“In order to learn what it means to be a woman, we must start with the One who made her.” Working from Scripture, well-known speaker and author Elisabeth Elliot shares her observations and experiences in a number of essays on what it means to be a Christian woman, whether single, married, or widowed.
1. The God who is in charge -- 2. Not who am I? but whose am I? -- 3. Where to hang your soul -- 4. A daughter, not a Son -- 5. Creation, woman for man -- 6. Jellyfish and pride -- 7. The right kind of pride -- 8. The weight of wings -- 9. Single life, a gift -- 10. One day at a time -- 11. Trust for separation -- 12. Self discipline and order -- 13. Whose battle? -- 14. Freedom through discipline -- 15. God sets no traps -- 16. A paradoxical principle -- 17. Masculine and feminine -- 18. The soul is feminine -- 19. Is submission stifling? -- 20. Twenty questions -- 21. A choice is a limitation -- 22. Commitment, gratitude, dependence -- 23. You marry a sinner -- 24. You marry a man -- 25. You marry a husband -- 26. You marry a person -- 27. Forsaking all others -- 28. Dynamic, not static -- 29. A union -- 30. A mirror -- 31. A vocation -- 32. What makes a marriage work -- 33. Acceptance of divine order -- 34. Equality is not a Christian ideal -- 35. Heirs of grace -- 36. Proportional equality -- 37. The humility of ceremony -- 38. Authority -- 39. Subordination -- 40. The restraint of power -- 41. Strength by constraint -- 42. Masters of ourselves -- 43. A universe of harmony -- 44. Be a real woman -- 45. The courage of the creator -- 46. The inner sanctum -- 47. Loyalty -- 48. Love is action -- 49. Love means a cross
“In order to learn what it means to be a woman, we must start with the One who made her.” Working from Scripture, well-known speaker and author Elisabeth Elliot shares her observations and experiences in a number of essays on what it means to be a Christian woman, whether single, married, or widowed.
1. The God who is in charge -- 2. Not who am I? but whose am I? -- 3. Where to hang your soul -- 4. A daughter, not a Son -- 5. Creation, woman for man -- 6. Jellyfish and pride -- 7. The right kind of pride -- 8. The weight of wings -- 9. Single life, a gift -- 10. One day at a time -- 11. Trust for separation -- 12. Self discipline and order -- 13. Whose battle? -- 14. Freedom through discipline -- 15. God sets no traps -- 16. A paradoxical principle -- 17. Masculine and feminine -- 18. The soul is feminine -- 19. Is submission stifling? -- 20. Twenty questions -- 21. A choice is a limitation -- 22. Commitment, gratitude, dependence -- 23. You marry a sinner -- 24. You marry a man -- 25. You marry a husband -- 26. You marry a person -- 27. Forsaking all others -- 28. Dynamic, not static -- 29. A union -- 30. A mirror -- 31. A vocation -- 32. What makes a marriage work -- 33. Acceptance of divine order -- 34. Equality is not a Christian ideal -- 35. Heirs of grace -- 36. Proportional equality -- 37. The humility of ceremony -- 38. Authority -- 39. Subordination -- 40. The restraint of power -- 41. Strength by constraint -- 42. Masters of ourselves -- 43. A universe of harmony -- 44. Be a real woman -- 45. The courage of the creator -- 46. The inner sanctum -- 47. Loyalty -- 48. Love is action -- 49. Love means a cross