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...
I had had a bad day in school. I wasn't very old and I had a last name of Batt. That can be a tough combination. One of the other kids had made fun of my last name. I tried not to let it bother me. But it did.I tried to ignore my tormentor, but soon a bunch of other...
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...
Born to a Saudi family, in Saudi Arabia, and living very close to Mecca, I grew up with strict principals and traditions of Islam and the Arab culture. As a teenager I went to the mosque five times a day in obedience to my parents. One night, while I was asleep, I had...
One would hardly expect a Christmas story to emerge from the violence and sadism of a Nazi concentration camp. Yet the birth of Christ and His subsequent sacrificial death for all men take on new meaning for me after learning of the heroic deed of a Roman Catholic...
He did for my friend Rafael Rosales. Rafael is a minister in El Salvador. The Salvadoran guerrillas viewed him as an enemy of their movement and tried to kill him. Left to die in a burning automobile, Rafael escaped the car and the country. But he couldn't escape the...
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me." Matthew 5:11Recently, a friend told a true story about one of his closest friends who experienced great suffering for the soul of his persecutor. This...