Richard Wurmbrand

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born

March 24, 1909 in Bucuresti, Romania

died

February 17, 2001

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Religion & Spirituality

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Early life

Richard Wurmbrand, the youngest of four boys, was born in 1909 in Bucharest in a Jewish family. He lived with his family in Istanbul for a short while; his father died when he was 9, and the Wurmbrands returned to Romania when he was 15.

As an adolescent, he became attracted to communism, and, after attending a series of illegal meetings of the Communist Party of Romania (PCdR), he was sent to study Marxism in Moscow, but returned clandestinely the following year. Pursued by Siguranţa Statului (the secret police), he was arrested and held in Doftana prison. Wurmbrand subsequently renounced his political ideals.

He married Sabina Oster on October 26, 1936. Wurmbrand and his wife were converted to Christianity in 1938 through the witn...more

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Average rating: 4.30 · 1,622 ratings · 158 reviews · 41 distinct works

	Tortured For Christ 4.28 avg rating — 1,344 ratings — published 1940 — 13 editions	My rating:
	In God's Underground by Richard Wurmbrand, Charles Foley (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 19 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Marx and Satan 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:
	If Prison Walls Could Speak 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	My rating:
	100 Prison Meditations: Cries of Truth From Behind the Iron Curtain 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Was Marx a Satanist? 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1976	My rating:
	The Answer to the Atheist's Handbook 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	My rating:
	With God in Solitary Confinement 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Alone with God: God and Suffering: New Sermons from Solitary Confinement 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Reaching Toward the Heights 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. 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 [the communists' ] 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, Tortured For Christ

tags: christianity , courage , persecution , preaching

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“My wife and I were present at this congress. Sabina told me, "Richard, stand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face." I said to her, "If I do so, you lose your husband." She replied, "I don't wish to have a coward as a husband.”
― Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ

tags: christianity , suffering

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