To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
JOHN ELDREDGEMost of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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If only Jesus’ followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.
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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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