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Nik ripken to release new book the insanity of sacrifice october 28, 2019 world missions veteran nik ripken wants the church to rethink sacrifice. Sent out as a missionary without ever having met a muslim, through a variety of circumstances nik ended up leading a large ngo providing food and other supplies to thousands of suffering somalis. Nik ripkens dangerous book about sacrifice baptist press. While some were there because of ripkens novel, others simply came to hear his story. Nik ripken continues wec week by discussing the the three nonnegotiable ideas inherent in carrying out the vision statement of jesus, accomplished through sending his followers out as sheep. God still does the unimaginable and the unexpected, and just as in days of old, he does it all to testify to his own glory. In a round about way, i worked for cal ripken one summer. Baltimore orioles baltimore boston red sox boston new york yankees ny yankees tampa bay rays tampa bay toronto blue jays toronto. Nik ripken author of the insanity of god goodreads. The sons request was to go on a mission trip with his father.
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