cover image The Lion and the Lamb

The Lion and the Lamb

Charles Causey. WestBow, $19.95 (269p) ISBN 978-1-5127-6109-2

Causey, an army chaplain in Washington, D.C., weaves the true stories of Corrie ten Boom and Arthur Speer into a riveting fictional narrative. Ten Boom lives in Holland and hides Jews behind a false wall in her family home during the German occupation. Eventually, she is caught and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. Speer, a German architect, becomes Adolf Hitler’s minister of armaments. As the war rages on, Speer feels conflicted about his work and begins to question his devotion to his führer. The Christian faith is part of both of their lives, yet “Corrie’s faith was a fountain and the message of her life. Speer’s faith seldom trickled out,” Causey notes in the postscript. Through the stories of how each understands their actions in terms of faith, readers are invited to consider how Christianity can influence decision making—particularly decisions made during dire ethical circumstances. Even those familiar with the history of ten Boom and Speer will find Causey’s unique approach worth reading. (BookLife)