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.
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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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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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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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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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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 don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.
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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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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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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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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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