I 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 ELDREDGEYou live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other–moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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