Corrie ten Boom's Outstretched Hand
In 1947, Corrie ten Boom stood in a church basement in Munich, having just spoken about God's forgiveness to a crowd of defeated Germans. A...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 6:27-38.
In 1947, Corrie ten Boom stood in a church basement in Munich, having just spoken about God's forgiveness to a crowd of defeated Germans. A man approached her afterward — balding, in a gray overcoat, hand thrust forward in greeting. She recognized him instantly. He had been a guard at Ravensbrück, the concentration camp where her sister Betsie had starved to death.…
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