A Ribbon That Preaches
The Gospel Ribbon
When your dog earns its title, that accomplishment deserves to be honored, and it opens a door to something far greater. Earn your Finished (HRC) or Master (AKC) title, and carry home a ribbon whose every color tells the story of Jesus.
Read the Ribbon
Five colors. One gospel.
Every color on your Gospel Ribbon carries a piece of the good news, from the darkness of our sin to the white of a heart washed clean. Walk it from top to bottom.
Black · Our Sin
Black is the sin, darkness, and hopelessness we live in apart from God. Sin entered through Adam and passed to us all, and it always leads to death and separation from Him. Not only physical death, but spiritual death, an eternal separation from God.
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”Romans 3:23 · Romans 6:23
Gold · God’s Gift
Gold speaks of the very nature of God, and of the gift He gives. You do not have to die for your sin, because God took on the form of a man, born of Mary, the Word made flesh, and made salvation possible.
“The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”Romans 6:23 · John 1:14
Purple · His Suffering
Purple is the robe they mocked Him with, the passion and sacrifice Christ endured for you. He wore the crown of thorns and the purple robe, and bore the crowd’s cry, “Crucify him.”
“And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe.”John 19:2
Red · His Blood
Red is the blood of Jesus, shed on the cross. Through His blood we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins, offered to us because of God’s great love. Why would He give His only Son? Because He loves you.
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”Colossians 1:14
White · Made Clean
White is what God does in you. When you repent of your sin, believe in Jesus’ death on the cross, and ask Him to save you, you are forgiven. He no longer sees your sin, but the righteousness of Jesus: grace, mercy, washing, and purity.
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”Isaiah 1:18
Two Titles, One Message
The reward worth running for.
A finished title is real, earned through countless hours of training and determination. Yet it is a perishable reward. Each ribbon points past the trophy to a reward that never fades away.
Finished · HRC
“It is finished.”
John 19:30
The Finished ribbon carries the very word every handler chases, spoken by Jesus from the cross. All the time, training, and determination behind a finished title earns a perishable reward. His finished work on the cross offers you an imperishable one.
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”
Its streamer also carries 1 John 1:7: “the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
Master · AKC
An Incorruptible Crown
1 Corinthians 9:25
Handlers discipline themselves and show self-control to win, and their reward is a corruptible crown. Those who receive Christ discipline themselves to please God and receive a reward that is eternal and fades not away.
“Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.”
Its streamer also carries John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.”
The Most Important Thing
Don’t wait.
The greatest reward you will ever receive is not a ribbon or a title. It is found in repenting of your sin and receiving Jesus’ finished work on the cross, through faith, as your Lord and Savior. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to do it now. Do not wait.
Tim Burdon
Claim Your Ribbon
Claim your Gospel Ribbon
You earned it. Tell us where to send your ribbon and a little about your dog, and we will get it in the mail.