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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 man's 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. Quest for Love will be redesigned in a similar manner to help readers identify the books as a pair. 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's direction. Together, these two remarkable books accentuate our need to commit daily to Christ all matters of the heart and to wait on his timing.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
As relevant now as then,
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This review is from: Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control (Paperback)
Until "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" hit the evangelical Christian scene, "Passion & Purity" was the de facto standard for dating and marriage. And while the former book has gathered more press, Elliot's is still as useful and has stood the test of time.Having read some of the one and two star reviews here, I would simply say that virginity, making sure one's relationships are upright, asking serious questions about the worthiness of a potential mate, surrendering one's sexuality to God, dealing with loneliness, and knowing how to die to self daily are practices and beliefs that never go out of style. Frankly, I believe this book has as much to offer as anything out there. That it is coming up on twenty years in the market does not diminish the power of the words contained inside. With the rampant promiscuity among young people, even those who claim the name of Christ, and the fallout that results in young lives because of a shattered soul given away in pieces to one sex partner after another, "Passion & Purity" still calls to all who will hear. As for me, I heeded the words of the author as a young man and was able to hold on amidst the storm of sexual imagery and waning morality. This book was invaluable in that regard, helping me to see that I was not my own - I was bought with a price. How could I trample on that price? Let me also say that after reading this book, I wrote Elisabeth Elliot and she wrote me a very kind and thoughful reply. If there is anything anochronistic about the author and her views, I will take her position any time. I mean, when was the last time an author personally responded to a letter you wrote? It just doesn't happen anymore. If you are struggling with your sexuality, your dating life, and your desires for marriage, by all means read "Passion & Purity". It helped me. It can help you, as well.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Life-Changer,
By Berean "berean24" (Nowhere, Fast) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control (Paperback)
When I first read this book, I always had an extra copy on hand to give to anyone I met who hadn't read it. Mrs. Elliot is honest and direct about her own experience and with what she's learned from other women through the years. I think the model she presents is something everyone should strive for, however, I don't believe that doing everything just the same is a requirement for having a happy, healthy marriage. For example, if you tell the person you love them before you get engaged, well, that doesn't mean your marriage is doomed. I still think its a nice idea though.This book is a beautiful romance as well as a practical guide for young men and women today. It was a gift given to me and I hope to keep on giving it to others. The ideas and principles therein may seem outdated, but I believe we would all be better off if we followed them instead of letting our passions be our guide.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I read this in three days!,
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This review is from: Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control (Paperback)
"Bettie" really exposes her relationship with past husband Jim Elliot. She tells all, from the battles of passions to the trials of being separated from one she loved ...for years. I have no doubt that if you've been in or are in a relationship, that you'll relate and nod your head to at least one of her experiences. That's the beauty of the book. She doesn't just give you the three R's of How to Surrender Your Desires to God's Desires. She gives examples from her own life of how she succeeded, and failed, to die to self and say "Lord, Your will be done". There are letters from her to Jim and vice versa. In her chapters on sexual purity she admits that she and Jim made poor choices on being together sometimes and battled the "urge to merge". I had always pictured Jim Elliot as this conservative robot who would go where angels feared to tread. He was very courageous, yet he had his dark side too. He wrote a letter to Elizabeth confessing that his greatest thought was to go to bed with her. Nice to know the guy was human after all. Yet they stayed pure in the midst of passions and desires for intimacy that we all share. I felt as though Elizabeth and Jim were putting their arms around me and saying "we've been there too. It is possible to honor God in your relationships."Some favorite quotes: "Life requires countless 'little' deaths. -occasions where we are given the chance to say no to self and yes to God."
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