Bibles for All Ambassadors remind refugees they aren’t alone
Alma sat alone in the hospital, holding her newborn child. As she looked at her baby, Alma wondered what would happen to them next. Her husband had recently abandoned her, and she had no one else to call. She was alone and scared, far from her home in Syria.Alma is a...
Persecution: The cost of following Jesus
Editor’s Note: Ripken was a personal witness to much of the content below. For the events and words where the author was not present, great care has been taken to recapture and relay the words and events as exactly as possible. Everything expressed here was reproduced...
Bibles for All Ambassadors meet one community’s greatest need
Early Sunday morning, a small group of believers gathers in a house church to sing and worship. They sit on the floor in colorful rows with children on their laps, clapping and singing to their Savior. Jesus, no one is like you Heavens bow down at your feet, and we...
What does it mean to be an ambassador?
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” — 2 Corinthians 5:20, NIV On any political drama you watch on television, somewhere in the season, there’s always an...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.