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Genesis 22:1-19

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King Duncan

... the most suffering, Abraham, never questioned God's motives. He never questioned God's goodness. The man at the heart of the matter trusted in God completely. In 1956, missionary Jim Elliot was murdered by a tribe of Auca Indians in Ecuador. In the midst of her grief and confusion, Jim's widow, Elisabeth Elliot, sensed God calling her to move to Ecuador and carry on Jim's work among the Aucas. Why would God send her to minister among the people who had murdered her husband? It was all a part of God's great ...

2. Soli Deo Gloria

Mark 12:28-34

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Mark McGilvey Livonia

... without. Who, they wonder, would be foolish enough to voluntarily suffer loss, refrain from pleasure, or lower their comfort level in life for an idea that cannot be proved? That seems like squandering the precious few days we have on this earth. But as martyred missionary Jim Elliot once said, "He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." To such a standard of life each of us also is called. The composer Verdi stood in the shadows of the concert hall in Florence ...

3. Living at Cross-Purposes

Matthew 10:24-39

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” Pastor John Huffman heard an interview many years ago with missionary Elisabeth Elliot in which she recalled the many challenges she and her husband, Jim Elliot, faced in their mission work in Ecuador. Elliot was working as a translator in a remote area of Ecuador when her indigenous assistant was murdered, and all her language materials were stolen. A flood destroyed the station ...

4. Stealth Christians

Mark 7:31-37

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King Duncan

... When you find someone who could do the things he did, people are going to tell about it. When you find people who live like he lived, others are going to notice. In 1956 five missionaries traveled to Ecuador to bring the gospel to the people of the Huaorani tribe. The five men ” Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Peter Fleming ” thought they had made contact with a friendly, welcoming group. But not long after they landed in Ecuador, a group from this native tribe attacked the five ...

5. The Subject Is Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

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Steve Molin

... of Ecuador, and that alone may not be very spectacular. What is amazing however is that in January of 1955, Elisabeth’s husband, Jim, and four other missionaries were mas- sacred by a handful of the Auca tribe. They demolished their airplane, they mutilated their bodies with spears, and scattered the corpses throughout the dense jungle. In November, 1957, Elisabeth Elliot wrote these words as an epilogue to her book, Through Gates of Splendor; “Nearly three years have passed since that Sunday afternoon ...

6. The Good Life

Luke 6:17-26

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... denotes the person’s overall life experience and reputation rather than a specific experience of “blessing.” Defining makarios carefully will avoid the oversimplification that sometimes is connected to the concept of blessing. Being a disciple may entail deprivation and hardship. Biography: Jim Elliot. Elliot (1927–56), a famous missionary to Ecuador who was killed by the Auca people, said, “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Certainly, the experience of ...

7. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Jeannine K. Brown

... twelve apostles and others like them who participate in Jesus’ mission. God will reward anyone who welcomes and receives these missionaries and their message. 10:42 little ones. The final group from the saying about extending welcome is “little ones” ( ... gospel to the Huaorani tribe in eastern Ecuador. Before leaving on their mission, the five missionaries (Pete Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, and Jim Elliot) sang the hymn “We Rest on Thee.” The lyric of this great hymn, by Edith ...

8. Jesus Inaugurates the Disciple Band and Conquers the Unclean Spirits

Mark 1:14-20, Mark 1:21-28

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Grant R. Osborne

... bring the gospel to the Waodani tribe, a group that had never had any contact with the outside world. He and his companions made contact with the Waodani, but on January 8, 1956, Jim Elliot and four other missionaries were brutally killed by members of the tribe. They were willing to sacrifice everything for Jesus, even their own lives. Elliot once wrote, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”5When we really know Jesus and the power of the gospel, we are willing ...

9. The Final Exam

Mark 10:17-31

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Steven Molin

... whatever I miss out on or give up or lose in this life is dung compared to the riches of knowing Jesus Christ. In 1956, a young missionary named Jim Elliot went with four others to the bush of Ecuador to bring the gospel to the Auca people. One night, Jim and his four colleagues were murdered by the very people to whom they were ministering. Found in Jim Elliot's personal journal were these words that have become somewhat of a mantra for those who choose to give of themselves unselfishly: "He is no fool who ...

10. When The World Goes Crazy!

Genesis 6:1-8:22

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King Duncan

... our salt so it won't sting so much. "Niceness" has become our highest goal. Yet if we truly live righteous lives, we will stick out like a sore thumb. We will attract both admiration and scorn. Jim Elliot was a famous missionary who was killed trying to bring the Gospel to the Auca tribes deep in the heart of Peru. Before his death, Elliot wrote, "Father, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a milepost on a single road. Make me a fork that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me." (5) Every ...

11. Make Me A Crossroads

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Michael P. Green

Jim Elliot, a dedicated missionary in Ecuador who was killed by the Auca Indians in 1956, said it well: “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.” (Cited by Elisabeth Elliot, The Shadow of the Almighty [New York: Harper & Row, 1979], p. 59.)

12. Lifestyles of the Rich and Faithful

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

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Mary S. Lautensleger

... time until you return to the North. The currency of this world will be worthless at your death or at Christ's return. For you to accumulate vast earthly treasures in the face of the inevitable future is the equivalent of stockpiling confederate money. Jim Elliot, a martyred missionary explains it this way. "You are no fool if you give what you cannot keep to gain what you cannot lose."1 In other words, the "no dollar left behind" philosophy won't fly in heaven. Throughout the gospels, Jesus talks more about ...

13. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

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Phil Thrailkill

... about, then I am poor and will spend most of my energies on empty things. Not long before he was martyred in the jungles of Ecuador, Jim Elliot wrote, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." I know where you heart is; the same place ... is nothing short of radical. It is taking less and less to be above average. CONCLUSION Years ago Dan Crawford was a missionary. He was returning from Africa to the States which meant leaving the interior where he worked to go to the coast to ...

14. Missing The Real Miracle

John 6:1-15

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King Duncan

... the people food. He is offering himself. He is offering all the power and promises of God in the flesh. Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India for fifty-six years. During the last twenty years, however, she was confined to her room because of injuries suffered in a ... hunger. Receive Jesus today and you will have eternal life. 1. Reader's Digest, March, 1980, Page 57. 2. Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die (Old Tappan, NJ: Revel, 1987), p. 365. 3. Values Driven Leadership--Discovering and Developing Your Core ...

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