Elisabeth Elliot's story centers around one pivotal question: "Does God want everything?" Her emphatic answer--"Yes"--is what makes Passion and Purity the foremost Christian book on dating ever written. Based on stories, journal entries, and letters chronicling her own five-year courtship with Jim Elliot, she gives frank advice, scriptural directives, and compassionate examples of what it means to follow Christ in the midst of heartache and impatience. The perfect antidote for those who flounder in the thinking that "the Bible doesn't say anything about dating," Elliot's short chapters are filled with nuggets of wisdom that spell out exactly the opposite. "Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept His lordship. The Cross, as it enters the love live, will reveal the heart's truth." Whether in a dating relationship, married, or pursuing a call to single life, readers will find Elliot's message challenging them to a true faith in a Christ who lovingly calls us to surrender all. --Courtenay Kehn


Book Description
Very few books on dating have stood the test of time like Passion and Purity. Its much-needed message remains strong and hopeful in an age when doing whatever "feels right" is common practice. Using her own life as an example, Elisabeth Elliot guides singles of both genders and of any age on how to put their love lives under the authority of Jesus Christ. Passion and Purity covers dating issues such as: €how to know which person is the right one to marry €loving passionately while remaining sexually pure €the man¹s and woman's role in relationships €putting God's desires ahead of personal desires €how far is too far, physically This best-selling book now has a new cover, an updated interior design, and a foreword from popular author Joshua Harris.


From the Back Cover
ìThe book youíre holding tells a very moving love story. Itís honest. Itís practical. But even as it addresses the real questions and concerns of single men and women it always lifts our gaze upwardóabove our immediate preoccupations, above our longings for human companionship to the Maker who created us for Himself.î ñfrom the foreword by Joshua Harris In Passion and Purity, Elisabeth Elliot emphasizes the need to commit daily to Christ all matters of the heart and to wait upon Him. She teaches this often-painful yet rewarding discipline by candidly tracing her love story with Jim Elliot as evidence that she has been there. Through letters, diary entries, and memories, she shares the temptations, difficulties, victories, and sacrifices of two young people whose commitment to Christ took priority over their love for each other. These revealing personal glimpses, combined with relevant biblical teaching, will remind you that only by putting your human passion and desire through His fire can God purify your love. Passion and Purity gives honest direction in such areas as: ï loving passionately while remaining sexually pure ï whether or not to marry, and who is the right one ï the manís and womanís role in relationships ï putting Godís desires ahead of personal desires ï how far is too far, physically Elisabeth Elliot is a popular speaker, radio teacher, and much-loved author of more than twenty-five books, including Through Gates of Splendor, Keep a Quiet Heart, and The Journals of Jim Elliot. She and her husband, Lars Gren, live in Massachusetts. Donít miss Passion and Purityís companion book, Quest for Love!


About the Author
Elisabeth Elliot is a popular seminar speaker, radio teacher, and much-loved author of The Journals of Jim Elliot, A Chance to Die, and The Shaping of a Christian Family. She and Jim Elliot served as missionaries in Ecuador, where Jim was killed by Auca Indians. Elisabeth now lives with her husband, Lars Gren, in Magnolia, Massachusetts.

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