The Bible Smuggler: Grace, Faith & Ordinary Angels is a gripping, firsthand account of Dale Gibson’s six year mission smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain during the heigh of the Cold War. Drawn from detailed trip reports, these true stories reveal the courage and faith experienced by ordinary believers who risked everything to bring God’s Word into the most repressive communist regimes of the 20th century

Readers will witness high-risk border crossings, secret meetings, and spiritual warfare as the author navigates Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe. You’ll feel the tension of police flashlights flooding a van stacked with 2,250 illegal Bibles, the fear of a six-hour interrogation by Russian security forces, and the awe of experiencing a “cloak of invisibility” shielding the author from discover. Alongside these vivid events are the personal sacrifices, deep relationships, and moments of surrender that shaped Gibson’s spiritual journey.

Each chapter carries at least one powerful life lesson—spiritual warfare, trusting God in the midst of danger, forgiveness, compassion, surrender, sacrificial ministry, divine timing, and the reality of modern persecution. Through his autobiographical accounts, Gibson invites readers to trust God more deeply, recognize the cost of discipleship, and understand what life like under totalitarian rule.