So very convicting. Ripken speaks with deep conviction about his own life experiences and accomplishments with a refreshing humility. His stories of religious persecution around the world put my trials to shame. Highly recommend this book for anyone seeking to live closer to Christ's calling on us in the world.

boundbybonne's review

4.0

A good read.
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โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ! ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต!โ€

Such a good book. A indepth look at what life is like for so many Christians who live in oppressed countries. This man worked intensively with Christians in Somalia and other countries behind the Iron Curtain. He faced much opposition and danger. Later on he interviewed and helped many others who told them their stories of faith. It will leave your heart hurting and rejoicing. 

โ€œThe reason for persecution, then, is that people keep finding Jesusโ€”and, then, they refuse to keep Him to themselves.โ€

Iโ€™m always left with the question, what is my faith like?

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐—œ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ: for lovers of Christian biographies and heroes of the persecuted church stories.

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This book made me really think about just how far I will go for God. Also showed me just how blessed we are in our freedoms here in the US. Great read for a persons whoโ€™s heart is desiring missions.
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bedisbetter's review

4.0

A good read.

Very good and a strong storyteller

What a challenging book! This man write of all of his experiences on the mission field that he saw persecution, first hand. His family faced so many trials and dangers, but they never wanted to leave. They never wanted to return to the states. Even when being diagnosed with malaria and being told they should go home to get treatment, they chose a different mission field to go to.

We may not face persecution like what was written about in this book in America, but that does not mean we are any less of a Christian. God calls us to be faithful. He doesnโ€™t say we can only prove our faithfulness when being persecuted. He just asks that we are faithful. This book challenged my heart!

Every Jesus follower should read this!