Eric Liddell's Final Race
In 1924, Eric Liddell stunned the world by refusing to run his best event at the Paris Olympics because the heats fell on a Sunday....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Philippians 3:17-4:1.
In 1924, Eric Liddell stunned the world by refusing to run his best event at the Paris Olympics because the heats fell on a Sunday. He ran the 400 meters instead — and won gold. Scotland celebrated him as a national hero. Fame, fortune, and comfort were his for the taking. Liddell walked away from all of it. By 1925, he was back in China, where he had been born to missionary parents, teaching science and Bible classes in Tianjin.…
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