{"id":198,"date":"2010-08-17T18:42:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T18:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/08\/181-jim-elliot.html"},"modified":"2010-08-17T18:42:35","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T18:42:35","slug":"181-jim-elliot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/08\/181-jim-elliot.html","title":{"rendered":"#181 Jim Elliot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"414\" alt=\"jimelliotmartyr.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/jim%20elliot\/jimelliotmartyr.jpg\" width=\"336\" \/><\/span><br \/>Jim Elliot was an evangelical missionary to Ecuador who was killed by the tribe he tried to convert. He is now blisteringly famous within Christian culture for being a martyr of the faith.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"443\" alt=\"jimelliotaman.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/jim%20elliot\/jimelliotaman.jpg\" width=\"352\" \/><\/span><br \/>Everyone in Christian culture knows that it was Jim Elliot who said &#8220;He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose,&#8221; and most have written it on the inside cover of their Bible at some point in their evangelical career. However, most of Christian culture can&#8217;t name the other four missionaries who were killed along with Jim. 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