CHAPTER 1

1. Geoffrey T. Bull, God Holds the Key (Hodder & Stoughton 1959) p.203
2. Richard Wurmbrand, Marx & Satan (Living Sacrifice Book Co. 1986) pgs.74-75
3. Geoffrey T. Bull, God Holds the Key (Hodder & Stoughton 1959) p.32
4. Sabina Wurmbrand, from her sermon, In Prison With Psalm 107, available through Voice of the Martyrs, P.O. Box 443, Bartlesville, OK. 74005, 800-747-0085, e-mail: thevoice@vom-usa.org
5. Quoted from a Richard Wurmbrand sermon preached in a Baptist church in America, available through Voice of the Martyrs.
6. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, pgs.240-243 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998)
Pastor Wurmbrand’s books, and Sabina’s book, The Pastor’s Wife (Nobleţea Suferinţei) and video tapes of several of their sermons can be purchased or ordered through Editura Stephanus, Bibescu Vodă 1, sect 4, Bucureşti – 70521, Romania; tel. 335.33.49, fax. 335.59.48, email: stephanus@fx.ro; http://www.stephanus.ro

CHAPTER 2

1. Quoted from statements made by President Bush on September 11, 2001, as reported in the September 12th edition of USA TODAY.
2. Ephesians 3:8
3. Sabina Wurmbrand, The Pastor’s Wife, p.162. Available in English through Voice of the Martyrs…in Romanian (Nobleţa Suferinţei) through Editura Stephanus
4. Richard Wurmbrand, Marx & Satan (Living Sacrifice Book Co. 1986) p.23
5. Geoffrey T. Bull, God Holds the Key (Hodder & Stoughton 1959) p.205
6. These statistics were taken from the list below published by the Childrens Defense Fund in the book, 13th Generation, by Neil Howe and Bill Strauss. They are also included in Right From Wrong by Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler (Word Publishing 1994) p.6

Every day in America in the late 1990s:
1,000 unwed teenage girls became mothers
1,106 teenage girls had abortions
4,219 teenagers contracted a sexually transmitted disease
500 adolescents began using drugs, 1000 began drinking alcohol
135,000 guns or other weapons were brought to school
3,610 teens were assaulted, 80 were raped
2,200 teens dropped out of school
6 committed suicide
7. From ‘Viewpoint’ by James Garbarino in Time Magazine’s September 20, 1999 issue, p. 51

CHAPTER 3

1. Julia Francis, The Orphans & the Raven (Living Sacrifice Books, 1989) p.7
2. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, p.33 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998)
3. Ibid.
4. Jeremiah 29:13
5. I Corinthians 15:10
6. Paraphrase of Paul’s message to the Galatian church, particularly Galatians 2:16, 4:19 & 5:4
7. Paraphrase of 2nd Peter 18-21
8. Matthew 24:35 (NIV)
9. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, p.33 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998) p.100

CHAPTER 4

1. Colossians 1:27
2. Charles Spurgeon, Evening By Evening (Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2000) p.228
3. John 14:20 (New International version)
4. Quoted from a Richard Wurmbrand sermon preached in 1994 in a Pentecostal church in Romania. Available through Voice of the Martyrs.

CHAPTER 5

1. Refer to note #6, CHAPTER 1
2. ibid.
3. ibid.
4. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest (Discovery House Publishers, 1935, Dodd Mead & Co.) Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications, Ltd. Devotion for February 10 & 11t.
5. Julia Francis, The Orphan & the Raven (Living Sacrifice Books, 1989) pgs. 56-5
6. Watchman Nee, The Finest of the Wheat (Christian Fellowship
Publishers, Inc. New York, 1992) pgs. 217-218
7. Sabina Wurmbrand, from her sermon, In Prison With Psalm 107. Available in U.S.A through Voice of the Martyrs, in Romania through Editura Stephanus.
8. Richard Wurmbrand, from his sermon, No Other God. Available in U.S.A. through Voice of the Martyrs, in Romania through Editura Stephanus.
9. paraphrase of Psalm 100:4
10. Sabina Wurmbrand, from her sermon, In Prison With Psalm 107.
11. Paraphrase of 1Jn4:4, part B (“He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”)
12. Isaiah 53:10
13. Matthew 27:51
14. Matthew 27:46 (KJV)

CHAPTER 6

1. Geoffrey T. Bull, God Holds the Key (Hodder & Stoughton 1959) Pgs.15-20
2. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, p.43 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998)
3. Sabina Wurmbrand, The Pastor’s Wife, p120. Available in English through Voice of the Martyrs…in Romanian (Nobleţa Suferinţei) through Editura Stephanus. The exact quote is “Real love means you live and die in the struggle to help others become higher beings.”
4. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest (Discovery House Publishers, 1935, Dodd Mead & Co.) Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications, Ltd. This is a paraphrase of ideas included in devotions for November 26th and 27th.
5. Ibid. From the devotion for March 7th.
6. Richard Wurmbrand, from his sermon, Preserve The Word. Available in U.S.A. through Voice of the Martyrs, in Romania through Editura Stephanus.
7. Ibid.
8. From a speech by Mother Teresa given at The National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., February 3, 1994, quoted by Cal Thomas in a column printed in the National Right to Life News, February 28, 1994

CHAPTER 7

1. John 15:11
2. Julia Francis, The Orphan & the Raven (Living Sacrifice Books, 1989) pgs. 35, 36, 31 & 81
3. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest (Discovery House Publishers, 1935, Dodd Mead & Co.) Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications, Ltd. These ideas are developed in the devotions for April 14 and August 31.
4. Paraphrase of 1 Peter 4:8
5. This idea is developed in the My Utmost for His Highest devotions for October 5 and 7.
6. Ibid. This idea is developed in the My Utmost for His Highest devotion for December 23.

