Talk:Richard Wurmbrand
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[edit] Prisons
"Due to political pressure, he was given amnesty and released in 1964" While I am not familiar with the details of Wurmbrands release from prison, in 1964 virtually *all* political prisoners in Romania were released in a general amnesty. Someone more knoledgeable on the subject might want to correct me - or the article.merryXIV 23:33, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- The phrase was in the text when I gave it a combover. I cannot tell you if it is true (ie: if political pressure played a part in his release), and, although what you say is very reasonable, I couldn't tell you if he was released because all the others were released. For now, I'll just change it to "he was released", pending verification. Dahn 04:54, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pastor Wurmbrand and Sabina, My Adopted Grandpa and Grandma!
Pastor Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand took me into their hearts, home and family many years ago. I am blessed along with the others they loved as their own: (Brother Job, Lidia, Maya )
You see they adopted me as their grandaughter and taught me about the love of God. They were true believers in Jesus their Messiah and cared for the broken hearted and needy of this world. You would think one would be full of sorrow after having suffered so much in prison but Pastor Richard's face shone and he was quite funny. He was the wisest man I have met and the kindnest. Sabina, my Oma, I owe so much too. She adopted me as her own and encouraged me to "take in an orphan".. In 2002 we adopted our baby from China. Thank you Oma!
The photo on this webpage was taken from my webpage. I made this page for the Wurmbrands over 10 years ago: http://members.cox.net/wurmbrand/wurmbrandbio.html.
Just my thoughts this late Sunday evening.
Shalom Havarim, as Pastor Richard would say. He spoke over 10 languages
Andrea in California —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.187.170.65 (talk) 06:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] "Wurmbrand and his wife were converted to Christianity in 1938 through the witness of Christian Wolfkes, a Romanian Christian carpenter"
"Through the witness" means "according to", or is something specific to the evangelic cult? Dpotop 13:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
- Cult... Heh. Dahn 14:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
- Witness is a term which here means "preached the gospel to".
[edit] Controversy
It is amazing that it is hard to find controversial information on the net about Richard Wurmbrand, because his books are full of things that would make controversy if brought to light. Just to give examples, he has a very strange interpretation of Jesus' sacrifice in the first chapter of "100 Prison Meditations", he has preached pantheism, condemned capitalism, equated wealth with damnation, glorified poverty and suffering, engaged the reader in Kabalistic and numerological interpretations, recommended Eastern meditation, and I can detect a definite anti-Western tone in his style. Any other Christian having evidenced such things would have provoked accusations of heresy and personal attacks from reactionary Christians by now. All these things are evidenced in "100 Prison Meditations" and "Victorious Faith" and no reaction from the conservative elements. Simply amazing. Also, his "Marx and Satan" is a dubious conspiracy theory. There ought to be a controversy section. Jason
