Passion and Purity
by Elisabeth Elliot
Elliot's courtship with Jim Elliot, with its years of waiting, as a model for bringing romantic desire under God's authority. Shaped evangelical dating culture, for better and worse.
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you want the classic evangelical courtship book from a serious author.
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you were hurt by purity culture; this is a source text.
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Three things you will actually use
- Desire is not sin; it is to be ordered.
- Waiting is formation.
- Surrender the outcome.
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Read it as history and decide what to keep.
Our verdict
A source text of courtship culture.
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