What happens when following Jesus puts you at odds with the world around you?

Rejection hurts. Opposition can be frightening. And for millions of Christians around the world, following Jesus can come at an enormous cost.

Yet Jesus never promised His followers the approval of the world. He promised something far greater—the presence and pleasure of the Father.

In The Smile of God: In a Hostile World, international evangelist Sammy Tippit draws from Scripture and more than five decades of ministry among believers facing rejection, persecution, and opposition. Through biblical truth and personal stories from some of the world's most difficult places, he shows how followers of Jesus can live with courage, love, joy, and faithfulness when the winds are against them.

You can love those who reject you.

You can pray for those who persecute you.

You can stand when others want you to fall.

You can experience joy when circumstances say you shouldn't.

This is not simply a book about persecution. It is about learning to live victoriously in a world that rejects Christ—to keep your heart free from bitterness, remain faithful when obedience has a cost, and fix your eyes on the One whose approval matters most.

Whether hostility comes through open persecution or the quieter rejection of a culture increasingly opposed to biblical faith, the question is the same: Whose smile are you living for?

The world may never smile upon you. But you can live beneath the smile of God.