Rifqa Bary

“Wherever the church has lost this passion and fervor, may stories like mine disturb the cobwebs that limit believers’ faith to a menu selection—when Jesus is truly the feast Himself.”
― Rifqa Bary, Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus

“Forgiveness, by its nature, must often go into very hard places. I know. I’ve gone there. But forgiveness is not foolish and blind, an unthinking make-nice. Wisdom sometimes must tell even people who’ve genuinely forgiven to take ongoing steps that are hard to implement and apply and which to others may not look very forgiving. The heart of forgiveness can’t be judged in black-and-white, cookie-cutter dimensions that work fine in a spiritual lab but not in real life.”
― Rifqa Bary, Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus