The Candle and the Nail
Chapter 1 · A True Story
Cover art: a father and small son at a workbench in golden light, the aged John holding a candle in the background.

Faith · Action · Drama

THE CANDLE
AND THE NAIL

An 8-Page Graphic Novel — based on the true story of John Busch

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Page 1, The Hidden Trick: a toddler John sits at his father's feet in a golden workshop, learning to wax a nail before hammering it into hardwood.
Page 1 · The Hidden Trick
Page 2, The Deal: in a Shanghai steel mill, a manager demands a bribe from John, who refuses, and the steel deal collapses.
Page 2 · The Deal
Page 3, The Cry: John kneels desperately at a hotel window over the Shanghai skyline at night and hears God's voice for the first time.
Page 3 · The Cry
Page 4, The Word: John reads Ephesians 6 and is told by God to look up.
Page 4 · The Word
Page 5, The Battle: a full-page spiritual war rages across the Shanghai skyline above a tiny silhouette of John at his window.
Page 5 · The Battle
Page 6, The Column of Smoke: at dawn a pillar of glowing smoke rises at John's knees and God instructs him to hold a banquet.
Page 6 · The Column of Smoke
Page 7, The Banquet: John and the manager share a warm feast and dance, and the steel is released without a word about the bribe.
Page 7 · The Banquet
Page 8, The Reveal and the Moral: John funds 100,000 Bibles for China and, aged 82, holds a candle while delivering the story's moral to the reader.
Page 8 · The Reveal & The Moral
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