Pastor Richard Wurmbrand's Torture For Christ

Tortured for Christ, by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, is one man’s voice speaking for the voiceless, persecuted Christians of the Underground Church. Wurmbrand himself says, “The message I bring from the Underground Church is: ‘Don’t abandon us!’” He was specifically sent to the Western church, by the persecuted Christians, to share the atrocities of Communism and to tell of the believer’s desperate need. Tortured for Christ is one fulfillment of this specific mission.

Wurmbrand begins by sharing a brief portion of his testimony. He was formerly an atheist Jew but came to Christ because one man prayed that God would allow him to lead a Jew to Christ. The man in the village prayed for God to lead a Jew to the village and Wurmbrand ended up in the village. Not long after his conversion, the Nazis invaded Romania. This was the first of two major invasions, the second by
He states, “Men are responsible before God not only for their personal sins, but also for their national sins.” To some extent, that statement holds true in the Christian responsibility as a citizen to vote and change the political atmosphere. Still, many things that nations do are outside of the control of the everyday citizen. Looking at the first century church, Paul was a citizen of Rome, faithfully preaching the gospel, while Christians were being persecuted. Paul’s responsibility was to share the gospel, which he faithfully did, but still persecution was taking place. Later in the book he states that Christians are guilty, by “neglect of duty” to share the gospel, because people still live in sin. Again, on a personal level Christians must fulfill the personal duty of sharing the gospel. The fact that there are still people living in sin and that a nation commits sins does not mean that each believer is living in sin. Every Christian must fulfill his or her God given role in sharing the gospel and spreading the light of