“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”—Christian missionary Jim Elliot, 22 years old, October 28, 1949, quoted in The Journals of Jim Elliot, edited by Elisabeth Elliot
Six years after writing this, Elliot, along with four missionary friends, gave up “what he cannot keep” when he was martyred in Ecuador while attempting to preach the Gospel to the Huaorani tribe. The story of their fate can be found can be found in this Christianity Today article by a son of one of Elliot’s companions on that fateful trip.
Six years after writing this, Elliot, along with four missionary friends, gave up “what he cannot keep” when he was martyred in Ecuador while attempting to preach the Gospel to the Huaorani tribe. The story of their fate can be found can be found in this Christianity Today article by a son of one of Elliot’s companions on that fateful trip.
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