The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Week 4: Chapter 4 — The Four Gospels
Read Chapter 4 of The Hiding Place. Key Scripture: John 15:13 — "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."
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The Nazi occupation of Holland descends in this chapter like a cold shadow over a warm world — and the ten Booms must begin to choose what they are willing to risk for others. These are the questions that reveal what we truly believe.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.How does Corrie describe the arrival of the German occupation in Haarlem? What changed first — visibly, socially, spiritually — and how did the ten Boom family initially respond?
2.The persecution of Jewish neighbors begins in this chapter with small indignities that escalate toward horror. Why do you think populations tolerate incremental injustice in ways they might resist if the full terror were revealed at once? What does this reveal about human nature and the need for moral alertness?
3.When a Jewish neighbor comes to the ten Boom door in desperation, Casper's response is immediate and without calculation. What does he say, and what does his response reveal about the relationship between love and risk?
a.Would your own first instinct have been the same? What would have slowed you down?
b.How does Casper's response embody the parable of the Good Samaritan?
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