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Montefiore's impression of Jesus was wrong. Jesus loved the Pharisees, although He denounced them publicly. And I love the Communists, as well as their tools in the Church, although I denounce them.

— Richard Wurmbrand Tortured For Christ (1967)

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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.

Tortured For Christ (1967)

A faith that can be destroyed by suffering is not faith.

If Prison Walls Could Speak (1972)

Writers around the world protested when two Communist writers, Siniavski and Daniel, were sentenced to prison by their own comrades. But not even churches protest when Christians are put in prison for their faith.

Tortured For Christ (1967)

I have been a loved preacher and writer with a particular vocation. My sermons and books would not have had the same quality without my past of anarchy, vice, and violent atheism.

If Prison Walls Could Speak (1972)

The leaves of the tree of life will serve for the healing of the nations (Revelation 22:2), which means that there will be in the life beyond people who need a cure for their souls.

If Prison Walls Could Speak (1972)

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