| Description |
xv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"The authorized biography. Elisabeth's early years"--Sticker on book jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-298) |
| Contents |
Beginning -- Death in the Afternoon -- Discovering the Story -- Becoming -- G. M. T. -- At Any Cost -- Cutting Diamonds -- A Very Small Frog -- "Let Me Not Sink to Be a Clod" -- A Refrigerated Rose -- Eunuch for Christ -- Patience in Alberta -- "You Made a Universally Horrible Impression ..." -- Sitting Still -- "I Don't Feel Much like a Missionary" -- "I Wonder Sometimes If It Is Right to Be So Happy" -- The Colorful Colorados -- The First Death of Elisabeth Elliot -- Finally! -- In the Company of Saints -- What Might Have Been -- Countdown to Contact -- The Second Death -- Christ the Beginning; Christ the End -- Through the Gates -- A Blank Wall -- "The Eyes of the World Are on That Tribe" -- "If They Killed Me, Better Still" -- A Missionary Hag -- "To Hell with My Zeal!" -- Child Lives among Her Father's Killers -- "Madness, Sheer Madness" -- Home but Not Home -- In the Pit -- Two Women at the End of the World -- The Bridges Burn -- Being -- What Happened Next -- The Irrelevant Question -- The Relevant Question -- The Dust and Ashes -- The Next Thing -- The Problem of Pain. |
| Summary |
"Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savagely speared her husband Jim and his four colleagues. Incredibly, prayerfully, Elisabeth took her toddler daughter, snakebite kit, Bible, and journal...and, with fellow missionary Rachel Saint, lived in the jungle with the Stone-Age people who killed their loved ones. Compelled by their friendship and forgiveness, many in the tribe came to faith in Jesus. The courageous, non-nonsense Elisabeth went on to write dozens of books, host a long-running radio show, and speak at conferences all over the world. She was a pillar of coherent, committed faith; a beloved and sometimes controversial icon. In this authorized biography, bestselling author Ellen Vaughn uses Elisabeth's unpublished journals, and candid interviews with her family and friends, to paint the adventures and misadventures God used to shape one of the most influential women in modern church history. It's the story of a brilliant, sensual, witty, self-deprecating, sensitive, radical, and surprisingly relatable person utterly submitted to doing God's will, no matter how high the cost. For Elisabeth, the central question was not, "How does this make me feel?" but, simply, "Is this true?" If so, then the next question was, "What do I need to do about it to obey God?"--Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Elliot, Elisabeth.
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Missionaries -- Ecuador -- Biography.
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Missionaries -- United States -- Biography.
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Huao Indians -- Missions.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Elisabeth Elliot |
| ISBN |
9781535910934 (hardcover) |
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1535910933 (hardcover) |
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