The Biblical Man

The Biblical Man

Fifty Pounds

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Mar 11, 2026
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In 1912, a woman died on a ship in a Japanese harbor on Christmas Eve.

She weighed fifty pounds.

She had given away every dollar she had. Then she gave away her food. Then she gave away her body.

She was seventy-two years old. She was four foot three. And she had single-handedly changed the way an entire denomination thinks about missions, about sacrifice,…

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