The insanity of God : A true story of faith resurrected / Nik Ripken, Gregg Lewis.. [print]

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Foreword David Platt -- Prologue : Ready or not -- Descent into hell -- Growing up country -- The face of evil -- But I wanted to be a veterinarian -- Broken by a smile -- God's gift : Ruth -- "Take my baby!" -- Mosquitoes win -- Why didn't I just keep my mouth shut? -- Just show up -- Bubba sings -- Tears for Somaliland -- Broken and poured out -- Too great a cost -- When your best is not enough -- Death follows me home -- A new path -- Seeking answers in the USSR -- A prison sings -- The genealogy of faith -- Learning to live; learning to die -- Fear or freedom? -- Refusing to be silenced -- Secret rendezvous -- One extra pair of underwear -- The power of prison -- The Chinese road trip -- Preparing for persecution -- Rebuked by God -- Dreams and visions -- The toughest man I ever met -- HeartSongs -- What if he is alive? -- It's all a miracle and the journey begins.

The Insanity of God is the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky who thought they were going on just your ordinary missionary pilgrimage, but discovered it would be anything but. After spending over six hard years doing relief work in Somalia, and experiencing life where it looked like God had turned away completely and He was clueless about the tragedies of life, the couple had a crisis of faith and left Africa asking God, "Does the gospel work anywhere when it is really a hard place?" ~ Publisher.