Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
Week 2: Chapter 1 — A Canopy of Jungle
Read Chapter 1 of Through Gates of Splendor. Key Scripture: Romans 10:14-15.
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Elliot opens the book by placing us inside the Ecuadorian jungle and introducing the Huaorani — a people known for their ferocity and their total isolation. Let these pages remind you that the gospel has always moved toward the forgotten and the feared.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.How does Elliot describe the Huaorani (Auca) people and the reputation they carried in Ecuador at the time? What details stayed with you?
2.The Huaorani were known as some of the most violent people on earth, with one of the highest homicide rates ever recorded in any society. How does it strike you that these were the people God laid on the hearts of these five men?
3.Romans 10:14-15 asks, 'How shall they hear without a preacher?' As you read about the Huaorani's complete isolation from the gospel, what does that verse stir in you — guilt, grief, gratitude, a sense of responsibility?