The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
JOHN ELDREDGEThe point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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 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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You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
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Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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Instead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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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.
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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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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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We 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.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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