God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
Week 1: Introduction — The Boy from Alkmaar
Read the Preface and Chapters 1–2 of God's Smuggler. Key passage: Hebrews 11:1, 6.
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Before Andrew became a smuggler for God, he was simply a poor Dutch boy with a restless imagination and a hunger for adventure — which turns out to be exactly the raw material God had in mind.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Brother Andrew grew up in Alkmaar, Holland, in a poor family with few resources but a strong sense of community and a father who loved the Bible. What details of his childhood stood out to you, and what do they suggest about the kind of person God was shaping?
2.As a boy, Andrew dreamed of being a spy — someone who operated behind enemy lines with courage and secrecy. How does that childhood fantasy ultimately become the literal shape of his adult calling? What does this suggest about how God uses even our wildest daydreams?
3.The book opens with a vivid picture of postwar Holland — scarcity, grief, and the grinding ordinariness of working-class life. How does the context of hardship seem to prepare Andrew for a ministry built on deprivation and trust?
a.What specific habits or attitudes from his poverty-shaped upbringing reappear later in his missionary work?
b.Are there hardships in your own background that, in hindsight, look like preparation rather than punishment?
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