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Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
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Item description for Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge & John Eldredge...
An audio book unveiling the beauty and mystery of the feminine soul by showing listeners the three core desires of every woman's heart.
This audio book shows us the glorious design of women before the fall, describes the restoration of the feminine heart and casts a vision for the freedom and beauty of a woman released to be all she was meant to be.
"You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with your love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free.
-- Tom Petty
Read by bestselling author John Eldredge and his wife and co-author, Stasi, this is the unveiling of the beauty and mystery of the feminine soul. Captivating shows readers the three core desires of every woman's heart----to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a grand adventure, and to unveil beauty.
Every little girl has dreams of being swept up into a great adventure, of being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are often swept up into a life filled merely with duty and demands. Many Christian women are tired, struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a "good servant," a nurturing caregiver, or a capable home manager.
Stasi writes,
"I love the sentence "Sometimes, it's hard to be a woman" from the old Tammy Wynette song. Talk about an understatement. Yes, there are many, many times when it is very hard to be a man as well. Yet, we women are living in a time when the pressures from without and the pressures from within to live well as a woman often feel massive and relentless. Sometimes, it's harder to be a woman."
What Wild at Heart did for men, Captivating can do for women. This groundbreaking book shows readers the glorious design of women before the fall, describes how the feminine heart can be restored, and casts a vision for the power, freedom, and beauty of a woman released to be all she was meant to be. John and Stasi Eldredge invite women to recover their feminine hearts, created in the image of an intimate and passionate God. Further, they encourage men to discover the secret of a woman's soul and to delight in the beauty and strength women were created to offer.
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Category: Non-fiction
Read by John Eldredge and Stasi Eldredge
Unabridged - 7 CDs
8 hours
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Item Specifications...
Running Time: 480.00 minutes
Pages 7
Dimensions: Length: 5.54" Width: 6.44" Height: 0.66"
Weight: 0.45 lbs.
Binding CD
Release Date Mar 1, 2005
Publisher OASIS AUDIO #514
Edition Unabridged
ISBN 1589268555
ISBN13 9781589268555
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| Sales Rank: | #82 in Audio Book |
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Publishers description for Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul...
Every woman was once a little girl. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious dreams. She longs to be swept up into a romance, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, to "be "the Beauty of the story. Those desires are far more than child's play. They are the secret to the feminine heart. And yet--how many women do you know who ever find that life? As the years pass by, the heart of a woman gets pushed aside, wounded, buried. She finds no romance except in novels, no adventure except on television, and she doubts very much that she will ever be the Beauty in any tale. Most women think they have to settle for a life of efficiency and duty, chores and errands, striving to be the women they "ought" to be but often feeling they have failed. Sadly, too many messages for Christian women add to the pressure. "Do these ten things, and you will be a godly woman."The effect has not been good on the feminine soul. The message of "Captivating "is this: Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. The desires you had as a little girl and the longings you still feel as a woman--they are telling you of the life God created you to live. He offers to come now as the Hero of your story, to rescue your heart and release you to live as a fully alive and feminine woman. A woman who is truly captivating. |
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Reviews - What do customers think about Bktrax-Disc-Captivating (Unabrdg) (7 CD)?
 | More than a book, it helps with my quiet time Dec 9, 2008 |
| every girl, woman and teenager will relate to this book. You uncover so much of yourself and your potential, while discovering your purpose in life, as a female. | | | | Amazing book Nov 23, 2008 |
| This book hits at the heart of a woman. A must read for all women! | | | | My life is changing as a result of this book Oct 30, 2008 |
I have been through a lot in my 40 years of life. I always thought that I had to be strong and just carry my sadness with me like a backpack I would pick up every day--it just became a part of my routine to deal with the overwhelming pain and sadness.
A friend of mine suggested I read this book. I went into it skeptically because I have read so many Christian-based books that encouraged me, but never helped me to get "over that hump" of going back to dwelling on past hurts.
I am now getting this book for a few of my girlfriends for Christmas. I believe it will help them as it has helped me.
I read another review on this site that said the book did nothing for her. Well, to be honest, I believe that God reveals things to you when the timing is right. I have read books that I felt did nothing for me and then an event will take place in my life --and lo and behold the book I felt was useless did in fact prepare me for the event. So I don't limit God's teachings or Word. As the Bible states His Word does not go out void.
I suggest reading a chapter or two and really reflecting on what it's said, how it relates to you and then prayerfully asking for God to help you get a deeper understanding from the book.
I am still in the process of reading the book, but each chapter has brought me to a higher level. I no longer think the negative thoughts that once plagued my heart and soul. I no longer wake with dread of "what's going to happen to make me sad today." I am renewed, I am cleansed and I am free of picking up that backpack of sadness. | | |  | Very confused ideation Oct 9, 2008 |
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CAPTIVATING: UNVEILING THE MYSTERY OF A WOMAN's SOUL serves as evidence of the epidemic of confused ideation which unfortunately, finds its way into print.
The perennial faults, common to New Age literature, [The CARTESIAN AFFLICTION & The ERROR OF ECCLECTICISM, are made evident in this book, by authors claiming vaguely, to be "Christian".
