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

Richard Wurmbrand

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Richard Wurmbrand
Age: 91 †
Born: 1909
Born: March 24
Died: 2001
Died: February 17
Dissident
Preacher
Writer
Little Paris
Nicolai Ionescu
Faith
Destroyed
Suffering

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A Communist officer told a Christian he was beating, 'I am almighty, as you suppose your God can be. I can kill you.' The Christian answered, 'The power is all on my side. I can love you while you torture me to death.'
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