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  EPM Resource - The Heart of a True Missionary
Elisabeth Elliot talks about cross-bearing Christianity, the immaterial wealth of her mission heritage, and what has given her strength in the face of adversity.
Elliot's immediate response to the Palm Beach incident placed her, along with co-laborer Rachel Saint (Sister of the slain Nate Saint) in the memory of evangelicals as modern-day saints.
One of the fundamental flaws that Elliot recognized in North America upon returning to the States was the carefree practice of dating-which presented a striking contrast to her early years with Jim Elliot.
www.epm.org /articles/heartmiss.html   (2078 words)

  
 Cumberland Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elisabeth Elliot uses the story of her own relationship with her husband Jim to describe the temptations, difficulties, victories, and sacrifices that will be encountered by two young people whose commitment to Christ is given priority over their love for one another.
In this book Elisabeth Elliot writes candidly about what it means to be a Christian woman, addressing topics such as subordination, the single life, self-discipline, masculinity vs. femininity, pride, and building a workable marriage.
Elisabeth Elliot examines the many characteristics of manhood that were exemplified in the life of Christ: —responsibility, sacrifice, courage, obedience, initiative, forgiveness, and endurance—exhorting men who would follow Jesus to walk the same path.
www.cumberlandbooks.com /elisabethelliot.html   (834 words)

  
 thE-TASK: Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elisabeth Elliot, née Howard, was born in 1926 to missionary parents in Belgium, and grew up in Pennsylvania.
Elisabeth left home in 1944 to attend Wheaton College in Illinois, where she discerned and accepted the call to be a missionary during her senior year.
Elisabeth and the other widows waited six days between the last radio contact with the team and when their deaths were confirmed.
www.thetask.org /thETASK/Heroes/Oct03/default.asp   (920 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Journals of Jim Elliot: Books: Elisabeth Elliot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elisabeth Elliot is a popular speaker, radio teacher, and much-loved author of Through Gates of Splendor, Shadow of the Almighty, Passion and Purity, and several other books.
Elisabeth Elliot is a popular speaker, radio teacher, and muchloved author of Through Gates of Splendor, Shadow of the Almighty, Passion and Purity, and several other books.
Elliot was distinctly a man of his time, but he was not alone in his complete surrender to God.
www.amazon.ca /Journals-Jim-Elliot-Elisabeth/dp/0800758250   (1360 words)

  
 Jim Elliot
Philip James Elliot was born on Oct. 8, 1927, in Portland, Oregon to Fred and Clara Elliot.
Jim and Elisabeth were married on October 8, 1953 by an official of the Registro Civil in Quito, Ecuador.
Jim Elliot once said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." He gave his all in faith to the Auca people, and he cannot lose in the Kingdom of Heaven.
www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b4jelliot6ra.htm   (2304 words)

  
 Blue Letter Bible - Audio and Video
Elliot was born in Brussels, Belgium, where her parents served as missionaries.
Elisabeth continued her work among the Quichuas and later lived and worked among the Huaorani.
Elisabeth Elliot is one of the most influential Christian women of our time.
blueletterbible.org /audio_video/elliot_elisabeth   (339 words)

  
 Elizabeth Elliot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elisabeth Elliot wrote this book to her daughter a few weeks before her marriage.
Elisabeth Elliot challenges young men to develop the characteristics that exemplified the life of Christ such as sacrifice, courage, obedience, forgiveness, and endurance.
Elisabeth Elliot tells the story of her martyred husband's life.
www.childsbooks.com /elisabeth_elliot.htm   (209 words)

  
 Profile - Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth received Christ as her savior when she was five years old, and her parents played a major role in shaping her faith.
Betty Stam, who was later beheaded by Chinese communists in 1934, inspired Elisabeth with her stories and prayers and Amy Carmichael, a missionary to India, made such a lasting impression on Elisabeth that she later wrote a biography of Carmichael’s life.
While at Wheaton, she met Jim Elliot and began the remarkable romance that is chronicled in Shadow of the Almighty and Passion and Purity.
www.christianbook.com /html/authors/561.html   (534 words)

  
 Elisabeth Elliot's Daily Devotional
Elisabeth was born in Brussels, Belgium, where her parents served as missionaries.
Elisabeth continued her work among the Quichuas and later lived and worked among the Aucas.
Elisabeth is the author of a number of books, including Shadow of the Almighty, Passion and Purity, A Path Through Suffering, The Shaping of a Christian Family, and Keep a Quiet Heart.
www.becksbaptist.org /Admin_General/Pages/Main_Elizabeth_Elliott_1.html   (266 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Through Gates of Splendor: Books: Elisabeth Elliot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The follow-up to the original book is that Elisabeth Elliot returned a few years later with her young daughter to continue the work with the Auca Indians.
To read the words of Jim Elliot and his brothers in Christ against the backdrop of their story and their sacrifice is very powerful.
However, I was surprised to see how effectively Elisabeth Elliot weaves together the historical facts, her own experiences and the journal entries of the missionaries to create a book that is far more than simply readable.
www.amazon.ca /Through-Gates-Splendor-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/0842371524   (1232 words)

