Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Let's Keep the Faith — Epilogue
Read Chapter 7 and the Epilogue of Tortured for Christ. Key passages: Revelation 2:10; 2 Timothy 4:6–8.
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Wurmbrand closes his testimony not with despair but with a clear-eyed call to faithfulness — asking what it means to "keep the faith" in any era, in any culture, under any pressure.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Wurmbrand ends his account with a passionate call to faith that has been tested and refined rather than merely inherited. What is the difference between a faith that has been kept and a faith that has merely been retained? Which would you say characterizes your own?
2.He writes about the danger of a faith that is never tested — that such faith is more like religious habit than living trust. Do you agree? How does difficulty, doubt, or opposition function as a kind of refining fire in the spiritual life?
a.Can you identify a time when your faith was genuinely tested? What happened to it — did it deepen, weaken, or change shape?
b.What regular practices might help build a faith resilient enough to survive pressure, even if that pressure never reaches the level Wurmbrand faced?
3.Wurmbrand speaks of the hope of resurrection as the anchor of his endurance — the certainty that the story does not end in a prison cell. How does the resurrection of Christ function not just as a doctrinal belief but as a practical source of courage and endurance in his testimony?
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