CHAPTER 8

1. Charles Spurgeon, Evening By Evening (Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2000) p.295
2. Song of Solomon 2:2, 1:2 & 4:9
3. 2 Corinthians 3:18
4. Romans 8:35
5. Julia Francis, The Orphan & the Raven (Living Sacrifice Books, 1989) Pgs.74-75
6. Oswald Chambers, Conformed To His Image, (Oswald Chambers Publications Association, 1950) p.70
7. Julia Francis, The Orphan & the Raven (Living Sacrifice Books, 1989) p.75
8. Matthew 23:11
9. Matthew 18:19
10. James 4:6
11. C.S.Lewis, Mere Christianity, (HarperSanFrancisco, HarperCollins edition, 2001) p.176

CHAPTER 9

1. Richard Wurmbrand, from his sermon, Preserve The Word. Available in U.S.A. through Voice of the Martyrs, in Romania through Editura Stephanus.
2. Norman Williams as told to George Otis, Terror At Tenerife, (The Bible Voice, Inc. 1977) pgs 37-38 & pgs. 763-64
3. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, p.87 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998)
4. Matthew 18:18 (A part)
5. Paul E. Billheimer, Destined For The Throne, (Bethany House Publishers, 1975)
6. Matthew 18:18 (B part)
7. Paraphrase of John 6:44
8. I Corinthians 6:3
9. Revelation 3:21
10. Ephesians 3:9
11. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, p.50 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998)
12. Richard Wurmbrand, from his sermon, Preserve The Word. Available in U.S.A. through Voice of the Martyrs, in Romania through Editura Stephanus.
13. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest (Discovery House Publishers, 1935, Dodd Mead & Co. Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications, Ltd.) From the devotion for October 17.
14. Michael Bordeaux, Risen Indeed…Lessons in Faith from the USSR (St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1983) p.59

CHAPTER 10

1. Philippians 3:10
2. Watchman Nee, The Finest of the Wheat (Christian Fellowship
Publishers, Inc. New York, 1992) p. 223
3. Oswald Chambers, Christian Disciplines, (Discovery House Publishers, Oswald Chambers Publications Association Limited, 1995) p. 73
4. Myrna Grant, Vanya, (Kingsway Publications, 1974) pgs. 60-61
5. 2 Corinthians 4:17
6. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prison, p.43 (out of print)…also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured for Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998)
7. From Pastor Wurmbrand’s last sermon preached in Romania.
8. Ibid. p.15

CHAPTER 11

1. Petre Ţuţea, Între Dumezeu şi Neamul Meu, (Fundaţia Anastasia, Editura Arta Grafică, 1992) pv .1
2. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, p.50 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998) p.42
3. The New International version, the J.B.Phillips version and the Message version of the First Beatitude.
4. Petre Ţuţea, Între Dumezeu şi Neamul Meu, (Fundaţia Anastasia, Editura Arta Grafică, 1992) p.70
5. Julia Francis, The Orphan & the Raven (Living Sacrifice Books, 1989) p.75
6. From a sermon by Sabina Wurmbrand preached in Romania in a prison where she had been a prisoner. Available through Voice of the Martyrs.
7. Sabina Wurmbrand, The Pastor’s Wife, p. 212 Available in English through Voice of the Martyrs…in Romanian (Nobleţa Suferinţei) through Editura Stephanus.
8. Sabina Wurmbrand, The Pastor’s Wife. Available in English through Voice of the Martyrs…in Romanian (Nobleţea Suferinţei) through Editura Stephanus p. 37
9. Ibid. (The Pastor’s Wife, p.201)
10. Luke 5:22 & 23
11. Richard Wurmbrand, Christ in Communist Prisons, p.50 (out of print) This experience is also described in Wurmbrand’s, Tortured For Christ, (Bartlesville, OK: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1967) Similar experiences are described in Wurmbrand’s, In the Face of Surrender: Over 200 Challenging and Inspiring Stories of Overcomers, (New Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998)

CHAPTER 12

1. Oswald Chambers, Christian Disciplines, (Discovery House Publishers, Oswald Chambers Publications Association Limited, 1995) p. 73
2. George N. Patterson, God’s Fool (Farber and Farber, London, England) p.156
3. Watchman Nee, The Finest of the Wheat (Christian Fellowship
Publishers, Inc. New York, 1992) p.260
4. Abridged version of 2 Timothy 3:2&3
5. Tim LaHaye & David Noebel, Mind Siege, the Battle for the Truth, (Word Publishing, 2000)