Witness & Persecution with Nik and Ruth Ripken Nik Ripken Ministries
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- Religion & Spirituality
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Nik Ripken, with his wife Ruth Ripken, equip you with biblical principles and practices from believers in persecution to help you cross the street and cross the oceans with the love of Jesus.
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Finding Paul & Esther
In western Christianity, we often fail to choose leaders in a biblical way. Persecuted believers also raise up and train leaders. Nik walks through the spiritual, biological, and cultural profiles of pastors, teachers, evangelists, and church planters in parts of the world defined by persecution.
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Faith & Denial
Every persecuted believer gets knocked down at some point. Many of them, through Spirit-empowered victorious faith, get back up and stay in God's story. The unfortunate reality, though, is that some deny their faith or—worse—fill the role of Judas as betrayer. Nik shares several stories about the experiences of individuals enduring persecution.
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Four Ways Christian Women Can Overcome Fear and Befriend Muslim Women
In light of Ramadan, we thought we'd share this episode from Our Urban Voices that Ruth Ripken was a part of. Here she shares insights from over 35 years in missions, 4 ways for Christians to overcome fear, why Christian women must be the ones to reach out to Muslim women with hospitality and what it means to love our neighbor well.
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Disciples Don't Choose You
What is discipleship? Are you practicing it biblically? In this episode, Nik explores the true nature of biblical discipleship. Jesus modeled for us how to choose disciples, live in community, and raise up the next generation of leaders and workers.
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Meet, Greet, and Eat
As Ramadan approaches, Nik takes to dive into the practical elements of meeting and engaging your Muslim friends and neighbors. Nik shares special insight from 3 decades on the mission field and gives practical tools that every believer you can use to overcome fear of Islam and engaging Muslims.
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Forsaken: Matthew 27:45-46
We're taking a short break from recording new podcast episodes, so we thought we'd share this nugget of blessing with you all.
Nik Ripken gave a talk at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary recently! Join Nik and the SEBTS community as he preaches from Matthew 27 on the hardships faced internationally by unbelievers and how it is our mission to go and tell them about our King, Jesus Christ.
Thank you for Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for the opportunity and video!Learn more about the ministry at NikRipken.com
Customer Reviews
Great Podcast, Loving People!
I saw Nik speak in person and have greatly enjoyed the podcast and emails since then. It has brought more perspective to things for me and my family! Very Moving! So thank you for taking time to share! Blessings brothers and sisters! In our prayers
Real Missionaries 😇🙏🏽
Nik and his wife are awesome 👏🏼 down to earth Folks 🌍 who walk the walk and talk the talk !
Blessings to you for shining the light on the reality of what is needed to do the work of the Father 😇. Thank you 🙏🏽 ❣️🙋🏽♀️
Must listen
These are something everyone in the western church should listen to!