stephen in Acts 7 is stoned to death while asking God to forgive his killers — and sees Jesus standing at the right hand of God as he dies. Several of the Muslim-background believers Nik meets describe similarly supernatural experiences in their moments of greatest suffering. What do these accounts suggest about the presence of God in extremity?