Together, these two remarkable books accentuate our need to commit daily to Christ all matters of the heart and to wait on his timing. 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.
While Passion and Purity shares the love story of Elisabeth and Jim, Quest for Love is a compilation of stories on how other men and women discovered love through God\u2019s direction. In her classic book, Passion and Purity, Elisabeth Elliot candidly shares with you her love story with Jim Elliot as evidence that she has been there. Quest for Love will be redesigned in a similar manner to help readers identify the books as a pair. 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: \u2022how to know which person is the right one to marry\u2022loving passionately while remaining sexually pure\u2022the man\u2019s and woman\u2019s role in relationships\u2022putting God\u2019s desires ahead of personal desires\u2022how far is too far, physicallyThis best-selling book now has a new cover, an updated interior design, and a foreword from popular author Joshua Harris. Its much-needed message remains strong and hopeful in an age when doing whatever "feels right" is common practice. The Cross, as it enters the love life, 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.Very few books on dating have stood the test of time like Passion and Purity.
"Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone accept His lordship. Elisabeth Elliot, quote from Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts. 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. 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. What the book is about: In her classic book, Elisabeth Elliot candidly shares her love story. But even after reading the three booksThrough Gates of Splendor, Shadow of the Almighty and Passion and Purity or even his published journals, how much does one know about Jim Elliot He.
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.
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