The Insanity of Sacrifice: A 90 Day Devotional

Product description Bestselling author Nik Ripken, mentored by believers in persecution, offers a 90-day devotional to help you align your heart with God's, seeing the role sacrifice plays in the life of every follower of Jesus Christ. Individuals and families will be challenged to embrace sacrifice as their daily offering to God. It is through offering ourselves that we mirror the nature of the Father who gave His only Son to be crucified, and the nature of the Son who gave His very life to save sinners. Through this book readers will discover that their sacrifice can lead others, across the street and across the oceans, to discover new resurrection life in Christ. Review The Insanity of God is a book you could read in a single sitting but you won?t. You can?t. Time and again you will have to stop, go aside, and weep. At times you will weep for our suffering brothers and sisters around the world who experience persecution for King Jesus as normal Christianity. At other times you will weep for joy at how the gospel continues to run wide across the globe in spite of demonic opposition. And, you will also weep as the anemic and tepid ?Christianity? of the American Church is exposed for the shameful counterfeit it too often is. I was literally ?undone? by this book. I will not be the same for reading it. Be warned: neither will you!? Daniel L. Akin President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary What can I possibly say about this book? It completely and utterly wrecked me. Half the time I found myself sitting in heartbreaking silence on the verge of tears, and the other half I found myself want­ing to shout and dance over some of the stories. No one will read this book and be the same person after the last page. If you want a front row seat to the raw, potent, heart transforming power of Jesus, this book is a must read. Jefferson Bethke Author, Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus This is a book that every well-meaning Christian ought to read. It gives the most comprehensive overview of what life is like for the true followers of Jesus who are willing to pay the whole price for following Him. Extremely touching at times. It makes you cry and it makes you laugh. But remember they are your brothers and mine. Therefore we have a responsibility of standing with them as part of the body of Christ worldwide. Brother Andrew Founder, Open Doors International Author, God?s Smuggler and Secret Believers The Insanity of God is a compelling, convicting and life changing book. This true story grips you from the introduction and keeps you reading page after page. You will weep as you read about persecution around the world. You will fall under conviction as you read about the commitment of Christians in dark places who risk their own lives to share the good news of Jesus. You will be encouraged as you real­ize that the power of the gospel supersedes evil and the malevolent intentions of men. In the end you will come away with a renewed sense of faith in God who truly is enough, even in the face of extreme persecution. Dr. Mac Brunson Pastor, First Baptist Church Jacksonville, FL In his book, The Insanity of God, Nik Ripkin takes us on a journey of extreme emotional highs and lows to demonstrate that our lim­ited understanding of events in our lives is only one piece of God?s larger puzzle of fulfillment and salvation. This book puts our daily struggles into perspective and leaves us inspired and ready for the next challenge. The story is gripping; the crisis is universal. John Eldredge Author, Wild At Heart and Beautiful Outlaw We are in danger of rapidly losing what it means to feel compassion for those held in the grip of sin on this broken planet. After glancing at a few fleeting photos and hearing the usual review of ?today?s tragedies? on each evening?s network news, we casually top off the evening with a little ?weather and sports? before plodding off to an undisturbed sleep. But for Jesus, the very sight of those crushed beneath the