They Would Not Be Silent by Harvey Yoder

Setting: Communist Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia from 1917- 1980s.

Publisher review: Who are the people whose stories are told in this book? They are Christians who have lived under communism and decided that the cost of suffering for their faith is worth …glory which shall be revealed in us (Romans 8:18). By choosing to serve God, they also chose to suffer for His sake. In essence, these people are like anyone else – they have feelings and emotions that run deep. But they have an uncommon commitment: they love not their lives unto the death (Revelation 12:11). How are they different from you and me? That depends on our level of commitment. Each of their stories are unique, yet one mutual thread is evident throughout – they would not be silent concerning their devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Table of Contents

1. Victory Day!
2. Baptized in prison
3. The eyes of the enemy are blinded
4. Don't destroy the church
5. "When is Daddy coming?"
6. "Get'em Ursul!"
7. Harvesting souls in prison
8. The gates of hell shall not prevail!
9. The hollow woman
10. Free from the inner prison
11. Keys to the prison
12. Betrayer becomes believer
13. Letters from Siberia
14. My mother, my friend
15. From suffering to singing
16. "I'll see you in heaven"
17. The Muslim raven
18. Underground Bibles
19. They took our son
20. Too young to be in prison
21. "Please let me die"

Short stories about people who endured persecution:

~ The prison doctor, intrigued by the prisoner's survival against all odds, hears the gospel and is converted before the prisoner baptizes her within the Communist prison.

~ Gheorge visits Costel, who is wanting to know learn about true Christianity, in a village under the control of the local priest. When a mob of drunken men come to attack Gheorge his life is spared through a case of mistaken identity.

~ A dog trained to attack prisoners refuses to obey his master's commands to attack a believer.

~ When Communism fell Alexandria found that all her life had been built on sand. It was only when she met an ex-student, who she'd try to pressure to deny her faith, that Alexandria finds meaning to life.

~ Like Joseph in the Bible, Stefan earns the trust of the prison commandant and carries the keys

~ Nadia betrays a Protestant to her Orthodox priest and regrets it, becoming a believer herself.

~ Struggling to provide for her family while her husband is in prison, God sends a raven in the form of a Muslim baker

... and 14 other stories.

Reading level: 16 years to Adult

Paperback.
Pages: 233
Size: 153 x 230mm
Publisher: TGS International. 2008

Bible version: KJV