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Fifteen people have been killed in the bull-runs since records began in 1911. The most recent death occurred five years ago when a Spanish man was gored.<\/p>\n\n<p>Bill Hillman, a Chicago-based journalist, is an expert on the event. He even co-authored a book subtitled &quot;How to survive the bulls of Pamplona.&quot; But on July 3, 2014, just knowing about bull running, even knowing enough to write an instruction manual on bull running, wasn&#39;t enough. A 1,320 pound fighting bull named Brevito lagged behind the pack just before entering the city&#39;s bull ring at the end of a rain-slicked run in the annual festival. At the opportune time, Brevito gored Hillman in the right thigh and a 35-year-old Spanish man in the chest. Both men recovered, but the co-author of Hillman&#39;s book &#39;s told <em>The New York Times<\/em>, &quot;We will probably need to update the book.&quot;<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Possible Preaching Angles: <strong>Leadership; Preaching; Teaching<\/strong>&mdash;a great example of practicing what you preach or living what you teach.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[405,411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[446],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3372,3792,3793,3908,3937,4199,4264,4350,4351,4552,4688,5123,5124],"tax_ctp_topics":[388],"class_list":["post-42059","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-accountability","tax_ctp_tags-disciples","tax_ctp_tags-discipleship","tax_ctp_tags-example","tax_ctp_tags-faith-works","tax_ctp_tags-hypocrisy","tax_ctp_tags-integrity","tax_ctp_tags-leader","tax_ctp_tags-leadership","tax_ctp_tags-obedience","tax_ctp_tags-preaching","tax_ctp_tags-teacher","tax_ctp_tags-teaching"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Expert on Bull Runs Gets Gored By Bull - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/expert-on-bull-runs-gets-gored-by-bull\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Expert on Bull Runs Gets Gored By Bull - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every year revelers from around the world head to Pamplona, Spain to take part in the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway&#039;s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. 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