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Item description for Wild At Heart (Revised) by Eldredge John...
Outline ReviewIf 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. Eldredge throws down the gauntlet--men are bored; they fear risk, they refuse to pay attention to their deepest desires. He challenges Christian men to return to authentic masculinity without resorting to a "macho man" mentality. Men often seek validation in venues such as work, or in the conquest of women, Eldredge observes. He urges men to take time out and come to grips with the "secret longings" of their hearts. Although the book succeeds best in its slant toward a male audience, it also strives to help women understand the implications of authentic masculinity in their relationships with men. Eldredge frames the book around his outdoor experiences and appealing anecdotes about his family, sprinkling the text with touches of humor and overlying everything with heartfelt passion. Even as he mixes eclectic ideas about masculinity from popular movies such as Braveheart with classic words from Oswald Chambers, and lyrics from the Dixie Chicks with stories from the Bible, he points to only one answer for men searching for their true wildness of heart. 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
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John Eldredge revises and updates his best-selling, renowned Christian classic. God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. 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. 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. 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.
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Studio: Thomas Nelson
Pages 272
Dimensions: Length: 8.4" Width: 5.4" Height: 1.1"
Weight: 0.85 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date May 1, 2010
Publisher Nelson Word / Nelson Books
ISBN 1400202817
ISBN13 9781400202812
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 | Fight the Good Fight Dec 23, 2009 |
I first became aware of this book in 2005, when one of my friends, single and in his mid-thirties, briefly showed me the cover and touted how the book helps men become real men, according to God's plan. I thought the cover illustration a bit hokey, and I wrote the book off as a kind of Chicken Soup for the Male Christian Soul. It was perhaps two years later that I opened a Christmas present from my sister only to see the same cover once again. I smiled and thanked her, but the book immediately went on the bottom shelf. For whatever reason, about a week ago, I picked up the book and read it to completion.
The overarching message of the work is that men have desires and dreams for adventure and battle. The Christian community, John contends, wrongfully disdains these inclinations in men. John shows that, rather than sinful passions, these desires are indeed the true characteristics of virtuous masculinity, and are what God calls men to become.
The work also concerns the wound each man receives from his father, and the true remedy for the wound. John's argument runs that fathers, through neglect and/or openly harsh behavior, have damaged their sons by bestowing on them an imperfect model of masculinity, and by instilling in them doubts of their own masculinity. These sons, when they become young men, attempt to cover or compensate for this wound with the creation of a false self. John provides several personal cases. The solution, per John, is to look to God and to the Scriptures. It is here that true masculinity is found. Healing of the wound comes from union with Christ and God the Father.
I did not encounter anything objectionable in John's book. The book flows well, and I found it somewhat enjoyable to read. As to being inspirational: while there are half a dozen pages I think absolutely exquisite, the bulk of the book struck me as chatty. Some people may see this as a positive, lending as it does to the informal approach, but I prefer writing with greater substance.
While I do not hold it against the author, the book in many ways does not speak to my heart or to my experience. In one of his earliest points, John contrasts the nice guy image that churches promote with the dangerous men image that churches (wrongfully) spurn. My upbringing in the Catholic Church left me with a set of impressions, some good and some not so good. Promotion of being a "nice guy" was not one of them. The church I now attend does not promote this "nice guy" image either, so I wonder if the experiences of the author, in this instance, are applicable only to readers of particular Christian traditions.
I found John's call for a return to warrior culture particularly germane to the state of American society today. I especially appreciated John's words on becoming aware of our thoughts and realizing they are not all our own--that the Devil places lies and foul thoughts within. | | |  | Changed my Life Forever Dec 22, 2009 |
I cried my eyes out as I read this book. I was living in fearful, lonely, and passionless life. At 47 and freshly divorced, I thought I was finished. I couldn't understand why I could never make any progress in my emotional and spiritual life. Why was God so silent all those years? Why couldn't I break free from my addictions when I begged God to help me? John Elderedge nailed it. I was living a lie and I needed to see the fraud and sham that was me, and why I was running from the truth. His book helped to lead me to deep repentance and soul surgery like I've never known. I now know who I am, what my NAME is, that I am a Real Man, what my mission in life is and the passion to carry it out as a Son of God and brother of Jesus Christ. This book opened my eyes and changed my life forever. I am deeply indebted to John Elderedge.
| | |  | You'll love or won't Dec 19, 2009 |
Many have already commented, and there is a strong divergence in the opinion for or against. There were several things in it I liked, but many that I felt didn't apply. I don't think all men are broken as he states, though many are. I do think that masculinity in it raw and powerful form is force to contend with, and if misdirect a force for evil. I think he is right that society and women try to cage the man and make him acceptable to polite society, killing the spirit of the man. Rape, incest and worse all atrocities committed by men. I think is point that you need to find your masculinity and strength in GOD, not Hollywood or other messages of temporal society. The powerful masculine energy can be directed for good.
On the other hand, the book seemed more of a treatise and not a guide. I came out of several chapters wondering what was the point, or what am I supposed to do, and one in particular not having any idea what he was getting at. It it helps, I have Masters, a degree in engineering, and a Lean and Six Sigma expert, and there were parts that made no sense and didn't speak to me at all.
I think it is worth reading, especially if you are a man, wondering if this is all there is, or are generally dissatisfied with life and its direction. This should be your only book, but it may shine a light. I think he is on the right track, but I don't think I'm the right audience, for it didn't speak to me like I expected. | | |  | don't bother Dec 10, 2009 |
| The book seems to be based primarily on popular psychology and over simplified cliches. He uses scripture incidentally rather than as the basis for his assertions. At times the book struck me as totally silly. Look somwhere else for a Biblically based substantive discussion of a man's soul. | | | | Wild at Heart Dec 8, 2009 |
| This book really gets to the heart of men and what they are meant to be; not the facade they put on in front of others. | | | Write your own review about Wild At Heart (Revised)
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