Christianity and atheism, Religions 

Richard Wurmbrand languished for fourteen years in Communist prisons. Though beaten and starved, he never broke. Having passed through hell on earth, this courageous Romanian pastor emerged with a burning love for God and his fellow man.

Today, a decade after his release, Rev. Wurmbrand is seeking to win his former persecutors to Christ. In this remarkable book, conceived while he was in solitary confinement, Wurmbrand demolishes the arguments for atheism as presented by the Soviet Academy of Science in its Atheist's Handbook.

Throughout the Communist world, people who want to get ahead must master the Atheist's Handbook. Its teachings are drilled into children at school. But Richard Wurmbrand demonstrates that the atheist creed leaves more questions unanswered than it professes to settle. On the positive side, he marshals the testimony of artists, musicians, writers, philosophers, scientists, statesmen, and saints - all of whom bear eloquent witness to the reality of God.

Richard Wurmbrand is not an academic. He steers away from theological wrangling. With the sparkling sense of humor that helped sustain him through unspeakable sufferings, he tells the story of God's love for us in language anyone can understand.

Is there a God? Does He care about man? Can we trust what the Scriptures tell us about Him? Yes, says Rev. Wurmbrand, in a ringing affirmation of faith that comes from the heart - and from the head.

The Case for God

-Did the universe just "happen"?
-Scientific findings that point to creation
-Miracles: nature performs them every day
-Why the Gospel narratives ring true
-Does the Bible contradict itself?
-The Fall, the Flood, and the Exodus: history or fancy?
-Bible prophecies that came true - to the letter
-Did cavemen have religion?
-Does Christianity teach submission to tyrants?
-Why Christians behind the Iron Curtain willingly risk torture for their faith
-Communism: a perversion of Biblical teaching?
-Atheism: enemy of art and culture
-Life after death: the atheist's darkest fear

Richard Wurmbrand, world-renowned spokesman for Christians suffering under Communist persecution, was born in Romania in 1909. When the Communists seized his native land in 1945, he became a leader in the underground church. Arrested in 1948 along with his wife Sabina, he served fourteen years in Red prisons, including three years in solitary confinement where he saw no one except his tormentors. Christian friends in Norway purchased his freedom for $10,000 in 1964. He then settled in the United States. Two years later, in a sensational appearance before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, Wurmbrand stripped to the waist, revealing eighteen ugly torture wounds inflicted by his brutal captors. Bestselling author of such books as Tortured for Christ, In God's Underground, and The Wurmbrand Letters, he now makes his home in Glendale, California. Pastor Wurmbrand, a Lutheran, is the founder of Jesus to the Communist World, Inc., an interdenominational missionary and relief organization.

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