The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Week 5: Chapter 5 — Invasion
Read Chapter 5 of The Hiding Place. Key Scripture: Isaiah 41:10 — "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God."
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The hidden work of the Beje expands in this chapter into a full-scale underground operation, and with it comes the daily reality of fear — fear that is not overcome by ignoring it, but by choosing faith in spite of it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.As the hiding operation grows, the Beje is transformed. What practical changes are made to the house, and who joins the effort? What does the growing network reveal about how courage is often communal rather than solitary?
2.The secret room — the "hiding place" built behind a false wall in Corrie's bedroom — becomes the literal heart of the operation. What is significant about its location in Corrie's own room? What does it cost her personally to live so close to such danger?
3.Corrie and Betsie have very different temperaments — Corrie is more anxious and practical, Betsie more serene and spiritually focused. How does their partnership model the kind of community God uses to sustain people through crisis? What does each one need from the other?
a.Who in your own life offers what you cannot supply yourself? How do you depend on community in your faith?