A man whose faith in God motivated him and gave him courage to stand against the tyranny of communism has passed away. Yes Iam writing of none other than the great Alexander Solzjenitsyn. He passed away at the age of 89. A great and a powerful write and author, whose faith in God helped him to stand up and fight for the human rights of his fellow citizens in the former soviet union. The first I heard of him was when I was listening to a preacher from the country of my birth(India) name him and quote him a couple of times in his sermon.
In a time and age where being “politically incorrect” could cost one’s life, Solzhenitsyn, stood up for the cause of his fellow countrymen. His bold and uncompromising works revealed to the west the treacheries that were taking place behind the Iron curtain in the lives of individuals that differed in thought and faith from the communistic world view. Capturing the attention of the world with his 1962 novel “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovitjs”, that sold in the millions, he shot to fame and later in 1970 received the Nobel Prize for literature. Shortly after this he was sent in exile from his country and spent his exile in Germany, Switzerland and later on in the United States. Living in the United States he made note and publicly spoke of the moral decline that was taking place there. When he addressed a gathering at Harvard it is said that they literally booed him down because he sounded so old fashioned and conservative. He called America back to its founding truths, to never build and depart from God.
After the fall of the iron curtain and the communism he returned back to Russia where he was received as a hero and later went on to receive a medal of honor from the former KGB man and president Vladimir Putin.
A great man in our time has made his exit into eternity; let his life serve as an example for us all that live in the free world. Let us hold on to the truth that can set us free.
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