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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.

— Jim Elliot Misattributed Journal excerpt from Shadow of the Almighty (1989)

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This quote is a paraphrase of Elliot's from the original quote (below) by English nonconformist clergyman Philip Henry (1631-1696)

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Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.

Journal excerpt from Shadow of the Almighty (1989)

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