The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
JOHN ELDREDGEThe real you is on the side of God against the false self.
JOHN ELDREDGEEvery man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
JOHN ELDREDGEWhat 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 ELDREDGEShe is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
JOHN ELDREDGEI’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.
JOHN ELDREDGEMost of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
JOHN ELDREDGEI don’t write anything that I haven’t lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.
JOHN ELDREDGEAm I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
JOHN ELDREDGEStory is the language of the heart.
JOHN ELDREDGECaring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
JOHN ELDREDGEContentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
JOHN ELDREDGEDesire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
JOHN ELDREDGEReading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
JOHN ELDREDGE