Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
JOHN ELDREDGEReading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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She 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.
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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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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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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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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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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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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.
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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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