Flame of Fire Summary and Analysis

Praying for guidance that summer, the Lord does a work in the hearts of both Jim and his friend Dave Howard, Elisabeth's brother. They travel as part of a gospel team that also includes Roger Lewis and Verd Holstein. The trip takes them through the Midwest from Michigan to Montana. Jim seeks to release everything of this world and admits to his own spiritual resistance to letting go. "Have had much struggle of soul lately—doubts as to the truth of God's care for the world, springing I think from so little evidence of His power in the Gospel" (p. 59)

Flaws and struggles in Jim Elliot's life making him interesting and real to the reader because they can identify with him. He longs to release every instance of desire tying him to this world and to...