Nik challenges the church regarding our view of persecution based on Western civil rights and not Biblical Theology. He continues with a sure fire way to stop persecution.
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Nik shares questions and thoughts from believers in persecution. Nik tells us how to avoid persecution. In doing this, who do we identify with the persecutor or the persecuted?
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Nik looks back on both his time overseas and what he has heard during his interviews and asks “Is Jesus worth it?” He reminds us that the resurrection is proceeded by the crucifixion.
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Nik moves from China to another part of the world. He interviews the toughest man he ever met and hears an incredible story of coming to Christ. The man struggles when Nik asks a question about the tough man’s family.
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Nik recalls some of the stories he has heard from believers in persecution. He closes with a challenge to the church.
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Nik finishes a 5-day session in China. As he gets ready to call it a night he makes a “rookie” mistake. As a result he reluctantly challenges the local believers.
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Nik continues his journey in China. At the end of a long day winds down, Nik prepares to call it a night, but is asked to teach how to prepare for jail. During his time of sharing the two brothers unexpectedly return to share.
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Nik shares about interviews done in China. He visits a house church movement and interviews various people. Everything is going well until two brothers come up for interviews.
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Nik moves from the Former Soviet Union to China. He shares cultural struggles he faces as he travels through China with house group leaders. He goes on to share questions he was asked by the local Chinese about the spread of the Gospel and persecution throughout the world.
Nik continues to tell the story of the Man of God. In this episode, Nik tells about the Man of God’s time in prison. The Man of God shares the two practices that sustained him during his 17 years in a Soviet prison.
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