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Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

The Scars that Witness | Eddie Lyle

Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud

Great Lakes Outreach

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9663 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Eddie Lyle’s stories of unsung heroes of the faith in the persecuted church throughout the world blew my mind, and will humble, challenge, and stir you in equal measure. For example, he tells of the extremist’s machete falling, but stopping inches from the believer’s neck as light flooded the room and the gang fell to their knees and then ran away. That’s just for starters! 

I love Open Doors and their ministry. Do check them out at www.opendoorsuk.org, and you can get Eddie’ book ‘Witness’ for free by going to opendoorsuk.org/witness

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Transcript

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0:00.0

They kicked the door in. A man from the shadows came with a machete and brought the sword down on my husband's head.

0:08.2

But before it touched its flesh, an invisible hand gripped the hand of the assailant.

0:13.5

And they all fell to the ground screaming and ran out into the streets.

0:19.1

And we have never seen them again.

0:21.2

And then she pointed and said, when God is for you, no one can ever be against you.

0:29.0

Welcome, everybody. This is Simon Gilbo with Inspired.

0:31.6

Inspired if you're new to us is all about meeting different mates of mine from across the spectrum of human experience.

0:36.9

We've done amazing stuff.

0:38.0

I'm weary. I think we all are being relentlessly bombarded by negativity in the press that just

0:43.4

induces fear and cynicism and apathy and anxiety. And what we need are regular dollops of good

0:50.2

news and challenge and inspiration. And I've got no doubt this week, you're going to be inspired because we've got with us

0:55.5

the legendary Eddie Lyle.

0:57.4

Welcome to Eddie.

0:58.2

Hi, Simon.

0:59.1

How are you?

1:00.0

Yeah, good.

1:00.8

So good to have you.

1:01.7

I reckon we go back about 15 years.

1:03.5

I think it overlapped a lot on speaking at new wine conferences and spring harvest and that sort of thing.

1:09.7

And Eddie's had the job that I kind of was my dream job.

1:15.2

I often thought about it, you know, working for years, particularly what we can be

1:19.2

focused on is the persecuted church and open-door stuff.

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