Book Review: Secret Believers

This week, I took a short road trip to go visit Andy for the night... he's out of town writing some new songs and I hadn't seen him in a while. So, for my drive, I had been saving this great little book-on-tape: "Secret Believers" by Brother Andrew. Kimberly Stewart had recommended it to me back in the spring and she was right-- it was great!
I actually bought this as Christmas presents for some friends this year too because Christianbook.com had them on sale (and still do!! $1.99 each for the audio CD). All in all it was about 4 plus hours of audio and is the abridged version of the book, but was still a page turner (as much as an audio book can be... ha ha).

Brother Andrew, the author, has been working in countries with high Muslim populations for years and years and this book spans over a several years too. It is a composite of a collection of believers he knew in the Middle East. So although these stories are real, they are written in a way so as not to compromise the believers safety.

The storyline covers: How God drew each believer to follow Jesus... What plans for fellowship God put in their lives... What ways God asked them to serve Him... and of course, the persecutions they faced because of their faith. It was a story of their passion and heart for God that would be such a stretch for an American Christian, yet it is their daily life.

If you want to read a snapshot of what being a follower of Jesus is like in the Middle East, pick up this book (or CD). :) To read an excerpt, click here.