What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
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Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.
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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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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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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
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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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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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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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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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I’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
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