Passion and Purity

[caitlincares]

I would highly recommend the book Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot.
I read it many years ago.
I pulled it off my shelf last night and starting to reread it.

Here is the write up about it from Amazon.

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.

 

[Sketcher]

Yes. Read it, ladies. my spiritual mentor pulled it out a while ago, and we were going through a chapter about the girls being frustrated that guys weren't interested in them. She can read the male mind, I swear!

 

[Living4Him03]

hmmmm being apologetic minded, I tend to be very critical of anything written outside of scripture. Not that this book isn't good. It very well may be. But I'll have to read it to determine whether or not it contradicts the bible. I guess it's a good thing that I'm so critical. The bible says even the elect will be deceived.

Sounds pretty good though. Finally something from a woman's viewpoint.

 

[the_man]

PnP I own it. It's one of the better dating/courtship books out there.

 

[caitlincares]

From Preface:

The framework of the book is the story of five and a half years of loving one man, Jim, and of learning the disciplines of longing, loneliness, uncertainty, hope, trust, and unconditional commitment to Christ – a commitment which required that, regardless of what passion we might feel, we must be pure.

It is, to be blunt, a book about virginity. It is possible to love passionately and to stay out of bed.

The love life of a Christian is a crucial battleground. There, if nowhere else, it will be determined as to who is Lord: the world, the self and the devil, or the Lord Christ.


Introduction by Ruth Bell Graham:

I knew whatever Elisabeth had written would be worth reading and readable, but this is a book about bringing one’s love life under the authority and Lordship of Jesus Christ. Elisabeth has made it warmly personal, supporting her theme from memories, journals, and old love letters to Jim Elliot. She writes with poignancy and restraint. Interspersed through it are rich, right words from the Bible, beautiful old hymns, quotations from authors – each so appropriate because they had met a living need. I didn’t put it down until I had finished it.

 

[jenptcfan]

It's a great book. A nice auto-biography too.

 

[plum]

I am a huge fan of Elliot's and have been for about 5 years now. P&P has helped me a lot with my yearnings and impatience.... her sequal, Quest For Love helps me realize how important my role as a woman is and how I CAN wait for the man who will pursue me and treat me biblically...

 

[wvmtnkid]

I read Passion and Purity not that long ago because of how many times it was mentioned here. It was a great book. It really gave me alot to think about in how much I really give my whole live and decisions over to God. I still don't know if I can ever be as faithful as Elizabeth Elliot was (is), but she certainly has some words of wisdom for everyone seeking a mate, which is very much grounded in scripture.