Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0002P0EE0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 547 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this provocative book, Eldredge gives women a look inside the true heart of a man and gives men permission to be what God designed them to be-dangerous, passionate, alive, and free!. God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. Sadly, most men abandon those dreams and desires-aided by a Christianity that feels like nothing more than pressure to be a "nice guy." It is no wonder that many men avoid church, and those who go are often passive and bored to death. Simply look at the dreams and desires written in the heart of every boy: To be a hero, to be a warrior, to live a life of adventure and risk
If Christian men are going to change from a pitiful, wimpy bunch of "really nice guys" to men who are made in the image of God, they must reexamine their preconceptions about who God is and recover their true "wild" hearts, writes bestselling author John Eldredge in Wild at Heart: Discovering a Life of Passion, Freedom, and Adventure. Writes Eldredge, "The only way to live in this adventure with all its danger and unpredictability and immensely high stakes is in an ongoing, intimate relationship with God." --Cindy Crosby. Even as he mixes eclectic ideas about masculinity from popular movies such as Braveheart with
It's been sad to read "christians" tear down this message A book and a message that changed my life years ago. It's been sad to read "christians" tear down this message, trying to hyper-critique the ways John shares stories from the Bible or how he speaks to men. Men all over the world found freedom to be themselves in their experience and relationship with God, to begin to actually walk with God, hear His voice and know His heart. I know men all over the U.S. who began to rise up to love their wives, find their calling, engage the lives of their kids, and begin to love the life God has. "CALLING ALL MEN" according to jasonstuff. Calling all men, if you haven't read this, put every other book down and read it. Especially ages 1CALLING ALL MEN Calling all men, if you haven't read this, put every other book down and read it. Especially ages 13-30 year old men. This is an amazing book that you should read several times through your young adult years. I hope you will enjoy this amazing journey to your heart like you've never ever dreamed of. God is so amazing!!!. -CALLING ALL MEN Calling all men, if you haven't read this, put every other book down and read it. Especially ages 13-30 year old men. This is an amazing book that you should read several times through your young adult years. I hope you will enjoy this amazing journey to your heart like you've never ever dreamed of. God is so amazing!!!. 0 year old men. This is an amazing book that you should read several times through your young adult years. I hope you will enjoy this amazing journey to your heart like you've never ever dreamed of. God is so amazing!!!. "are shown in a bad light as being wrong or improper" according to Tnielsen. An interesting read that is refreshingly validating of some male needs and desires that, in this day and age, are shown in a bad light as being wrong or improper. I loved reading through this book and agreeing with much of it as I acknowledged elements of my own experience being a man that some people around me have told me are basically needs or desires that ought to be suppressed. Of course it's not a one size fits all and there are some generalizations made, but it was helpful to me and has encouraged me to quit stifling certa