![]() ![]() He challenges Christian men to return to what he characterizes as authentic masculinity without resorting to a "macho man" mentality. From the back cover: "In Wild at Heart, John Eldredge invites men to recover their masculine heart, defined in the image of a passionate God."Įldredge claims that men are bored they fear risk, they refuse to pay attention to their deepest desires. Knowing this makes all the difference in the world.Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul is a book by John Eldredge published in 2001, on the subject of the role of masculinity in contemporary evangelical Christian culture and doctrine. 8:2–3, 9–11 The Message) The real you is on the side of God against the false self. ![]() ![]() When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus. But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won’t know what we’re talking about. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death. The battle is not between us and God no, there is a traitor within who wars against our true heart fighting alongside the Spirit of God in us: A new power is in operation. Yes, there is a war within us, but it is a civil war. In the core of your being you are a good man. ![]() The New Testament calls you a saint, a holy one, a son of God. “The Big Lie in the church today is that you are nothing more than “a sinner saved by grace.” You are a lot more than that. ![]()
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