A formerly devout Hindu receives her first Bible
Pooja used to be a devoted Hindu. She was adamantly against Christianity, but that didn’t keep a local medical team from witnessing to her and sharing their faith with her whenever they got the opportunity. You see, for a long time, Pooja — whose name we’ve changed to...
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...
The homework assignment Eun wishes she’d never done
People often ask me, “Why do you send Bibles to North Korea when they could get people arrested or even killed?”The answer is simple: We send them because our persecuted brothers and sisters continue to ask for them!They know the risks, but they also know growing...
How will you pray today?
You’ve heard the stories about Chinese believers forced to pray in secret and North Korean Christians who have to hide their Bibles for fear of being arrested. But it can be hard to know exactly how to pray for believers who are constantly in danger for their faith....
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.