  
 Jim Elliot - Portraits of Great Christians - In Touch Ministries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He martyrdom at age twenty-eight and subsequent books on his life by his former wife, Elisabeth Elliot, have been the catalyst for sending thousands into the mission fields and stoking the fires of a heart for God.
Elliot's focus on obedience to God's will led to a disciplined and slightly unorthodox courtship of Betty Howard, whom he met at Wheaton.
In January of 1956, Elliot and four companions landed on a beach of the Curaray River in eastern Ecuador.
www.intouch.org /myintouch/mighty/portraits/jim_elliot_213678.html   (838 words)

  
 Mission Frontiers August 1999 - Elisabeth Elliot
But Elisabeth Elliot may be best-known as the surviving wife of Jim Elliot, the 28 year-old missionary speared to death in 1956 with four of his co-laborers--Nate Saint, Pete Fleming, Roger Youderian, and Edward McCully.
One of the fundamental flaws that Elliot recognized in North America upon returning to the States was the carefree practice of dating--which presented a striking contrast to her early years with Jim Elliot.
Elliot is now living near Massachusetts Bay in Massachusetts--by her own admission a long way from the jungles of Ecuador.
www.missionfrontiers.org /1999/08/elliot.html   (2026 words)

  
 Papers of Philip James Elliot - Collection 277
Philip James Elliot was born October 8, 1927, in Portland, OR, to Fred and Clara L. Elliot, one of three brothers in a family which included Robert, Herbert, and a sister, Jane.
Elliots' daughter, Valerie, was born February 27, 1955, and in that month the Flemings, Elliots, and McCullys were together in Shandia for a conference for the Indians.
Elliot's abilities as an artist are reflected in the calligraphy and drawings, as well as in the architectural design for the home built in Shandia, Ecuador (folder 1-3).
www.wheaton.edu /bgc/archives/GUIDES/277.htm   (2776 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Let Me Be a Woman: Books: Elisabeth Elliot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elliot also says that mundane subjects are what your girlfriends are for, implying to me that she thinks women have a general habit of discussing mundane things; I did not at all find this complimentary of my sex and wonder why Elliot would assume women are automatically simple-minded.
Elliot's portrait of a woman gave me the image of a quiet little robot who lives her life waiting to be married and, upon marriage, wonders her house like a quiet wraith, doing nothing but cleaning and bearing children as her husband sees fit.
Through Elliot, I learned that it does not mean equality, perse, but that submission is not the evil thing I imagined in my mind, but an act of worship and surrender to God and an act of love and respect to my husband...both of which are worth any pain that my pride may suffer.
www.amazon.com /Let-Me-Woman-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/0842321624   (2674 words)

  
 ELLIOT, ELISABETH AND ROME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elisabeth Elliot is the wife of martyred missionary Jim Elliot.
Elliot spoke at the Roman Catholic Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, a hotbed of Roman Catholic-Charismatic enthusiasm.
Elisabeth Elliot was listed in the June 1998 issue of Charisma magazine as a speaker for a national Catholic Charismatic renewal conference held at the University of Notre Dame, June 12-14.
www.wayoflife.org /fbns/elisabethelliotrome.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Wisdom from the Pen Of...Elisabeth Elliot Gren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elisabeth Elliot and her first husband, Jim, were jungle missionaries in Ecuador.
Elisabeth and her daughter Valerie returned to the Aucas and led to Christ some of the very men who killed Jim.
Elisabeth now travels around the country with her husband Lars Gren to speak at churches, women's groups, etc. She has written around 20 books and many booklets, and she also has a monthly Elisabeth Elliot Newsletter and Gateway to Joy Newsletter.
www.ylcf.org /journal/16/ee.htm   (455 words)

  
 Papers of Elisabeth Howard Elliot - Collection 278
Elisabeth Howard was born December 21, 1926, in Brussels, Belgium, daughter of missionary parents, Philip E. Howard Jr.
Elisabeth's assignment was with the Colorado Indians of the western jungle.
Elisabeth Elliot was interviewed by Robert Shuster at the Billy Graham Center on March 26, 1985.
www.wheaton.edu /bgc/archives/GUIDES/278.htm   (2806 words)

  
 Elisabeth Elliot Gren emphasizes God's ageless call to holiness - (BP)
Elliot Gren is a well-known speaker and author, having penned such classics as "Through Gates of Splendor" and "Passion and Purity." The former book is an account of the five missionaries who were killed in the 1950s, including her husband, Jim Elliot, while trying to reach South American jungle tribes with the Gospel.
Elliot Gren gave several practical ways for women to develop their prayer lives, including using old hymns of praise and prayers such as the Lord's Prayer.
On the theme of surrender, Elliot Gren cited Mary, the mother of Jesus, as the supreme example.
www.bpnews.net /printerfriendly.asp?ID=16960   (531 words)

