Safely Home

By: Randy Alcorn

Narrated by: Steve Sever

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

Here is a soul-stirring story of two college friends who reconnect after 20 years. One is living life apart from God, in comfortable corporate America; the other is living for Christ under intense persecution in China. This challenging book will convince readers to live in the light of eternity.

©2003 Randy Alcorn (P)2003 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Loved it!

An enboldening piece of Christian fiction. Perfect for those who need a little push in their faith to gain some perspective on what some Christians must endure.

Challenged my walk and commitment to Jesus.

this book challenge me deeply and cost me to recommit my life to Christ. I felt undone and often felt a lump in my throat with remorse for the many times I have been less than faithful while having so many blessings in my life. This book comes alive using Audible.

compelling and convicting!

I Loved the book and surged right through it. Well read and delivered. Well done!

so good

It was so good and eye opening, I loved listening to it on my trip.

Hard to put down

Hard to put down and a good reminder of how many suffer for the name of Jesus.

Excellent, thought-provoking.

If you are a follower of Christ, this is a must-read. It will challenge you to take a step back and examine your own life, values, goals, and westernized point of view and bring it into contrast with those of a culture of persecuted Christians. This book answers the question, what do you sacrifice of real Christianity when it costs you almost nothing to be one? Are we living our lives in corporate America in uniformity with the rest of the unbelieving world, or do we make sacrifices and radical choices because we know that this world is not all that there is? When examining the poor Chinese Christian, who had the potential to become a renowned college professor and to become wealthy and successful, yet chose to live in poverty four hours from the city in a run-down house, it dawned on me that to this man, this was no sacrifice, because he knew that this world was not the only one that mattered. Rather, he was deferring his pleasure, biding his time, temporarily sacrificing his dream of building a lovely home for his family to live in, for the hope of a much better one in the world to come. He chose affliction and faithfulness rather than prosperity and dishonor to his God, and we ought to do the same. We are not, in the West, often asked to give up our careers, or thrown in prison for our faith, or beaten publicly, or anything like this, so why do we not stand more firmly? Why are we afraid of such comparatively small “persecutions”? Why are we so unwilling to make sacrifices such as our dreams of building our own beautiful house, or owning a new car, or retiring with a million dollars in the bank, when we flatter ourselves that if we had real persecution we would stand strong? If we are unwilling to sacrifice such small things, how can we expect that we would sacrifice the big things?

Fantastic book. I cried most of the way through the 2nd half

Fantastic story; really connected the reader to the life of a Chinese Christian and the difficulties of the house church movement. The business stuff was ok, probably because the author isn’t himself in business :) the narration is very much a product of its time (2001), but you get used to it after a while. Listen and be encouraged!

Captivating Story

I'm blessed beyond words with this story. The power of prayer and the love our Heavenly Father has for those who make their need of Him known.

My favorite book

This is one of the most meaningful books I have ever read. It is inspiring and challenging. I have actually offered $20 to any student in our school who would read it and meet with me to discuss it. It was used to encourage one couple to go to China to serve in missionary endeavor.

Eye Opener

I loved this story. So many people dying for what and who they believe in. It makes me realize the freedoms that we have and the things we take for granted.