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If 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

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: 3.93 out of 5 stars

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- Radically Refreshing & Biblically Grounded
John Eldredge's WILD AT HEART is one of the most refreshing and radical books that I have read. Why are so many men unhappy, un-fulfilled, in jobs they hate, and in marriages that are dead? WILD AT HEART seeks to answer those questions and restore the passion and God-given masculinity that so many men in today's world, and church, are missing.

Some wrongly criticize WILD AT HEART, believing Eldredge is offering up macho, dim-witted masculine bravado, or they believe that this work will be a free pass for men to leave marriages in the dust on a search for lost dreams. Eldredge will have none of that, and says himself in the book that such men are "deceived about what it is they really want, what they are made for." Don't be fooled by the various criticisms that ignore Eldredge's ... Read More

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- Christianizing Worldy Manhood
I have read the series of books by Eldredge and they are though-provoking. I agree with one of the basic premises of the book- that men are told to be a certain way by our society, and what we are told is destructive to the way God has wired us.

This is not anything new. I agree with that basic point. The world tells us how not to be Christians every hour and minute of the day.

The biblical support, however, is seriously absent. We truly don't need a Christian Dr. Phil.

The problem is that well-meaning, good intentioned, Jesus-professing Christians continue to look to the world (plus a little scripture) for solutions.

Let me type something radical- I think the solution resides in God's word, not in adventure, hobbies, movies, or Promise Keepers. ... Read More

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- What a disappointment :-(
This highly touted book is a disappointment, already and I'm only to page 30. The premise that man is born to be wild, that God is a wild man, the lack of understanding of God, himself and who he is, is astounding. Even more astounding, or maybe rather, predictable, is all of the wild acclaimation about the greatness of this book. Eldredge's glib annoying words such as doctrinal nazis, don't go far early in endearing those of us that really care about scripture to him. But upon arriving at page 30 one finds that Free-Will is at the center of man's wildness. Man begins in the wilderness not because he doesn't belong in the garden but because the garden is not yet created. Man is/was supposed to extend the garden to cover the earth in reality, thus, bringing culture NOT anti-culture to the world ... Read More

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