In the years before WW2 he had lived a dissolute self centred life, quite successfully it seems. And as and when I get chance I intend to post a portion or two and leave you to ponder its application as I do. The world may not always be a comfortable place to follow Christ, and if it is, perhaps we are not. The account is published as Tortured For Christand I have often reflected since that this book, together with some selected works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (especially Discipleship), and Brother Yun’s The Heavenly Man should be required reading for all who say they follow Christ – and especially for anyone in any kind of leadership therein. In the late nineties the church I attended was privileged to host and hear from a very old man called Richard Wurmbrand as he recounted something of his life story.
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