Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
JOHN ELDREDGEThe most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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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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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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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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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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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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