While I admire the faith and conviction of the fellow in “Chariots of Fire”, he was a damn fool.
The Sabbath is Saturday, and working on that day is NOT forbidden under the New Covenant.
Jesus IS The Sabbath. We find rest in Him. Tebow is fully and openly in Christ at all times, and is making The Lord quite proud.
I aspire to be like Tim Tebow, and I am much older than he.
I know the feeling.
Jesus IS The Sabbath. We find rest in Him. Tebow is fully and openly in Christ at all times, and is making The Lord quite proud.
Great point.
I do appreciate AR being willing to express a different view in a thoughtful manner.
Ian Charleson who portrayed Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire died of Aids in 1990 a mere 9 years after the movie was released. He was 40 at the time of his death. Eric Liddell died in China at the age of 43 in a Japanese internment camp. He may or may not have been a fool about the Sabbath but his death might reveal something beyond that.
from wiki
In his last letter to his wife, written on the day he died, Liddell wrote of suffering a nervous breakdown due to overwork, but in actuality he was suffering from an inoperable brain tumour; overwork and malnourishment may have hastened his death. He died on 21 February 1945, five months before liberation. He was greatly mourned not only at the Weihsien internment Camp but also in Scotland. A fellow internee, Langdon Gilkey, was later to write, “The entire camp, especially its youth, was stunned for days, so great was the vacuum that Eric’s death had left.” According to a fellow missionary, Liddell’s last words were, “It’s complete surrender”, in reference to how he had given his life to his God.[10]
In 2008 Chinese authorities revealed that Liddell had refused an opportunity to leave the camp and instead gave his place to a pregnant woman. Apparently, the Japanese made a deal with the British, with Churchill’s approval, for prisoner exchange. This information was released near the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by the Chinese government and apparently news of this act of sacrifice came as a surprise even to his family members.
Fifty-six years after the 1924 Paris Olympics, Scotsman Allan Wells won the 100 metre sprint at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. When asked after the victory if he had run the race for Harold Abrahams, the last 100 metre Olympic winner from Britain (in 1924), Wells replied, “No, this one was for Eric Liddell.”[citation needed]
Eric Liddell was voted in The Scotsman newspaper in an 8 August 2008 poll as the most popular athlete Scotland has ever produced.[citation needed]