GOD'S SMUGGLER
AUTHOR:
Brother Andrew
GENRE:
Christian Biography
AGE:
12+
RATING:
5/5 Stars
REVIEW:
This book is intense, emotional, heart wrenching, and overall incredible.
Brother Andrew wasn’t always a christian. He struggled in life and didn’t know what it meant to follow God. After serving in the military and seeing the brutality of men, God changed his heart and opened Andrew’s eyes to see His plan.
Living in a communist country is dangerous as a christian, especially when you are called to smuggle in bibles. Well that’s just what Brother Andrew did. His life was full of adventures all centered on God’s plan for his life. No matter what came his way, he strived to know God and make Him known.
I enjoyed this book so much. The things that Brother Andrew went through are crazy and humbling. He made his whole life about serving God no matter the costs. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would love to dive into a real life story on an incredible man of God.
WARNINGS:
Violence // Descriptive injuries
TAKEAWAYS:
This book makes you think, and wonder at God’s wonderful love and power. Brother Andrew learned to see that God’s plan is always better. He trusted God even in the hardest and most uncertain times and God always brought His plans to fruition.
The Blurb
As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself undercover for God. Brother Andrew was his name and for decades his life story, recounted in God's Smuggler, has awed and inspired millions. The bestseller tells of the young Dutch factory worker's incredible efforts to transport Bibles across closed borders-and the miraculous ways in which God provided for him every step of the way. Revell and Chosen now reintroduce this powerful story with two new releases: a 35th anniversary edition and The Narrow Road, an expanded youth edition. Both contain a new foreword and afterword. The youth edition also features information about ministry to the persecuted church today, including country profiles, quotes from Christians in underground churches, "what if" scenarios based on real-life threats they face, and stories from others who have participated in Brother Andrew's Bible-smuggling work. Brother Andrew's story remains as inspiring today as it was thirty-five years ago, and with these new releases it will motivate a whole new generation to risk everything to follow God's call.
About the Author
Andrew van der Bijl (born 11 May 1928 in Sint Pancras, Netherlands), known in English-speaking countries as Brother Andrew, is a Christian missionary famous for his exploits smuggling Bibles to communist countries in the height of the Cold War, a feat that has earned him the nickname "God's smuggler". Brother Andrew studied at the WEC Missionary Training College in Glasgow, Scotland. Brother Andrew was born in Sint Pancras, the Netherlands, and was the fourth of seven children to a poor, near deaf blacksmith.
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