Richard WurmbrandRezensionen

žánr : svědectví, komunismus, víra
Dramatický životní příběh Richarda Wurmbranda, mučedníka křesťanské víry v komunistickém Rumunsku.
Příběhy obou manželů jsou známy z knih "V Božím podzemí a Láska vytrvá" - nyní jsou vyprávěny v rámci jedné knihy, doplněné o další dosud nepublikované informace.

This is an eyewitness account of God's presence in the horror of communist prisons. Imprisoned by the Romanian Communists for his work in the Christian Underground, and subjected to medieval torture, Wurmbrand kept his faith—and strengthened it. For fourteen years, he shared that faith with suffering cellmates and gave them solace.

After years of imprisonment and solitary confinement, enduring inhumane torture, Richard Wurmbrand emerges with a powerful testimony of courageous faith. Even today, believers are suffering and dying for Christ, yet their faith will not falter under the most unthinkable persecutions.

The History of the Underground Church - a classic account of courage, tenacious faith and unbelievable endurance!

žánr : studijní, věroučná
Úvahy a výpovědi o křesťanství, víře a Kristu.

After years of imprisonment and solitary confinement, enduring inhumane torture, Richard Wurmbrand emerges with a powerful testimony of courageous faith. Even today, believers are suffering and dying for Christ, yet their faith will not falter under the most unthinkable persecutions. In this stirring account, Wurmbrand (founder of The Voice of the Martyrs) encourages us to remember those in chains and equips us to help our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ around the world.

The author spent 14 years in a Romanian prison for his faith. He is the founder of the organization "voice of the Martyrs".

O playboy que se tornou pregador — esteve preso durante 14 anos em cadeias comunistas. Os guardas tentaram forçá-lo a confessar que pertencia a uma rede de espionagem imperialista. Foi açoitado, torturado e obrigado a ingerir drogas.
Apesar de tudo ele resistiu e ficou firme. Passou dois anos na "cela da morte" — assim chamada por não ter voltado ninguém dali com vida.

Clérigo cristão fora preso na Romênia pelos comunistas, que tentavam fazer ele confessar que era um espião. A princípio ele passou oito anos detido, ficou livre por dois anos, e voltou a ser preso por mais seis anos. A acusação contra Richard era a de que ele estava promovendo a religião.

Mögnuð frásögn af ofsóknum gegn kristinni kirkju

"Months of solitary confinement, years of periodic physical torture, constant suffering from hunger and cold, the anguish of brain-washing and mental cruelty these are the experiences of a Romanian pastor during his fourteen years in Communist prisons. His crime, like that of thousands of others, was his fervent belief in Jesus Christ and his public witness concerning his faith. Meeting in homes, in basements, and in woods sometimes daring to preach in public on street corners these faithful souls persisted in their Christian witness knowing full well the ultimate cost of their actions. This is their story a classic account of courage, tenacious faith, and unbelievable endurance. This history of the Underground Church reflects the continuing struggle in many parts of the world today"--Page 4 of cover.

This is a story that I don't think I will ever forget. A story of courage, faith and endurance through horrible and unspeakable persecution, and a story of hope. It caused me to realize what many are going through in countries where freedom to share a Christian witness is forbidden. These Christians though are standing firm in their testimony for their Lord. I can understand how and why the "Voice of the Martyrs" began and it gave me pause to realize how little I knew about what other Christians are experiencing around the world. I encourage all to read and be moved beyond words to pray and help those who are a part of the "underground church" around the world.

This is a short biographical account of a Romanian Pastor imprisoned and tortured for his Christian faith by the Communists just after the second world war. He spent a total of 14 years in prison, was eventually ransomed and released and moved to the West to encourage others to support "The Underground (persecuted) Church" in many countries. He founded "Voice of the Martyrs," which continues to work in countries around the world to this day.

Although the author states that he cannot go into graphic detail about the torture he endured at the hands of evil men. He proceeds to give seriously disturbing detail which some readers may not appreciate. He was placed in solitary confinement for 3 years!

"In solitary confinement, we could not pray as before. We were unimaginably hungry; we had been drugged until we acted like idiots. We were as weak as skeletons. The Lord's prayer was much too long for us- we could not concentrate enough to say it. My only prayer repeated again and again was, "Jesus, I love You."

Personally I felt challenged when reading this and forced to ask myself questions about how far I would be willing to go for my Christian faith. The detail is not in any way included for entertainment or to assist the author in obtaining spiritual one-up-man-ship. I believe the author's main purpose in writing these things was to try and shock people into doing something to help the persecuted church. His passion, dedication and commitment to the cause resonate throughout the book and are compelling. Many Christian's have been and will continue to be seriously convicted about their own roles in this Gospel and help ministry to those that are suffering for Christ, this can only be a good thing.

I note the complaints in various reviews about the author's negative/judgemental comments about Western Christian's. His attitude is that they are unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic and lacking in prayer for their brethren in crisis in other parts of the world. One reviewer's response which I would echo is that when reading/hearing criticism of ourselves we should examine (through Scripture and prayer) whether the things that are being said are true. If they are we should seek to address them and if they are not we should disregard them. Wurmbrand's opinion about Western Christian's may or may not be accurate, (in my view it is pretty accurate and has become more so in recent decades as this book was written a long time ago.) But, we cannot disregard his experiences and fail to help the persecuted church based on our prejudice towards him as an individual and how he chose to express himself. The things he experienced are happening around the world and the underground church does need help.

