In this second part of the interview with Nik Ripken, author of The Insanity of God and The Insanity of Obedience, Cynthia and Nik talk about how we define persecution, the challenge of sharing our faith in the West, and the role fear plays in our lives. He gives an exhortation and encouragement to those in persecuted situations and shares about new resources coming available soon.

In this two-part interview with Nik Ripken, author of The Insanity of God and The Insanity of Obedience, Cynthia dives deep into the topic of persecution. Is persecution normal? Is the Western Christian response to persecution appropriate? We discuss this and more in part one.

We’re back! In this first episode after a short break, Cynthia talks about the destination of our spiritual journey toward transformation. She’ll share about the ups and downs on the journey to see breakthrough and greater fruit among the lost and how remembering the end-vision is Jesus not seeing thousands saved keeps us grounded on the journey.

We live in a go, go, go, world of activity. When is it appropriate to pause your disciple-making and other ministry activities? In this brief episode, Cynthia talks about this and how taking a break or pause can recharge you for the new.

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She also announces the pausing of the Dare to Multiply Podcast for the rest of July and the month of August.

The podcast will resume in September.

What is the process of moving someone from a new contact to becoming a disciple who makes disciples? On this episode, we are talking with Matt Ulrich of Greenhouse Church in Florida about the pathway of discipleship and how it works.

What is God doing among Muslims who are coming to faith? How do you share the Good News with Muslims? On this episode we hear from David Garrison, author of the book Church Planting Movements and A Wind in the House of Islam.