Sharing My Story

To do a little mental backtracking I will share
today and tomorrow some of the other influences
in my thinking during my high school and college
years that lead me to become seriously involved
with Campus Crusade. As a Christian growing up
in a conservative, evangelical (and yes fundamental)
church I was taught the basic problems we encounter
in society and the world are primarily ones stemming
from the attitudes the human heart. The Christian
message is to change the human heart then you
change society for the better. This change doesn’t
come from clever persuasivness or force of will or
physical coercion. It comes from a willing submission
to the graceful wooing of God’s Spirit. Earlier on
while listening to Carl McIntire and Billy James
Hargis they both featured a man on who demostrated
the capacity of Christ’s love to change hearts in even
the most adverse circumstances.

This was the Rev. Richard Wurmbrand. Wurmbrand
was a Rumanian Lutheran pastor who during
World War II had been jailed by the Nazis.
After the war was over he was imprisoned
for his faith (ungoing extreme tortur) twice for
a total of 14 years by the Rumanian Communist
government. His story is a profound testamemt
to the love of Christ for your enemies and how
that love change chance even the most hardened
and evil heart. Such is the power of the gospel
message. Richard now deceased left a on-going
ministry called The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM).