Description
The news of the murder of five young American missionaries by the Auca tribe in Ecuador shocked the Western world in 1956 and brought to its attention this area of South America and the efforts of missionaries to reach the Stone Age peoples who lived there.
This omnibus edition brings together three books written by Elisabeth Elliot, wife of one of the murdered men, which have inspired a generation of Christians to committed discipleship.
In Through Gates of Splendour Elliot tells the story of the courage and devotion of the five men in their attempt to reach the Auca Indians with the gospel.
Shadow of the Almighty gives the full, inspiring story of the life and death of Jim Elliot, compiled around the poignant and spiritual. writings of his own journals.
Elliot's full length novel, No Graven Image, follows a young, idealistic missionary to the mission field where she is forced to re-examine her faith at the deepest level.