AS I WAS SAYING
In his book, Tortured For Christ, which deals with the Communists’ brutal treatment of Christians, Richard Wurmbrand, rehearses, among many others, an incident in a Communist prison which depicts great heroism for Christ. On pain of being severely beaten, preaching to other prisoners was forbidden. “A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege,” Wurmbrand says, “so we accepted their terms” — a brutal beating for preaching. “It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching; they were happy beating us; so everyone was happy. The following scene took scene took place more times than I can remember.” He continues, “A brother was preaching to the other prisoners, when the guards suddenly burst in, surprising him halfway through a phrase. They hauled him down the corridor to their ‘beating room.’ After what seemed an endless beating, they brought him back and threw him bruised and bloody — on the prison floor. Slowly,…
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