About this title: John Eldredge presents a bold, Christian-based view of men, urging them to accept the wild, sometimes dangerous (but not destructive) soul within. Acknowledging that many churches present a single model of a timid, even fearful man, Eldredge says that such teaching restricts believers and causes many to turn away from the great gifts of God. Eldredge explains how a man can be true to his inner self, live life more fully, and grow within the freedom of a Christian life.
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Binding: Audiobook cassette
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781589263697ISBN:1589263693
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. 6 cassette tapes look and play great and are In the original, very nice-looking case. Unabridged, app. 8 hrs run time. 6 cassettes. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. By John Eldredge; ISBN: 0785266941; Pub. : Thomas Nelson Inc; Pub. Date: December, 2003; Media: Paperback; Weight: 8 oz.; Great condition. COLLECTABLE.....2001 FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION. Tight, straight, clean. Title page has previous owners name & inscription on it. 103sz0410072. by John Eldredge; ISBN: 0785266941; Pub. : Thomas Nelson Inc; Pub. Date: December, 2003; Media: Paperback; Weight: 8 oz.; Great condition. COLLECTABLE.....2001 FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION. Tight, ... read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Date Published: 2004-01-01
ISBN-13:9781589263703ISBN:1589263707
Description: NEW. Spoken Word Compact Disc. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781589263703. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Oasis Audio
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781589263703ISBN:1589263707
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Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
"The book was a birthday gift from my daughter Alicia. I found it a bit repetitive and slow at the beginning. The end of the book is excellent. Men are created to be adventurous, face danger, take risks etc. God trains a man thru his experiences. Men should train their sons to be men. The "mid-life crisis" is symptomatic of the incomplete man. God wants men. This is not a macho book. I think any woman would be delighted to have a husband that loves and cherishes her as Eldredge advocates."
"Okay, I would definitely have to agree that if you have a son, if you are married to a man, if you have a brother or a father, or if you have ever had a conversation with a man you should definitely read this book! It really was just so enlightening to what makes a little boy a little boy and how those things don't really change when that boy grows up. But it's not in a Men are from Mars sort of way (or maybe it is, I actually haven't read that book!). Anyway, I am very glad that I read it. I think that in a way masculinity has been the sacrifice of the feminist movement. Guys just are not allowed to be guys as much now and that is certainly not how I want to raise my son. I want to raise a warrior."
"I have a handful of friends who are strong adherents to the message delivered in this book by John Eldredge. If they were reading my review perhaps they would accuse me of not embracing the "wild man" spirit; perhaps of being too "domesticated." But I humbly suggest that I exceed them in all degrees of wildness, except, perhaps, in *thinking* that wildness is a biblically grounded pursuit: I have climbed more mountains, endured more nights under a tent in the dead of winter, and generally put myself through more tests of "manliness" than they have. Why, then, do I not like this book? It's theologically naive, misleading, and distorting of what I believe is the kind of person Christ called his followers to be.
The message, in short, has been taken way too far. What John Eldredge has done, perhaps unconsciously, is made a Christianized version of anti-modern thinking that finds its antecedents in a tradition inherited from the Romantic Movement and other similar trends in human thought. What he is preaching against is modern life: the 9-5 job, a settled and "domestic" marriage, and more generally the increasingly influential views of the emergent church. Why is it popular? It gives license to fathers who are approaching their mid-life crisis. It gives license to sons to bend (or break) the rules. It provides (however dubiously) a theological rationale for reasserting the manly prerogative. And most of all its a reassertion of old ideals of what it means to be male or female. Men are supposed to be dominant and aggressive, wild and untamed. Women are supposed to be submissive yet elusive, passively awaiting her manly suitor to rescue her from... from what? Singleness, I suppose.
I have nothing against recognizing adventure for the sake of adventure (that's why I do it). It's an escape from the day-to-day, and there *is* a certain euphoria and release accompanying adventure. But Eldredge has made the idea virtually militant. I suppose I wasn't the only one to pick on the subtle undertones suggestive of a cult of militarism and so-called "muscular Christianity." Didn't Christ admonish Christians to turn the other cheek? That love, hope, and peace are the greatest commandments? Most troubling of all was Eldredge's theologically naive ideas about the nature of God, grounded in an antiquated, almost crusader-like idea of the Old Testament warrior god. "Wild man." "Warrior." These are terms that now, because of this book, make me cringe."
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