100 Prison Meditations

While imprisoned for 14 years in Communist Romania, Richard Wurmbrand spent three years completely alone, isolated from all human contact in solitary confinement. Yet he was not separated from his own thoughts or the companionship of his Creator, and he spent those long, lonely months in confinement contemplating the truths of God's Word and composing poems and sermons in his mind. In his book 100 Prison Meditations, Wurmbrand shares a collection of those contemplations as he examines the Scriptures from the confines of a Communist prison cell. While his meditations may be challenging and sometimes disturbing, they are the reflections of a man who, deprived of human companionship, remained in intimate communion with God.

1. Opening Credits
2. Preface
3. Meditation 1: The Mystery of Jesus' Sacrifice
4. Meditation 2: Why All the Suffering?
5. Meditation 3: Respect Poverty
6. Meditation 4: Right Attitude Toward Poverty
7. Meditation 5: Untruthfulness in Biblical Personalities
8. Meditation 6: What is Caesar's?
9. Meditation 7: Someone's Missing in Jesus' Genealogy
10. Meditation 8: Male and Female Words
11. Meditation 9: Manner of Breathing
12. Meditation 10: Unintelligible Words
13. Meditation 11: Almah
14. Meditation 12: The Double Sense of the Word "Netzah"
15. Meditation 13: Two Senses of "Sabachtani"
16. Meditation 14: How to Examine Yourself
17. Meditation 15: The Bible's Imprecise Time
18. Meditation 16: The Things Beyond the Bible
19. Meditation 17: Euphemisms in the Bible
20. Meditation 18: A Language Without the Word "Word"
21. Meditation 19: Don't Trouble Him
22. Meditation 20: Exaggerations in the Bible
23. Meditation 21: Sayings Missing in the New Testament
24. Meditation 22: Words Missing in the Bible
25. Meditation 23: Interesting Biographies Missing in the Bible
26. Meditation 24: Echad and Iachid
27. Meditation 25: The Mystery of Unanswered Prayer
28. Meditation 26: Why Did Jesus choose a Devil as an Apostle?
29. Meditation 27: Why Did Jesus Not Allow Himself to Be Made a King?
30. Meditation 28: Why the Outburst of Rage With Jesus?
31. Meditation 29: About Eternity
32. Meditation 30: The Quest for God
33. Meditation 31: Relative Weight of Wonders
34. Meditation 32: The Crime of Fear
35. Meditation 33: Science and the Bible
36. Meditation 34: How to Ready the Bible
37. Meditation 35: Open Space
38. Meditation 36: Oneness
39. Meditation 37: Where and What is God?
40. Meditation 38: Why Did Jesus Change Water Into Wine?
41. Meditation 39: Daring Arguments With God
42. Meditation 40: El---A Name of God
43. Meditation 41: Compound Names of God
44. Meditation 42: Anohi and Ani
45. Meditation 43: The Keri and the Ketib
46. Meditation 44: How to Speak
47. Meditation 45: Jesus' Multiple Crucifixions
48. Meditation 46: The Jesus
49. Meditation 47: Kala
50. Meditation 48: Identification With Christ
51. Meditation 49: The Undivided Bible
52. Meditation 50: Why Such a Strange Book?
53. Meditation 51: Bible Monologues
54. Meditation 52: The Value of Willing Rightly
55. Meditation 53: God's Thankfulness to You
56. Meditation 54: The Lord of Hosts
57. Meditation 55: What is Abraham's Greatness?
58. Meditation 56: Why is God Harsh Against Some?
59. Meditation 57: Implications of Our Prayers
60. Meditation 58: The Inerrancy of the Bible
61. Meditation 59: Problems of Punctuation in the Bible
62. Meditation 60: Does the Bible Teach Literalism?
63. Meditation 61: About Angels
64. Meditation 62: When Jesus Can't
65. Meditation 63: Before We Call, He Answers
66. Meditation 64: The Body Language of Jesus
67. Meditation 65: The Numbers and the Story
68. Meditation 66: Why Are So Many Biblical Questions Unanswered?
69. Meditation 67: The Forbidding of Quarrels
70. Meditation 68: The Truth Is Only in the Whole
71. Meditation 69: How Old is the New Testament?
72. Meditation 70: No History Book
73. Meditation 71: Our Attitude Toward Rules
74. Meditation 72: Commanded Love
75. Meditation 73: Peculiarities of the Hebrew Alphabet
76. Meditation 74: Orthographic Error in the Bible
77. Meditation 75: Qualified Almightiness
78. Meditation 76: Should a Christian Defend His Country?
79. Meditation 77: The Name of God
80. Meditation 78: Scarcity of Biographical Data
81. Meditation 79: The Bible Teaches Poverty
82. Meditation 80: Dove-Like Israel
83. Meditation 81: Humility
84. Meditation 82: Strange Commandment
85. Meditation 83: Jesus Incognito
86. Meditation 84: Problems Connnected With Death
87. Meditation 85: Strange Idiom
88. Meditation 86: Do Not Brood About Yourself
89. Meditation 87: The Red Dragon
90. Meditation 88: Strange Experession in the Hebrew Bible
91. Meditation 89: Punishment for Children
92. Meditation 90: Learn From Flowers
93. Meditation 91: Lesser-Known Personalities of the Bible
94. Meditation 92: Source of the Bible
95. Meditation 93: The Phoenicians
96. Meditation 94: The Need for Theological Clashes
97. Meditation 95: The Holiness of Sex
98. Meditation 96: Unusual Letters in the Bible
99. Meditation 97: What Is the Truth?
100. Meditation 98: The Legitimacy of Questioning
101. Meditation 99: Is the First Chapter of the Bible Wrong?
102. Meditation 100: About Prayer
103. Closing Credits