To those that don't believe the content of the book (which I also read in some reviews.) I can understand the skepticism due to various Christian Biographical books being removed from sale due to the "made-up" stories. Wurmbrand has on his body the scars from the torture he endured at the hands of his persecutors as he revealed this during a public meeting. Again I believe he did this to capture the attention of people rather than for personal gain.

I tend to believe the content of this book and that the author (who has since died) was a sincere soul seeking to follow Jesus and being willing to give up everything for that call. Ultimately only God knows his heart but we can all be challenged by his story and encouraged to get more involved in helping those suffering persecution in any way that we can.

I would encourage adult Christians to read this book.

I wanted to find this book inspiring, since it tells stories of Christians suffering under Communist regimes in the 1960s and 1970s. But although some of the anecdotes were horrific, the style of the book was rather tedious - random bits of information, alternating with the author's eagerness to let the world know what was going on. Unfortunately he felt the need to be rude about anyone who wasn't as concerned as he was (and in particular theologians) and it rather weakened his message.

This is a very powerful autobiographical account of the fourteen years which Pastor Richard Wurmbrand spent in prison. He was sent there in 1948 because he was a Christian who refused to renounce his faith and embrace Communism.

The book describes in detail much of his experience, including attempts at brainwashing and some appalling torture. Somehow it manages to be vivid without being graphic. It brought alive the horrors of this kind of imprisonment, yet didn't give me nightmares.

I found it gripping reading, despite there being so many people mentioned that I lost track of who was whom at times, and a fair bit of 'preaching'. Recommended to anyone - Christian or otherwise - who would like to know more about what went on during the Communist era in Rumania.

In this book, Pastor Wurmbrand talks of his time spent in prison for being a Christian pastor. He spends around 14 years of his life in prison. This book does not give all the details of what happened but give a general overview. He finishes this short book with plea for the Western world to send supplies and books to the people who do not have bibles as easily available to them. He believes that much of the West just turns a blind eye to the Christian persecution in the east.

Anyone who has had to go to prison and be tortured deals with things and has a different outlook than the normal person. reading this book gives more of a sense of the daily struggle he had for people who were scared to share their faith in areas where they would not be imprisoned.

In this book, Pastor Wurmbrand talks of his time spent in prison for being a Christian pastor. He spends around 14 years of his life in prison. This book does not give all the details of what happened but give a general overview. He finishes this short book with plea for the Western world to send supplies and books to the people who do not have bibles as easily available to them. He believes that much of the West just turns a blind eye to the Christian persecution in the east.

Anyone who has had to go to prison and be tortured deals with things and has a different outlook than the normal person. reading this book gives more of a sense of the daily struggle he had for people who were scared to share their faith in areas where they would not be imprisoned.

Tortured for Christ is not just a book for Christians. It is a great historical reference, written by a Jewish man R. Wurmbrand. He tells a story that never hit main stream news do to political interference. One will discover a whole chunk of history they never read in their text books in school.

The author does do a good job at times of refocusing us on things that are truly important. He speaks of being tortured for years and praying and loving his torturers and speaking to them about Christ in hopes that they might come to know Jesus. He says that we are to love the sinner but hate the evil.

On page 51 the author says: "The value of Bibles smuggled in by these men cannot be understood by an American or an English Christian who `swims' in Bibles." That truly is something to ponder. We live in a place that has an abundance of Bibles and many people own more than one and yet we tend to be illiterate when it comes to the Bible. So he does make good points and has given me a lot to think about.

You really will do well to read this book and perhaps make it a habit to read even once a year a book on martyred Christians to help keep in perspective what is really important.

Not the best book I've ever read. I felt it wasn't written in the most effective way. I found myself just skipping over huge portions because it was so dry.

NO OF PAGES: 125 SUB CAT I: Personal Testimony SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: In "If Prison Walls Could Speak", Richard Wurmbrand reveals what Communist imprisonment and torture can do to a Christian's mind and faith. In these intensely moving pages, he shows us faith going right to the breaking point and beyond--and remaining unbroken.NOTES: Donated by Rose Marie. SUBTITLE:

NO OF PAGES: 126 SUB CAT I: Personal Testimony SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Wurmbrand is a living epistle. Like Job he lost everything, cried out to God with brutal honesty and found nothing lacking even in the most dire circumstances imaginable. I could only read one "sermon" a day... you have to let them soak in and still there's more with each reading.NOTES: Donated by Rose Marie. SUBTITLE:

This is one powerful book! It will move you to tears. It will make you laugh. It is an astounding account of God's Awesome Grace and Power! I would recommend this book for every Christian.

The author was an atheist Jew before he converted to Christianity under the Nazis and became a pastor. He writes: "The Nazi terror was great, but only a taste of what was to come under the Communists." He endured fourteen years of Communist imprisonment and torture in his homeland of Romania. This is his story, and it should be read by every Christian.

This was pretty interesting. I grew up knowing communism was bad, but didn't know why. I'm sure a lot of people don't know what was behind many of the atrocities of what happened in the USSR and other communist countries. The book was written before the fall of communism in the Soviet bloc, so I don't know how much is true anymore. Perhaps it will be looked upon as a good history book. Although there are still communist countries.½

A sobering work describing the author's experiences in Communist prison for preaching Christ. A call for encouragement for those who suffer for their faith.½