I must not find it strange that God takes young people away whom I myself would have left here on earth. God populates the beyond, and I cannot expect him to limit himself to old people.

— Jim Elliot (1927–1956), Missionar

Topics: Grief & Comfort, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death

Jim Elliot

Jim Elliot war ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Missionar, der in den 1950er-Jahren im ecuadorianischen Amazonasgebiet unter indigenen Völkern wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch seinen gewaltsamen Tod beim Versuch der Kontaktaufnahme mit den isoliert lebenden Huaorani sowie durch seine Schriften über radikale Glaubenshingabe. Für heutige Bibelleser veranschaulicht sein Leben den Anspruch kompromissloser Nachfolge, wirft im Rückblick jedoch auch Fragen nach den Risiken und paternalistischen Mustern historischer Missionspraxis auf.

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