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Eric Liddell was known as the “Flying Scotsman” even though he was born in China. Yet when the 100 meter Olympic qualifying rounds were announced for Sunday, July 6th, 1924, Eric knew he could not participate in the race he was considered the clear favorite. Instead, on Sunday, July 6th, Eric preached the Sunday morning sermon at The Scots Kirk Read more...
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The National Memorial for the Unborn is located at 6230 Vance Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee, near the airport. The memorial was built in 1993 after a Pro-Life Coalition bought the Chattanooga Abortion Clinic in bankruptcy court. This was an amazing answer to many years of prayers and protests by the group. The clinic was closed, and we opened a crisis pregnancy Read more...
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General Wallace was never an atheist. According to his Autobiography, published posthumously in 1907, he wrote that he was raised in the Christian tradition but wasn’t a devout follower: “At that time, speaking candidly, I was not in the least influenced by religious sentiment. I had no convictions about God or Christ. I neither believed nor disbelieved in them.”…. It Read more...
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Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called “the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century.”[1] He Read more...
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From Wikipedia: The 1924 Summer Olympics were hosted by the city of Paris. A devout Christian, Liddell refused to run in a heat held on Sunday and was forced to withdraw from the 100-metre race, his best event. The schedule had been published several months earlier, and his decision was made well before the Games. Liddell spent the intervening months training for Read more...
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From Wikipedia: Minyuan Stadium, in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of Tianjin Teda F.C. until the TEDA Football Stadium opened in 2004. The stadium held 18,000 spectators. Eric Liddell helped build the stadium when he was a missionary in Tianjin in 1926, modelling it on Stamford Bridge of London, which was Liddell’s favourite athletics venue. From TripAdvisor: “Free – Sports Museum shows Read more...
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Named for their student, Eric Liddell. From the website: Eric Liddell is one of the most famous pupils to attend Eltham College. He joined the school in 1908 at the age of six and like all the other boys in the school at the time, Eric was the son of missionaries – his parents lived and worked in China. Eric Read more...
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The subject of Chariots of Fire, returned to China as a missionary after the Olympics. During World War II he was kept in a Japanese Internment Camp known as Weixian Internment Camp. Alexandquan, CC BY-SA 4.0 Other photos available from Nicholas Kitto Photos from 1991 http://www.weihsien-paintings.org/NormanCliff/people/individuals/Eric01/txt_monument.htm https://churchleaders.com/daily-buzz/261525-chinas-hero-eric-liddell-honored-statue.html Read more...
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Frank Jenner spoke with over 100,000 people on George Street in Sydney, asking them: “If you died within 24 hours, where would you be in eternity? Heaven or hell?” Ray Comfort would often tell the story of the faithfulness in evangelism of Frank Jenner Read more...