He has got to get his heart back.” (Pages 3-6) Men “need permission to be what we are – men made in God’s image.
Who am I? What am I made of? What am I destined for? It is fear that keeps a man at home where things are neat and under his control… If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he’s here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. We long to return it’s when most men come alive… The core of a man’s heart is undomesticated and that is good… Never stop exploring… Men have an insatiable longing to explore… Deep in man’s heart are some fundamental questions that simply cannot be answered at the kitchen table. And ever since boys have never been at home indoors, and men have an insatiable longing to explore. Here are some quotations from John Eldredge’s book “Wild at Heart” (pages 3-6), and also from the book’s introduction: “Man was born from the outback, from the untamed part of creation. Yet, I am just beginning to scratch the surface of this man’s heretical teachings concerning the characters, mind and heart of mankind and of God/Jesus Christ, and concerning God’s relationship to humankind and what our relationships to God/Jesus should look and act like.
His teachings and writings are being taught in many churches here in America, particularly in men’s groups. He is a popular author-teacher among evangelical Christians. Yet, there are some very disturbing aspects of his teaching which are greatly troubling me, and which fit under this subject of “pursuing their own imaginations,” as well as with this scripture. Eldredge is a counselor-teacher, primarily focused in ministry to Christian men. In the past several years I have become somewhat acquainted with the teachings of John Eldredge. And spend their nights keeping secret vigil Īnd whose pots hold broth of impure meat
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