Many Christian women face a dilemma when they hear that a gentle and quiet spirit is of great worth to God. They want to please God, but they perceive "gentle" and "quiet" as weak or passive qualities. The truth is the original Greek text describes a strong and peaceful woman, not a weak one. Virginia's book gives today's Christian women a new perspective.

In a world of declining standards, purity is seldom honored or pursued. In fact, many women believe that a worldly woman is strong and secure while a woman who strives for purity and strength from God is naive and vulnerable. Nothing could be further from the truth. A worldly woman is more hardened than strong and her security depends mostly on the day's events. To find real strength and be secure in our world, we must know and embrace God's timeless standards for purity.

Virginia Lefler, author of A Gentle & Quiet Spirit and Pursuing Purity, devotes her time and energies to teaching, writing and publishing Christian women's studies. With depth, clarity and vulnerability, she addresses the challenges that Christian women face today. She has helped women around the world through her books and speeches. Virginia and her husband, Jim, have been married thirty-six years. They live in the Chicago area and have two married sons.