In this episode, Nik and Ruth Ripken take listener questions about life, ministry, missions, and everything in between.

In the West, we often equate our ability to share Jesus with the rights and privileges afforded us by governments. But is that really true?  In this episode, Nik Ripken shares from believers in persecution how our witness is not tied to any government, military, or constitution.

"Like the sun rising in the East".  That's how one believer categorized persecution for followers of Jesus.  In this episode, Nik Ripken walks us through the first foundational principle of persecution, where we learn the Biblical relationship between our faith and suffering.

In this episode, Nik Ripken addresses the foundational understanding of persecution.  What IS persecution, and why does it happen?  Walking through another component of the "DNA of the Resurrection", Nik shares what believers in persecution know to be true about the cause of their suffering.

Do you see the Church as a critical necessity? Caring for one another as the Body of Christ is a crucial part of the DNA of the Resurrection. In this episode, Nik Ripken discusses what true Biblical community looks like in places defined by persecution, and how the Western Church can adopt practices that will align themselves with a more Scriptural understanding of being the Body of Christ together.

Knowing God's Word is instrumental in helping believers thrive in persecution, and helping believers face the challenges of life. But how much of God's Word do you know? Nik Ripken walks us through the importance of internalizing the Word, and handing it down from generation to generation. Additionally, Nik shares extremely important missiological principles of oral learning and church planting in indigenous contexts.

How do you pray? In this episode, Nik Ripken documents the powerful, intimate, faith-filled prayer lives of believers in persecution.  Continuing the "DNA of the Resurrection", he explores how believers experience victorious living through their genuine communication with God Almighty.

The defining characteristic of believers in persecution is their victorious living through Jesus, in spite of severe suffering.  In this episode, Nik teaches the first building block of the "DNA of the Resurrection".  What must we have to live victoriously, and to understand both crucifixion and resurrection?  Nik answers these questions and more through the story of believers in persecution throughout the Persian-speaking world.

You might know the story of Dimitri from "The Insanity of God".  But did  you know that only scratches the surface of his amazing testimony and  victorious faith in Jesus?  Nik Ripken walks through Dimitri's life,  incarceration, and how God used him powerfully even after 17 horrific  years in a Soviet prison.

In this episode, Nik Ripken shares insights into the methods of  persecution from the former Soviet Union.  Nik walks us through the  different responses that churches and church leaders had to persecution  within the former Soviet Union, where "top down" persecution resulted in  bite by bite, incremental swallowing up of the Church.  He also gives  valuable teaching on not repeating certain mistakes here in the West.