The Man Who Saved His Enemy on the Ice
In 1569, a Dutch Anabaptist named Dirk Willems sat locked in a prison tower in Asperen, Holland, awaiting execution for the crime of being rebaptized...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 5:5-11.
In 1569, a Dutch Anabaptist named Dirk Willems sat locked in a prison tower in Asperen, Holland, awaiting execution for the crime of being rebaptized as an adult. One winter night, he lowered himself from the tower on knotted rags and sprinted across a frozen pond toward freedom. A guard scrambled after him. Willems, thin from months of starvation, made it safely across the ice.…
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