Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
JOHN ELDREDGESecurity is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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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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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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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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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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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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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