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.
JOHN ELDREDGEA 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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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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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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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
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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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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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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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They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
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We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
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Caring for your heart is also how you protect your relationship with God. The heart is where we commune with him. It is where we hear his voice. Most of the folks I know who have never heard God speak to them are the same folks who live far from their hearts.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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