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| Safely Home | 
 enlarge | Author: Randy Alcorn
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (95 reviews)
Sales Rank: 16432
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0842359915
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780842359917
ASIN: 0842359915
Publication Date: January 23, 2003
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Product Description
A soul-stirring story of two college friends who reconnect after 20 years. One is living life apart from God in comfortable corporate America, while the other is living for Christ under intense persecution in China. This challenging book will convict the heart of readers to live in the light of eternity.
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Fiction: Fans of Randy Alcorn will applaud this soul-stirring story of two college friends reconnecting after 20 years. Both are involved in very different lives- one in America, one in China. The differences in countries, worlds, and moral character of each is brought to life.
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Safely Home March 24, 2008
An excellent book. Every Christian should read this to help expand their understanding of the persecution Christians around the world experience daily. We are blessed to live in the U.S.A. And thank God for our soldiers who help preserve our freedom to worship freely.
Changed my view March 19, 2008
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I just read a book called "Safely Home" by Randy Alcorn and it shook my life to the core. As you traveled with Ben Fielding, as you watch all of his preconceived ideas of the persecuted church be dashed on the rocks, I saw my on ideas being torn from me as well. As he sees persecution first hand and how they find it an honor, not a punishment to go through these horrific tortures, it brought me to my knees in repentance of my own trivial whining. I saw how, in my own way of thinking, I demand that my life stay as rattled free as possible, we call it a right that we deserve. I looked at my own life with new eyes and with much shame as I watched in the pages what persecution truly looks like. If you are quite content with your life and you really don't want anything to rock your boat, I strongly suggest that you do not read this book. If you are ready to see how our brothers and sisters in Christ suffer for the cross of Christ, with joy, hope, and peace, then I challenge you to open this book with a readiness to be changed forever. Even though this is a work of fiction, Randy Alcorn stays faithful to the true facts of the life of a persecuted christian. As I finished the book my heart was broken in how I live my life in my own selfishness and how amazing my life is blessed by God. It was a book that stay with me even into the grocery store and the ice cream aisle. This is a must read for anyone who is ready to fall in love with those who are prepared and ready to die for their faith. They are willing to teach us what true living is all about. Are you ready?
Life Changing Book March 5, 2008
Randy Alcorn is a wonderful, talented writer. His gift for describing Heaven is amazing. This book could only be described as "life-changing".
 Not satisfactory February 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While the message of "Safely Home" is important, the book largely failed to resonate with me. The writing is just plain poor, with flat, stereotypical characters; a plodding, cliched, predictable plot; and long passages of dull sermonizing as the author preaches to the choir. (Mild spoilers?...) The frequent shift to the POV of characters watching the events from heaven was hugely ham-fisted, irritating, and (especially towards the end) a bit blasphemous as the author takes it upon himself to think God's thoughts for him. I think it's a shame we let ourselves be content with poor writing such as this simply because it's "Christian". I continue to be underwhelmed by modern Christian fiction.
Enter the world of Christian martyrs. February 26, 2008
A superbly written book! I've read lots of books about China, but never have I read one quite like this. Yes, it is fiction, but there is so much truth and history to be found in its pages. I have a renewed heart for the persecuted church throughout the world.
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