In My Father's House: The Years Before the Hiding Place

by Corrie ten Boom

Overview

When Corrie ten Boom was in her early fifties, she and her family joined the Dutch Underground Christian Resistance movement during World War II. Carrie's autobiography The Hiding Place, describing those war years, is a book (and movie) that millions of people worldwide are familiar with. In My Father's House is the story of Corrie's years prior to the commencement of World War II.

Corrie was a timid girl when she was young, growing up in a busy household with three older siblings, several aunts, and a mother and father wholly devoted to God and their family. From an early age, Corrie felt sympathy and compassion for those who were hurting. With a solid foundation in God's word instilled by her father Casper ten Boom (a watchmaker), Corrie spent her life reaching out to others with God's love and the Gospel message.

In My Father's House is a testament to how God prepared one family through a father's faithfulness to his Savior and the Word of God for the most sacrificial service a family could do.

Beginning in the years before Corrie was born, the book paints a beautiful picture of "family" from which today's families can glean valuable and eternally-lasting lessons.

Featuring Many Family Photos as well as Scriptures that Father Ten Boom Shared with his Wife and Children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780984636624
Publisher:	Lighthouse Trails Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2011
Edition description:	Special Edition
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	131,753
Product dimensions:	5.54(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.49(d)

Table of Contents

1 Inheritance 9

2 Five is Not Too Young 21

3 From Small Beginnings 33

4 The Many Ages of Love 41

5 Winking Angels 49

6 Around the Oval Table 61

7 Seventeen, and So Much to Learn 73

8 The Best is Yet to Be 83

9 Love and a Sound Mind 89

10 Reach Out 101

11 In and Out of the Watchmaker's Shop 109

12 All is Well … Until it Rains 119

13 A Quiver Full at the Beje 129

14 Even the Least of Them 147

15 Leaders and Blunders 153

16 Safety Pins on Uniforms 163

17 Opposition! 173

18 "He Took My Hand" 179

The Hiding Place 190

Illustration and Photo Credits 193