Passion and Purity
Author: Elisabeth Elliot

 A thoughtful and honest book, Passion and Purity traces back to Elisabeth Elliot’s relationship under God’s provision. Elliot shares her love story with readers so candidly, it’s difficult to put the book down. With biblical relevance to what God wants in our passionate relationships is extremely radical from a worldly perspective. However, Elliot’s combination of her personal accounts and God’s will in our lives illustrate a pure love we long for.

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18)

In the parable of the sower, Jesus commended those whose faith was rooted firmly in soil. In The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver reveals a potential flaw in those whose faith are firmly rooted- arrogance and the inability to accept others. Due to the predominant effects of stubborn pride in the novel, all characters eventually abandon Christianity, a reflection of Kingsolver's personal beliefs. However, embedded in her message, which, at first glances seems like a attack on Christianity, is a message of acceptance for everyone to learn.

Alex & Brett in our green room

Has anyone told you that you can’t do something? Maybe society has convinced you that you aren’t capable. Maybe you’ve even questioned your own abilities to do challenging things in your life. Well, according to a couple of home schooled 19 year old twins from Oregon, you CAN do something. Better yet, you can do hard things.