Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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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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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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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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Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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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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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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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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