Thursday, September 17, 2009

Everyone is Happy

"It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners, as it is in captive nations today. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their terms. It was a deal: we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching; they were happy beating us - so everyone was happy."


- Richard Wurmbrand (1909-2001), a Romanian Jew converted to Christ, imprisoned in solitary confinement for 14 years under the Communists, author of Tortured for Christ and founder of Voice of the Martyrs.

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