Richard Wurmbrand Quotes

We are weak little Davids. But we are stronger than the Goliath of atheism, because God is on our side. The truth belongs to us.

We must win rulers; political, economic, scientific, artistic personalities. They are the engineers of souls. They mold the souls of men. Winning them, you win the people they lead and influence.

God must be very great to have created a world that leaves a mystery as to whether he created it.

I have seen Christians in Communist prisons with fifty pounds of chains on their feet, tortured with red-hot iron pokers, in whose throats spoonfuls of salt had been forced, being kept afterward without water, starving, whipped, suffering from cold – and praying with fervor for the Communists. This is humanly inexplicable! It is the love of Christ, which was poured out in our hearts.

God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love

What can we do to win these men to Christ?

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.

Consider as sin any minute of life spent on something other than saving souls for eternity from this world doomed to destruction.

It was in prison that we found the hope of salvation for the Communists. It was there that we developed a sense of responsibility toward them. It was in being tortured by them that we learned to love them.

I have decided to denounce communism, though I love the Communists. I don’t find it to be right to preach the gospel without denouncing communism.

I had prepared myself for prison and torture as a soldier in peacetime prepares for the hardships of war. I had studied the lives of Christians who had faced similar pains and temptations to surrender and thought how I might adapt their experiences. Many who had not so prepared themselves were crushed by suffering, or deluded into saying what they should not.

God is the Truth. The Bible is the truth about the Truth. Theology is the truth about the truth about the Truth.