Elisabeth Elliot. Jesus is worth living for, and He is worth dying for. He died of cancer in 1973. Five, who sacrificed everything they had on earth, in hopes of bringing someone new to God. I admit that I can easily become frustrated by literary redundancies, poor word choice, and shallow descriptions of events. She openly reveals the gripping mind battles of this band of brothers: “The missionary watches, and longs, and his heart sickens,” writes one of them. After her return to the states, she married Addison Leitch in 1969. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! They had one goal: lay their lives down for the One who gave them new life. Perhaps the author’s manner of writing is simply a characteristic feature of her time (were not literary works more eloquent in decades past?) It changed the lives of Jim, Nate, Roger, Ed, and Pete. View reviews of this product. This is a story that ends with martyrdom. Through Gates of Splendor Elliot, Elisabeth. The first edition of the novel was published in 1956, and was written by Elisabeth Elliot. Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2013. If we are His, not even being speared to death by those who hate Him, can pluck us from His hand. 296 pages. The author does well to articulate that reality. The author writes candidly about the events leading up to the dangerous “Operation Auca” which (spoiler alert, in case you don’t know already) leads to the death of her own husband and his missionary companions. God’s command ‘Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature’ was the categorical imperative. Jim Elliot once said, “nothing is worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.”. He is always at work, calmly engineering His eternal purposes in us, through us, and in spite of us. David Joannes is the founder and president of Within Reach Global, the host of Missions Pulse podcast, and the author of The Mind of a Missionary and The Space Between Memories. Five, who came together with the common mission of spreading the gospel. This book is a classic Christian missionary tale of self-sacrifice, horrific tragedy, unparalleled forgiveness, and divine redemption. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.”. ( Log Out /  Ready to throw in the towel before Operation Auca launches, the missionary goes on: “I do not put any blame on personalities or circumstances involved; the failure is mine, and my failure to achieve the personal experience of Christ that could meet the needs here.” Then moments later, the author reveals the missionary’s final decision to join Operation Auca: “He was cleansed through the Spirit for the task that lay ahead of him… and went with a happy, expectant mind and his heart full of joy.” The most well-known quote from this story was written by the author’s husband, Jim Elliot, in a journal entry years before his martyrdom: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” This challenging message is one that I believe must be remembered by the body of Christ if we are to fulfill the Great Commission and see “every nation, tribe, people, and language” one day stand before the throne of God. In it, the journals, letters to family and supporters, and personal thoughts were meticulously compiled to explain the tragic January events of that year. 15 Reviews Publisher's Description Through Gates of Splendor is the true story of five young missionaries who were savagely killed while trying to establish communication with the Auca Indians of Ecuador. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. It is about the failed Christian mission and early contact with the primitive Auca tribe of eastern Ecuador. N oting the book “Through Gates of Splendor” which tells the story of five missionaries who sacrificed their lives in the jungles of Ecuador, this documentary film “Beyond the Gates of Splendor” takes us through that original journey to the events that followed half a century after. https://christianaudio.com/through-gates-of-splendor-elisabeth-elliot This book, Through Gates of Splendor, is the story of how the paths Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Flemming crossed, the thrill of planning their greatest adventure, the joy the found in Jesus Christ, and the way God worked His perfect plan through their lives, and deaths.