[Sly Fox]

Frankly I admit I didn't know all of the details this story mentions about Eric Liddell's life. If you haven't seen the movie you are missing out on a great story ...

Eric Liddell's story to set Chinese hearts racing

By Brendan Gallagher
Last Updated: 1:36am BST 21/07/2008

Who knows how the Chariots of Fire story is likely to go down in communist China, but we are about to find out. Eric Liddell, or Li Airui as he was known in the Far East, was considered a godly, heroic figure in non-communist China, and now the modern-day Chinese authorities have agreed to let his story of Christian humanity and sporting excellence be told.



John Keddie's acclaimed Running the Race, a biography that places Liddell's sporting life in the religious context in which it was lived, has been published in Mandarin and will be launched in China next month - the land where the 1924 Olympic 400 yards champion was born, worked as a missionary and died in a Japanese internment camp.

Getting such a 'western' book, containing so much religious and moral content, past the Communist party censors is rare indeed, but Liddell has always been held in the highest regard in China.

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[SumItUp]

WOW!!! What an incredible opportunity for the spread of the Gospel story. Liddell lived a life of principle that is hard to imagine in our age of shifting values. It's extraordinary the impact his legacy could have in the country of his birthplace 63 years after his death.

I ask myself:

What am I doing that could impact the kingdom of God in such a profound way 63 years after my death?

[bozlady]

My hubby and I own the movie and just watched it a couple of days ago.....it's one of our favorites and it still leaves a lump in my throat. Great story!!