Even the title reference, concerning "A WOMAN's SOUL" more than suggests that the SOUL is itself SEXED, or qualified by a gender, and this would specifically make the book unChristian in its theological foundations. In Christian theology, there is no such thing as a SOUL being feminized or masculinized.
One can only wonder what system of Checks & Balances such author use, or failed to use, as they compare their proposals to valid propositions.
Philosophically, the core difficulty concerns the issue of human IDENTITY. The authors fail to identify SOUL as the human identity, and opt instead for a modernist interpretation of being founded upon SEXUAL IDENTITY. Therefore, if I am born male, my identity is that of a male, rather than that of a SOUL.
This fault established, the foundation for nearly everything the authors write is not only weak in its rationality, it is contradictory to even the most simple and basic of Christian doctrine, regardless of whether the reader is either Catholic, Protestant, or any other sect.
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-FALSE CLAIMS-
On page 6, the Eldredges assert without ecclesiastical authority, that there is a BIBLICAL PROOF that Proverbs 31 contains an "infamous icon". Not only is there no BIBLICAL PROOF, the Bible itself refers to the woman of the proverb as the "Worthy Woman" so there is in fact, NO BIBLICAL PROOF for what the Eldredges claim.
There are numerous other falsifications of Christian doctrine.
One of these which seems to escape many readers is on page 25, where after citing the 2nd Chapter of Genesis account of the creation of Woman, the Eldredges claim:
"She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman."----p. 25, CAPTIVATING, by John & Stasi Eldredge
Not only is it absurd and irrational to claim that woman is the "final ...work of God" it is tantamount to denying all the "work of God" which follows the book of Second Genesis, and for which the Bible is written. No scripture is given to support the proposition that this is God's "final...work" but it is tantamount to a denial of Jesus Christ, and all of history which follows the Second Genesis.
If the "final ...work of God" is the creation of Woman, who was it who sent a Son to be sacrificed for the sins of man on Calvary?
The book seems committed to answer common Mass Minded dilemmas, which appear in the earthly, rather than the spiritual woman. CAPTIVATING is consistent with New Age publications, including in a later chapter with address of fantastical and worldly propositions for "Warrior Princesses". This is itself strange in consideration of Christian doctrine. It only addresses woman as a maiden, or unmarried. It fails to address the status of the married woman.
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At the beginning of each chapter, the authors offer several quotes from literary figures of the past, and other personages, as though to indicate that the twisted associations of the author's ratiocinative processes are supported as standard philosphical underpinnings throughout the realm of literature. However, many of such quotes are taken entirely out of context, and others are not even remotely related to the Feminist ideological proposals of the authors.
For example, Chapter 3 begins with a quote from William Shakespeare:
"O pernicious woman."
That's all. It isn't even a complete sentence; but by the confused ideation of the authorship, somewhow the line of the character in a Shakespearean play, is somehow to be construed to imply that Shakespeare himself held to some philosophy that all womanhood is PERNICIOUS. Anyone familiar with the Catholicity of the Bard would see that utter absurdity of such a proposal.
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Sometimes, it is not pleasant to indicate the massive faults of authors, because a reviewer would prefer to be kind; but if one neglects to write the truth and consider reviwing on a factual basis, all manner of nonsensical proposition find their way into print.
That such literature has little at all to do with Jesus Christ, or a dynamic and vital spiritual life, is obvious.
Is is most certainly New Age writing and that it is philosphically flawed is readily apparent from even the very first line of the book:
FIRST LINE: "Now we are on holy ground."--INTRODUCTION
How do the authors determine what "holy ground" is?
No indication is given.
How do the authors show that "we are on holy ground."?
No indication is given
Where precisely is the "holy ground"?
No indication is given.
The reader must assume that ground is "holy" merely because the authors are upon it, and for no other reason.
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--OTHER FALSE CLAIMS--
The Eldredges claim that Eve is an INCARNATION of God.
"Eve was given to the world as the incarnation of a beautiful, captivating God--" p. 44, mid-page, CAPTIVATING by John & Stasi Eldredge
Not only is it false doctrine to claim that Eve was "the incarnation of a beautiful, captivating God--";
The statement is irrational on two different levels.
(1) It is irrational because the Genesis account holds Eve to be the FIRST woman, the very first to exist. If that is so, then there exist no Women to INCARNATE at all at the time God CREATED woman. This falsification is also connected to the Eldredges proposition that SOULS have a GENDER IDENTITY.
(2) It is irrational because the Genesis account does NOT tell us that Eve was either a "God" or the "incarnation" of a "God".
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One of these which seems to escape many readers is on page 25, where after citing the 2nd Chapter of Genesis account of the creation of Woman, the Eldredges claim:
"She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman."----p. 25, CAPTIVATING, by John & Stasi Eldredge
Not only is it absurd and irrational to claim that woman is the "final ...work of God" it is tantamount to denying all the "work of God" which follows the book of Second Genesis, and for which the Bible is written. No scripture is given to support the proposition that this is God's "final...work" but it is tantamount to a denial of Jesus Christ, and all of history which follows the Second Genesis.
If the "final ...work of God" is the creation of Woman, who was it who sent a Son to be sacrificed for the sins of man on Calvary?
In short, the Eldredges just Make-Things-Up.
[ see Cartesian Affliction]
---In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
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