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Apr 22, 2016 · Critics claimed Eldredge was promoting an antiquated fairy tale version of gender, but the message resonated with millions and sparked a ‘Christian manhood’ cottage industry.
Although there’s truth in Eldredge’s provocative analysis above of why, for example, on average, James Bond movies appeal to desires in both men and women, I’ve come to see that the way he dissects and differentiates them is inaccurate, unbiblical, and damaging to both men and women.
- Problem #1: Recklessly Dividing The Word of Truth
- Problem #2: Relying on The Regenerate Heart
- Problem #3: Making God in The Image of Man
- Summary
In his introduction Eldredge writes, “Most messages for men ultimately fail.” “The reason is simple,” he says. “They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.” Needless to say, I wondered what new message he was offering men. Within the first few pages it beca...
Note: This section was formerly entitled “Whitewashing the Human Heart.” It has been revised in both title and content to reflect a change in my own understanding of Scripture. When I wrote the original review of Wild at Heartin 2003, I was of the opinion that the regenerate heart was at least partially corrupt, similar in many ways to the unregene...
Note: This section has also been revised to reflect a change in my understanding of Scripture, but only in the few places where the nature of the regenerate heart is in view. This section concerns what I was referring to on page 2 of this review when I spoke of John Eldredge’s “degrading, humanistic, and even heretical view of God.” In order to sho...
I read the whole book, but 222 pages of humanism, radical Arminianism, open theism, and the bending, stretching, and editing of Scripture was more than enough. There is much more that could and should be exposed regarding John Eldredge’s book, but time, and the reasonable length of a book review convince me to stop. If I have learned one important ...
John Eldredge (born June 6, 1960 in Los Angeles) is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his best-selling book Wild at Heart.
Sep 16, 2021 · These pastor-teachers confessed Christ with their mouths but denied him with their bodies. They were (and are) a different kind of false teacher: heretics of the heart. The example of...
John Eldridge signed the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition. Agitation of the Victorian goldfields started with the Forest Creek Monster Meeting in 1851, but what became known as the Red Ribbon Movement was centred around the Bendigo goldfields in 1853.
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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.
