The Sprinter Who Wouldn't Run

In the spring of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived in Paris for the Olympic Games as Britain's fastest man. Then he learned the 100-meter heats fell on a Sunday. Everyone expected him to run — the British Olympic Committee, the press, an entire nation eager for gold. The pressure was enormous. But Liddell quietly refused. His obedience to God's conviction mattered more than his country's expectations.…