I told them the story of a doctor of early Christian times who was unjustly imprisoned by the emperor. After some weeks his family were allowed to see him, and at first they wept. His clothes were rags, his nourishment a slice of bread with a cup of water every day....
In the olden days there were two brothers, the elder good and devout, the younger a libertine who reveled with unsavory companions. The elder brother prayed for the younger and often begged him to change his life, but all seemed in vain.One night as the elder brother...
A brother who had been terribly tortured by the Communist police shared the same prison cell with me and told the following incident:I once saw an impressive scene in a circus. A sharpshooter set out to demonstrate his skill. In the arena was his wife, with a burning...
Following are three letters from Maria, a Christian girl who led Varia, a member of the Communist Youth Organization, to Christ.First letter... I continue to live here. I am very beloved. I am beloved also by a member of the cell of the Komsomol [the Communist Youth...
We decided to spread the gospel in Communist countries. By what means? Only one is biblical. Paul writes that it was his purpose to save souls "by all means" (1 Cor 9:22). He who is choosy about the means of propagating the gospel is not biblical.While we respected...
Great love for Christ is one of the quickest ways to ascend to a mastery of life. One such master is Bishop Victor Belikh, a Ukranian Christian whom I met in Kishinev. He had spent twenty-four years in Communist jails. The first twenty he passed in solitary...
When I speak in a Christian Orthodox church, I tell the story of Theodora from their Lives of Saints, which sadly-the average Orthodox never reads. When Theodora's mother died, her father decided to become a monk and suggested that she enter a convent. But she was so...