BOOK REVIEW: Tortured for Christ

The classic Tortured for Christ by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand — the founder of Voice of the Martyrs https://www.persecution.com  — was published over 50 years ago [1].  But this first person account of Wurmbrand’s 14 years of imprisonment and torture at the hands of his Communist captors remains relevant today.

As the voice of the underground church, Wurmbrand tells the story of countless members of the Body of Christ who continued faithful despite unspeakable hardship and trials.

Apart from Wurmbrand’s own fortitude, love of Christ, and passion for the unsaved, three points, in particular, stand out:

• That Communists skillfully seduced church leaders by promising tolerance and peaceful co-existence, before harsh restrictions were imposed.
• That the persecuted church in China, North Korea, the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere is in desperate need of support from American Christians.
• That the Great Commission — our directive to reach the unsaved for Christ — remains urgent.

I could not recommend Tortured for Christ more highly.  Readers will weep from the book’s beginning to end.

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[1]  Wikipedia, “Richard Wurmbrand”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wurmbrand.

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