Passion and Purity

In her classic book, Elisabeth Elliot candidly shares her love story with Jim Elliot through letters, diary entries, and memories. She is honest about 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 readers that only by putting their human passion and desire through His fire can God purify their love.

In a culture obsessed with dating, sex, and intimacy, the need for Elliot's freeing message is greater than ever.

1. Opening Credits
2. Publisher's Note
3. Preface
4. Introduction by Ruth Bell Graham
5. Chapter 1: Me, Lord? Single?
6. Chapter 2: The Life I Owe
7. Chapter 3: Passion Is a Battleground
8. Chapter 4: Unruly Affections
9. Chapter 5: Does God Want Everything?
10. Chapter 6: The Snake's Reasoning
11. Chapter 7: The First Date
12. Chapter 8: Unfailing Love
13. Chapter 9: The Revelation
14. Chapter 10: Does God Notice?
15. Chapter 11: Oozing Ache
16. Chapter 12: Holding Pattern
17. Chapter 13: Material for Sacrifice
18. Chapter 14: Honor Above Passion
19. Chapter 15: Little Deaths
20. Chapter 16: Life From Death
21. Chapter 17: What to Do With Loneliness
22. Chapter 18: What Providence Has Gone and Done
23. Chapter 19: The Rebel Sigh
24. Chapter 20: Self-deception
25. Chapter 21: What Women Do to Men
26. Chapter 22: What Do Men Look For?
27. Chapter 23: The Mess We've Made
28. Chapter 24: Hot Sweats and Wet Feet
29. Chapter 25: Nobody Knows the Trouble
30. Chapter 26: A Letter at Last
31. Chapter 27: Whetted Appetites
32. Chapter 28: How Much Can a Kiss Tell You?
33. Chapter 29: They Abstain From Nothing
34. Chapter 30: A "Small" Sin
35. Chapter 31: A Cave and a Driftwood Fire
36. Chapter 32: How Do You Say No?
37. Chapter 33: Four Bare Legs
38. Chapter 34: His Sublime Keeping
39. Chapter 35: Impatience
40. Chapter 36: I Have You Now Unravished
41. Chapter 37: Hold God to His Bargain
42. Chapter 38: God Granted and God Denied
43. Chapter 39: Confused Rollings and Wheels
44. Chapter 40: Love Letters
45. Chapter 41: This Is Our God-We Have Waited for Him
46. Chapter 42: Out of Love and Into Charity
47. Chapter 43: A New Act of Creation
48. Closing Credits