Welcome to another look into the life and message of Elizabeth Elliott.

This is the Elizabeth Elliott Gateway to Joy podcast.

Elizabeth called out to her listeners to live to a higher standard each day.

Not to be satisfied with just throwing a little religion into our lives as some kind of

a shallow substitute for giving God our best.

On this podcast series, we will hear from family, friends, and others influenced by Elizabeth's

life and message.

Today we continue our extended series on Operation Alka.

Her time in Ecuador, both before and after the death of her husband, Jim.

Today we look at two of the missionaries that died in that Christian outreach, trying

to reach the Alkas, Ed McColley, and Nate Sainte.

Here's a statement that Jim Elliott is most famous for isn't there?

Are you familiar with it?

Here's Jim and Elizabeth's daughter Valerie to remind us about that well-known saying.

That quote, he is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

And what good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world and yet forfeits his soul?

What's most important?

It's living for him and his glory.

Valerie Elliott Shepard, she'll tell us more about her dad later in the podcast, specifically

what would Jim think about American Christians now?

Interesting question, what do you think about American Christians these days?

Well right now we go back to 1989 for the first of the two Gateway to Joy programs

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