![]() I copied many passages from the book into my journal and now, a year after reading it, I still frequently think about things I learned from this book. □ I love this book because it shows what passion for Christ looks like. In fact, I read about Jim’s death while walking on a treadmill at the gym. This was the first non-fiction book to make me cry. In his own, now famous word, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” ![]() It showcases his love for his Lord and his desire to serve Christ, even into death. This book uses narrative as well as Jim’s letters and journals to follow him through his college years and into his mission work in Ecuador. In college, he began journaling and searching for God’s will in his life. “Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first?”įrom an adventurous childhood, Jim Elliot matured into an intense man. So, enjoy the review and enter to win Through Gates of Splendor. ![]() ![]() As usual, all you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave a comment on this post*. For those of you who are not familiar with these books, they are both about Jim Elliot, a martyr missionary. Today I am reviewing one of my all time favorite books, Shadow of the Almighty, and launching a giveaway for Through Gates of Splendor. I got my college midterms done, my brother gave me earrings and Daddy bought home flowers for Mom and balloons for us. ![]()
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