


Elisabeth had not forgotten the heartbreaking facts when she chose that title two years after her husband’s death. This is where Jim Elliot was slain - in the shadow of the Almighty. That title comes from Psalm 91:1: “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.” Not an Accident They were trying to reach the Huaorani Indians for the first time in history with the gospel of Jesus Christ.Įlisabeth Elliot memorialized the story in her book Shadow of the Almighty. On January 8, 1956, Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Flemming, and Roger Youderian were speared to death on a sandbar called “Palm Beach” in the Curaray River of Ecuador. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” (Psalm 91:1–2) He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
