The Finish Line Eric Liddell Never Saw

In 1924, Eric Liddell stunned the world at the Paris Olympics, winning gold in the 400 meters after refusing to run on Sunday. The newspapers called him the fastest man in Scotland. But Liddell did something no sportswriter expected — he walked away from athletic fame entirely and sailed to China as a missionary. For twenty years, he taught science to students in Tianjin, tended to the sick, and shared the gospel in rural villages most Westerners would never visit.…