Imprisoned for Christ: Former Prisoners Brunson, Baumann Speak
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🗓️ 13 March 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Dan Baumann and Pastor Andrew Brunson were arrested in Muslim nations because of their Christian faith. They both experienced depression and even thoughts of suicide in prison, yet testify that God was faithful even in those desperate moments.
Listen as they share the challenges of prison and their thoughts on loving our enemies and how much they don't miss being in prison.
One of the things that helped Brunson during his time in prison was something Baumann had written in one of his books. He'll share that story—and then hear how Dan responds to the idea that God used something he'd written to sustain and bless a fellow Christian during a season of suffering.
This conversation happened as a part of the Imprisoned For Christ Virtual Event, already viewed by more than 150,000 Christians in 50+ countries. The event is still available for you and your church. Register here.
Both Dan and Andrew have previously been guests on VOM Radio (as well as Andrew's wife, Norine). Listen to the full VOM Radio interviews with Dan Baumann and Pastor Andrew Brunson.
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| 0:00.0 | When Dan Bowman was imprisoned in Iran, he learned a lot about loving his enemies. |
| 0:06.7 | He shares a great example for the times when you and I need to love difficult people |
| 0:13.2 | in our lives. As we walked towards that reality in life of loving people and then loving |
| 0:20.4 | hard people and loving people who don't like you and loving people that hate you, people that |
| 0:24.8 | cause you problems, big problems, people that have hurt you in the past. It all has to do |
| 0:31.7 | with a greater invitation at that moment to trust the sovereignty of God. |
| 0:39.9 | Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world |
| 0:45.6 | would hate them. He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus' words came true in the life of |
| 0:51.6 | the apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives of his followers around the world. |
| 0:56.8 | Join host Todd Netletons. We hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help right now |
| 1:02.1 | on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network. Let me ask you a few practical questions. |
| 1:08.3 | Do you ever struggle to find joy in Jesus? Especially when things aren't going your way. |
| 1:16.3 | Do you find it difficult to love people when they aren't acting lovable? |
| 1:23.1 | Do you ever pray and just feel like God's not listening or like your prayers are bouncing back |
| 1:29.0 | off the ceiling? I'm Todd Netleton. Glad to be with you as we get some solid insight into these |
| 1:36.0 | questions and others. We're going to hear from Dan Bauman. He was a prisoner for his faith |
| 1:41.8 | in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We're also going to hear from Pastor Andrew Brunson. He was |
| 1:47.0 | imprisoned for two years in Turkey. Both of them have shared their stories with Voice of the |
| 1:52.6 | Martyrs Radio before. You can hear those conversations at v-o-m-radio.net. Today, they're going |
| 2:00.1 | to share some of the practical things that they learned in prison, things that you and I can apply |
| 2:05.8 | to our faith and to our walk with Christ even outside of a prison cell. I talked with Dan and |
| 2:12.7 | Andrew during the imprisoned for Christ virtual event, which last week reached tens of thousands |
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