Grave Dangers - Resurrection Powers

Are you familiar with Eric Liddell? The award-winning film, Chariots of Fire, celebrates him as the gold medal Olympian who refused to run on Sundays! 

Eric was also a missionary. That information didn’t quite make the news. Walking away from fame and glory in Britain, Eric went to China to run a different race—a race that would eventually take his life to higher glory. 

It was the late thirties and tensions were mounting. Japan had attacked China, making travel extremely dangerous. One day, Eric heard about an injured man who was left for dead because it was too dangerous to reach him. Despite the grave dangers, Eric succeeded in rescuing him. But their celebration was short-lived because that night they heard of another dying man in need of help.

This man was barely alive after a botched beheading. He was going to die anyway, why jeopardize one’s life? At great risk, Eric rescued this man and took him to a nearby hospital. Miraculously the man lived and later became a follower of Christ.  

Eric shares how the Lord’s presence was with him during this time and remembers that the night before the daring rescue, God encouraged him with a powerful truth: “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much” (Luke 16:10).

Eric Liddell is often remembered as an incredible athlete. But his most eternal accomplishment was not winning a race in Britain; it was running a race to rescue the souls of men, a perilous race indeed. 

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin so easily besets us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1).

Inspire your entire family with the truths of Grave Dangers—Resurrection Powers as you read the book The Captive or listened to the world-class audio drama that was produced in London.