Publisher's Review: More true stories about Christians who did not lose courage under the cruel hand of communism. (See the book They Would Not Be Silent.) For young Anya, the red tie (a symbol of Communism) was so much associated with denying God that she grew up viewing it as the equivalent to a ticket to hell. Year after year at school, she had seen the eighth graders receive the red emblem. Each year, it struck new terror into her heart. She had decided that, no matter what the consequences would be, she would never wear that dreaded red tie. But, what would you do if you were mocked and scorned publicly for not wearing the red tie? Read what happened to Anya in No Red Tie for Me, Please!
Table of Contents
- The red rose
- Cargo in jeopardy!
- Fearful of baptism
- Papa's way
- Take the gun!
- "My son, my son!"
- No red tie for me, please!
- Are my children safe?
- Spy at the wedding
- Lidia's passion for Christ
- Bricked up!
- Vera, a child of faith
- The food parcel
- The cost of salvation
- Revival in the city
~ Natasha had always lived a sheltered life surrounded by Christians. When she is thrown into prison on trumped up charges she is confronted by the horror of the degraded state of human nature. Unable to pray or to meditate on the Scriptures due to the filthy conversations surrounding her she wonders how she will endure her prison sentence. But then a guard gives her a red rose and God's love and presence overwhelm her and peace is restored to her soul.
~ Marcel was in the process of transporting Bibles and Christian literature with his companion, Valentin, when he feel asleep while driving. The impact of the crash leaves both men injured but worse the precious but contraband books are in danger of being confiscated and the men arrested. But God is faithful and provides an unusual way to rescue them.
~ Choosing to live for Christ was no light matter for a young man in the 1970s in Ukraine. Misha weighed the cost of being baptised (and the whole village knowing he was a believer) and found the joy of obeying Christ to be greater.
~ Alexei struggled with the extreme poverty that his family endured resulting from his parent's firm stand for God. Rejecting the faith, Alexei brought much grief to his parents but God's grace reached out even to him.
~ Iaon and Nelu faced persecution for their stand to not carry a gun when drafted into the army. Told that his friend had consented to the demands of the army, Ioan had to choose the right way for himself.
~ When Maria's husband is arrested in Romania for his faith, Maria is glad that she can care for her four young children. But then she is sentenced to three months in prison herself. What will happen to her children?
... and nine other stories.
Reading level: 16 years to Adult
Paperback.
Pages: 206
Size: 153 x 230mm
Publisher: TGS International. 2002
Bible version: KJV
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