Stan Guthrie - Victorious: Corrie ten Boom and The Hiding Place

Praise for

VICTORIOUS

Corrie ten Boom
and The Hiding Place

The story of Corrie ten Boom is timeless, and Im grateful that Stan Guthries new book, Victorious, is reawakening a fascination with this remarkable womans witness. I was in my early 20s when I grew to know and love Tante Corrie, and her tender, yet no-nonsense way of walking with her beloved Jesus helped shape my own life story. Her last words, spoken to me in her thick Dutch accent? Joni, one day we shall dance together in heaven! And Im still waiting for that dance. Turn the page and get to know this saint-of-the-age, as well as the history and details behind her amazing testimony. Her life may end up shaping your story, too!

Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends International Disability Center

Corrie ten Booms faith and courage during World War II are on full display in her classic book, The Hiding Place, and in my own writings Ive made no secret of my tremendous admiration for her. But Stan Guthries book, Victorious, demonstrates Corries continuing relevance for many current challenges, including refugees, anti-Semitism, and sharing the love of God in a skeptical age. Highly recommended.

Eric Metaxas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, 7 Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness, and host of the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Radio Show

I grew up on The Hiding Place. Not only did our family read it; we told and retold each other the harrowing stories from the books pages. In the process, Corrie ten Booms powerful, real-life account of faith and forgiveness in the face of unspeakable evil shaped my imagination. I am far from alone. The book has impacted millions, and now Guthrie, a skilled journalist and historian, is helping us understand why. With fascinating details about Corries life, and insight into post-war evangelicalism, Guthrie paints a vivid picture of the wider world into which the book was born. Victorious will intrigue people who have never read The Hiding Place. And it will enable those of us who have read it, to encounter it again for the first time.

Drew Dyck, author of Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science

Stan Guthrie has brought one of our modern-day evangelical saints to vivid life. He skillfully weaves Tante Corries riveting story of extraordinary bravery to the glory of God with our all-too-human story as contemporary followers of Jesus wrestling with profound how should we then live? issues. On the way he brings in a snapshot of postwar America, Billy Graham, Hollywood, the scourge of anti-Semitism, and so much more. Highly recommended.

Elizabeth Cody Newenhuyse, author of God, I Know Youre Here Somewhere

Stan Guthrie paints a moving portrait of Christian Holocaust survivor and evangelist Corrie ten Boom, and details how her relationships with the likes of Brother Andrew and John and Elizabeth Sherrill led to one of the remarkable books of the 20th century. Guthrie also helps us apply Corries life and ministry to the issues the church faces today: from evangelism, to anti-Semitism, to care for the elderly, immigration, and more. This book is a unique and compelling combination of biography, church history, and applied Christian worldview.

John Stonestreet, President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, and host of BreakPoint

STAN GUTHRIE

VICTORIOUS

Corrie ten Boom and The Hiding Place

PARACLETE PRESS

BREWSTER, MASSACHUSETTS

2019 First Printing

Victorious: Corrie ten Boom and The Hiding Place

Copyright 2019 by Stan Guthrie

Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Excerpts from The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom and John and Elizabeth Sherrill, copyright 1971. Used by permission of Chosen, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Excerpts from Working with Corrie and When Corrie Made Mistakes by Elizabeth Sherrill and available at https://www.elizabethsherrill.com, copyright 2018 Elizabeth and John Sherrill. Used by permission of Elizabeth Sherrill.

Excerpts from Life Lessons from the Hiding Place by Pamela Rosewell Moore, copyright 2004. Used by permission of Chosen, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Excerpt from Gods Smuggler by Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill, copyright 2015. Used by permission of Open Doors.

Excerpts from The Five Silent Years of Corrie ten Boom by Pamela Rosewell. Copyright 1986 by Pamela Rosewell Moore. Used by permission of Zondervan (www.zondervan.com). Excerpt from All That Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us by Stan Guthrie, copyright 2010. Used by permission of the author.

Photos courtesy of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Used with permission. All rights reserved. www.billygraham.org.

ISBN 978-1-64060-175-8

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Guthrie, Stan, author.

Title: Victorious: Corrie ten Boom and the Hiding place / Stan Guthrie.

Description: Brewster, Massachusetts: Paraclete Press, 2019. | Guthrie explores the spiritual, historical, and cultural context behind Corrie ten Booms memoir--the triumphant true story of her experiences during World War II, including her imprisonment by the Nazis, that has inspired more than 3 million readers--Provided by publisher. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019010147 | ISBN 9781640601758 (hardcover, dj)

Subjects: LCSH: Ten Boom, Corrie. Hiding place. | Ten Boom, Corrie--Appreciation.

Classification: LCC D811.5 .T42734 2019 | DDC 943.53/492092--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019010147

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For Benedict and Everild

May you find
in Jesus the Victor your
own hiding place.

Contents

ONE

The Context

No book, and certainly not The Hiding Place, emerges ex nihilo, like Venus from the sea. Though the gospel it shares and the Savior it exalts are timeless, Corrie ten Booms 1971 classic could not have sold millions of copies and helped shape the faith of a generation by itself. A number of specific people, events, and issues came together providentially to provide a bracing wind for this unforgettable volumes literary sails. Nearly half a century on,