Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
JOHN ELDREDGEBut a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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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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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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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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I’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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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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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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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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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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