  
 WOMEN OF VALOR SERIES: ELISABETH ELLIOT
As she became more competent with the Auca language, Elisabeth spent long hours talking with the women about the missionaries’ purpose in the country and why she and her friends had gone to the Auca village.
The tribeswomen responded by explaining that after initial contact had been made with the five men on the beach, the village grew afraid that their peaceful gestures were an evil ploy to seduce them into opening up their village, that the men were really cannibals intent on killing them.
When Elisabeth left the tribe, she said goodbye to lifelong friends, many of whom had become Christians ready to spread Christ’s way of peace with the rest of the village.
christianwomentoday.com /devotionals/daily/2860.html   (1619 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Journals of Jim Elliot: Books: Elisabeth Elliot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jim Elliot was part of a team of young missionaries murdered in Ecuador in 1956 by the Auca Indians to whom they were witnessing.
The Journals of Jim Elliot is a wonderful account of the life of a man who yearns to know God's plan for his life, details his fascinating missions work, and loves Elisabeth- first as a single man, then as a happily married one.
The Journals of Jim Elliot will intrigue fans of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, readers interested in missions, and young people struggling to find God's plan for their lives.
www.amazon.com /Journals-Jim-Elliot-Elisabeth/dp/0800758250   (1727 words)

  
 Two by Elisabeth Elliot: A Ransom Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elliot addresses it with a creativity and depth of insight which comes from a mind steeped in God’s Word and a life which has been tested by sacrifice.
Elliot’s articles, includes recommendations for reading plus information on her speaking ministry.
Following each story, Mrs Elliot writes a brief reflection, sometimes consisting of a series of questions to help the reader think about the story they have just read.
www.ransomfellowship.org /R_Elliot.html   (780 words)

  
 Little Nuances: Elisabeth Elliot
A couple of years after I became a Christian, I read a book called Discipline: The Glad Surrender by Elisabeth Elliot, and in her simple, yet powerful way, she immediately called me to go deeper in my faith than I’d ever gone before.
Elliot is a graceful woman who is filled with wisdom about faith and life.
I've heard Elisabeth explain the principles in that book many times though and I couldn't agree with her more.
littlenuances.blogspot.com /2006/12/elisabeth-elliot.html   (623 words)

  
 Elisabeth Elliot Quote Index
Elisabeth Elliot, at Urbana 76, told of her brother Thomas Howard.
In this collection of excerpts from her bestsellers, Elliot embraces timeless virtues such as chastity, trust, obedience, and love for God.
Elisabeth and her daughter Valerie, then three years old, returned to the jungle along with Rachel Saint, the sister of one of the other slain men.
dailychristianquote.com /dcqelliot.html   (1210 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : The Savage My Kinsman: Livres en anglais: Elisabeth Elliot,Cornell Capa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Savage My Kinsman tells the story in text and pictures of Elisabeth Elliot's venture into Auca territory to live with the same Indians who killed her husband.
With her three-year-old daughter and the sister of one of the murdered missionaries, Elisabeth Elliot courageously evangelized the Aucas, introducing her husband's slayers to Christ.
This book tells the story in text and pictures of Elisabeth Elliot's venture into Auca territory to live with the same Indians who had killed her husband.
www.amazon.fr /Savage-My-Kinsman-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/0830734864   (412 words)

  
 ELISABETH ELLIOT AND CATHOLICISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Elliot spoke at the 1995 National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Convention in February, together with Luis Palau and Billy Graham.
Elliot and other New Evangelical compromisers have been invited to speak in various (alleged) fundamental Baptist forums.
The fulfillment of this is evident in the lives of people like Elisabeth Elliot who refuse to practice biblical separation.
www.wayoflife.org /fbns/elisabethelliot.htm   (1284 words)

  
 Elisabeth Elliot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several years later, Elliot went to the Huaorani with Rachel Saint, sister of Nate Saint, another of the five, and learned the language with the help of Dayuma, a Huaorani woman who had spent some time among the Quechuas.
In 1969, Elisabeth married Addison Leitch, professor of theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts.
In 1977 she married Lars Gren, a seminary student who had been boarding at her house.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elisabeth_Elliot   (350 words)

  
 Our Hero — Elisabeth Elliot
I’d spent the majority of that Saturday attending a women’s conference at my home church in Louisville, Ky., listening to Elisabeth Elliot speak about her life as a missionary and the spiritual truths God taught her along the way.
In 1956 Elisabeth lost her husband, Jim, to a tragic death.
These were the same Indians whom Jim, Elisabeth and a group of other Americans had been ministering to.
www.briomag.com /briomagazine/spiritualhealth/a0006715.html   (539 words)

  
 Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot Daily Devotional - For those who want more depth of content, our devotionals provide just that.
Popular author and speaker Elisabeth Elliot provides 365-days worth of inspirational, challenging insights into our relationship with God.
She deals with different topics each day throughout the entire devotional, and her wisdom will compel men and women alike.
operationworld.tripod.com /kleffman/id31.html   (88 words)

  
 Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
After several preliminary overtures of friendship, the men set out on a crucial January day in 1956 for a meeting with the Waorani tribesman, who had reacted with apparent tolerance to earlier gifts and messages.
The story of Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Pete Fleming, and Jim Elliot was recorded several months later by Jim’s wife, Elisabeth.
Through Gates of Splendor has since become a classic, one that has inspired hundreds of thousands of people.
www.monergismbooks.com /throughgatesCD.html   (152 words)

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