Through Gates of Splendor

Highly recommended book, Incredible story!

Point: By faith men and women set aside all that this earth may offer them of success, happiness, ease, and safety and look to a better country, that is, a heavenly one.Path: Elisabeth Elliot retells the story of the five families who gave up what they could never keep, in exchange for what they couldn't lose. She details the preparation, planning, and mission of Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Jim Elliot to reach the Auca Indians in Ecuador, South America.Sources: Based on her heavily involved role as wife, mother and fellow worker, Elliot gives the reader an inside look into the thoughts, motives, and fears of a missionary.Agreement: This story has had a tremendous impact on the evangelical world over the past fifty years. God used the lives of these servants to encourage men and women to reevaluate their goals and lifestyles. It challenges the reader to set aside the alluring lie of ease and comfort which the world tells us we deserve, and press toward the goal.I believe stories like these do exactly what the author of Hebrews stresses in Hebrews 12:1 - they push us to run our race, laying aside every weight and sin, and looking forward to Christ, the author and finisher of our faith.Disagreement: Although it is highly challenging, this story strays close to becoming a hagiography (idealizing its subject). These men were dedicated and showed true commitment to Christ. But they were sinners as all men are.This is understandable given the relatively recent time of writing after the event (I believe only several years according to the ending of the first edition). They wanted to caste the men in the best possible light, and there was much for which one could laud them.With that said, I was very appreciative of Elliot's inclusion of the doubts of Roger in chapter 12, The Savages Respond. I believe in those several pages the reader gets a real look into the doubts and fears which often plague the missionary's life.Personal App: What level of dedication do I display in my life day by day?Favorite Quote: Quoting Barbara Youderian, "I want to be free from self-pity. It is a tool of Satan to rot away a life. I am sure that this is the perfect will of God" (236).It would be worth another read and I would recommend it.

This is a true story that is dear to my heart, the whole story is a miracle. I was so touched by the story that I bought a Piper yellow model plane

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This book really makes one question: How much do I truly trust the Lord? What would I be willing to give up should I be called to it? Would I be willing to sacrifice the basic comforts I know and depend on? Would I be willing to sacrifice my life with forethought decision? Even harder for me to think of than the sacrifice of my own life, would I be willing to sacrifice that of my husband, packing him up for a trip not knowing if I would ever see him again on this side of heaven?Elisabeth Elliot does a fantastic job of giving an account of the families' journeys to and in the mission field by using the journals and letters of some of the men and women. The men's and women's excitement at God's faithful attentiveness to their prayers is stirring, and their spiritual struggles are also encouraging. I give a lot of credit to Elisabeth Elliot for that. She doesn't fluff up the missionaries as uber-Christians. She shows through their struggles and lives that they have the same power as you and I, and that power is the blood of Jesus Christ.Even if you are not a Christian, this book may shed some light on both tribal culture and missionary culture. Whatever you believe, this is still a powerful tale of sacrifice, struggle, hope, and forgiveness. It is also still well written and well organized with multiple story lines forging into one giant one. Elliot knows how to pull you into the story. If for no other reason, this book is an interesting read because it shows the developing stages that led to the historical event that captured the compassion of the world - Christian and non-Christian alike.This particular version has updates to the story as well, which is a definite plus. I hope you are blessed by this book.

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I was excited to find this book by one of my favorite authors! Came quickly too!

This is a story that took place at the time of my birth, and it is moving, inspiring and challenging in equal measure. The love these men showed to the Auca Indians and the ultimate sacrifice they gave to try to bring the Gospel of the love of Christ to them is a story that has lived with me all my life. And even more so, the forgiveness of the wives left behind, especially Elisabeth Elliot - going into the jungle and taking her child to live with the tribe that had murdered her husband and seek to share God's love with them. Read the sequel 'The Savage my Kinsman' - both of these books show real Christianity in action.

One of the few books I would recommend that every Christian read. Read it slowly and prayerfully, it's lifechanging. I have few heroes, but Jim Elliot is one of them.

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Gut geschrieben mit Tiefgang. Die Lebens Geschichte fünf Männer und deren Frauen die Umkehr von ein ganze Stamm eingeleitet haben - von Töten zu Retten, von Böse zu Gutem. Die Männer haben alles gegeben, auch Ihr Leben, ein Preis nicht zu hoch für ein Ewigkeit mit der, der alles bezahlt hat für uns verlorene Menschen.