Opa, Betsy, Willem, Nollie, Mama, and all the Aunts each work out their faith in practical ways.Ģ) Corrie, as the youngest, was usually the last to 'get it,' and I relate to that slowness. Reasons I was reminded I love Corrie Ten Boom:ġ) The wonderful people in her family. The only thing better is reading the primary sources (Corrie's books) themselves. However, the Barbour books are still good reading.There are many reasons I have admired Corrie Ten Boom since I was a young girl first reading her story, and Sam Wellman captures most of them. The word 'hell' is used frequently in this book, not as an interjection but in a way that I would prefer not to use it. Barbour biographies tend to be a little bit 'rawer' than either the “Men and Women of Faith” series from Bethany or the “Christian Heroes Then and Now” series from YWAM.

Unfortunately, according to the Barbour website it appears as if the series, or at least Wellman’s biography, is not currently in available yet when I checked CBD had it in stock (but all the Barbour biographies were on sale indicating that perhaps they are clearance items). However, their website shows a biography of Corrie ten Boom by Sam Wellman as part of the series. My copy of this book is not part of that set but one of their 'Value Books' that I picked up at a used curriculum sale. We have several of them which we purchased from Christian Book Distributors. Through the years, Barbour Books has published a wonderful set of biographies called 'Heroes of the Faith.' The emphasis in this book is on the circumstances that led up to her arrest and on her time in prison. However, Corrie survived and after the war began spreading a message of forgiveness and hope to all war victims. She was the daughter of a Dutch watchmaker, and because of the ten Booms’ hiding of Jews in their house after the Germans took over the Netherlands, the whole family was sent to Nazi prison camps where both Corrie’s father and her beloved sister Betsie died. Her book, The Hiding Place, has been read by millions, and a film version was made.

Corrie ten Boom was one of the great heroines of World War II, at least to Bible believers. Corrie ten Boom: Heroine of Haarlem (published in 1997 by Barbour and Company Publisher, P. Language level: 1 (nothing objectionable)įor more information e-mail Sam. Book: Corrie ten Boom: Heroine of Haarlem