THE TESTIMONY DID NOT DIE
In Loving God, Charles Colson tells of a quiet act of forgiveness that began a chain of events that still survives. Deep in one of Siberia’s prison camps, a Jew by the name of Dr. Boris Kornfeld was imprisoned. As a medical doctor he worked in surgery and otherwise helped both the staff and the prisoners. He met a Christian, whose name is unknown, whose quiet faith and his frequent reciting of the Lord’s Prayer moved Dr. Kornfeld. One day, while repairing a guard’s artery which had been cut in a knifing, he seriously considered suturing it in such a way that he would bleed to death a little while later. Then, appalled by the hatred and violence he saw in his own heart, he found himself repeating the words of the nameless prisoner: “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” Shortly after that prayer Dr. Kornfeld began to refuse to go along with…
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