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Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

Jim Elliot

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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
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Missionary
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Portland
Oregon
Philip James Elliot
Ordinary
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Forgive
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Extraordinary

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