God-centered resources from the ministry of John Piper

How much personal risk would you be willing to take to help equip pastors to spread a passion for God? Would you smuggle Gospel resources into a severely Muslim country? Would you ignore the possible retribution in order to get them God-centered books?

Consider B.P.’s example. He recently returned (safely) from a missions trip to the republic of Afghanistan.

In my luggage I smuggled every one of Piper’s books that I owned (about 15). The reason I took them was because my church has planted two pastors and their wives there (in two cities). These kinds of resources are not only very hard, if not impossible, to get a hold of…but also very illegal. If these books were to be found on a foreigner, he would be arrested and probably deported; if found in the hands of a national, he would be arrested and probably killed.

By God’s grace, the mission was accomplished. Upon receiving the books, "each pastor cried and prayed out to thank our LORD for the wonderful blessing they had been given.”

Here’s a glimpse of B.P.’s heart for spreading:

I thank our Lord Jesus Christ that we are able to buy God-centered books freely (in the U.S.) in order to equip the world-wide church for God-glorifying ministry there. (The only problem is that now I have to replace my books!!—no problem at all…praise the Lord.

We would love to hear how the Lord has used risks that you’ve taken.