A STORY OF WRECKAGE, RECOVERY, AND RIPPLE

We share the following from one of our newer supporters who has asked to remain anonymous

There was a time when the Bible was the first thing I reached for in the morning. Then a long season came when I reached for something else entirely. And for me, that something was alcohol.

By the time I got sober, I was starting over in more ways than one. I had to rebuild my life piece by piece, and somewhere in that rebuilding— around 2023—I found Back to the Bible. Their consistent emphasis on daily Scripture engagement wasn't new information to me. But it met me at the right moment. I started showing up to God’s Word every morning, not because I always felt like it, but because I knew I needed it. Often, I didn’t feel like it. I did it anyway. And that discipline kept me tethered to God through a season when I had very little else.

That same year, I began sponsoring a young man in recovery named Caleb. He was fighting

addiction to benzos (Benzodiazepines) and alcohol, among other things. My job was to help him get sober and build some stable habits back into his life. Somewhere along the way, he noticed something different about me and started asking questions. Caleb had grown up in the church, too, but he’d never really lived out his faith. When I told him about Jesus, he didn’t need much convincing. He embraced it. And almost immediately, he began spending serious time in Scripture every morning.

That was three years ago. Last weekend, I stood at Caleb’s wedding. He’s been clean and

sober for over three years. He married a woman who loves the Lord. Their ceremony gave glory to God in every detail. And he told me he’s now part of a men’s group built around strengthening each other in the Word and sharing their faith as often as possible.

Dawson Trotman, one of the founders of The Navigators and a long-time friend of Back to the Bible’s founder, Theodore Epp, used to say that every believer is “born to reproduce.” I think about that when I think about Caleb. A habit of daily Scripture, sustained even when it was hard, rippled outward into a life I could never have planned. That’s what your support makes possible.