Our churches are full of nice men… and the men of the world don’t want anything to do with it.
What is up with this interviewer? He really seemed to struggle with where to go with the questioning.
The gospel needs men who will fight for “the bride of Christ”. Men who are good. Men who are home. Men who father. Men who are not slaves to their lusts.
The sound is not the greatest, but agreed on the interviewer. In my opinion, he is attempting make Eldredge look bad, but comes off sounding like a tool himself. I thought Eldredge answered the questions appropriately though. I just kept wondering if the interviewer even read the book. He did mention that he has at the end.
True story:
My ex-wife divorced me. I had dealt the divorce. I had healed from it (as much as anyone can). I understood God was working in my life. I came to a point of solace in my life, but still I had no idea why my ex-wife divorced me.
I read Wild at Heart and then I knew why.
I don’t agree 100% with Eldredge. But God used this book in my life big time.
Clay,
John Eldridge talks about how you can only get your masculinity from other men and ultimately only from you Father in heaven. There are all these bad things that happen when you rely on women to validate your manliness. Relying on your wife to validate you can destroy a marriage.
I’m remarried now and it rocks hardcore. Honestly I just met the right woman this time around. Although the time I spend with other guys and doing manly things like reading ac180 doesn’t hurt.
Okay, so I listened at home to get the sound right. Not sure why that was going on at work. Anyway, like I indicated in my email, I was definitely intetested in listening and commenting on this because I had been through the book with the field guide in a men’s bible study almost two years ago.
I recommend that environment for every man. Although the number of participants diminished towards the end, andf that was disappointing to me, I have experienced that level of unwillingness before in other similar studies; it was still a great experience.
I don’t claim to agree with all of Eldredge’s writings either. But the point is this:
1. We as men have a Battle To Fight.
2. We as men have a Adventure To Live.
3. We as men have a Beauty To Rescue.
We as men will not fight the battle, live the adventure, or resue the beauty properly; without realizing that we cannot change who we are without accepting what we were created to be. We were created in His likeness.
Not some politically correct version of “Jesus The Nice-Guy”.
The one thing I liked best about the interview is that Eldredge blames the “church” for the “emasculation of man”. I for one agree with that. We need to step up and take back our hearts that God originally intended us to have. The battle we claim to be “winning”, isn’t “won” with pacivisity.
Wild at Heart changed my worldview. I agree with Eldredge in that our women need to read this as well. It gives great insight into the man they married, and the sons they are raising.
Great find Aaron…
Our churches are full of nice men… and the men of the world don’t want anything to do with it.
What is up with this interviewer? He really seemed to struggle with where to go with the questioning.
The gospel needs men who will fight for “the bride of Christ”. Men who are good. Men who are home. Men who father. Men who are not slaves to their lusts.
The sound is not the greatest, but agreed on the interviewer. In my opinion, he is attempting make Eldredge look bad, but comes off sounding like a tool himself. I thought Eldredge answered the questions appropriately though. I just kept wondering if the interviewer even read the book. He did mention that he has at the end.
Maybe he should read it again…
True story:
My ex-wife divorced me. I had dealt the divorce. I had healed from it (as much as anyone can). I understood God was working in my life. I came to a point of solace in my life, but still I had no idea why my ex-wife divorced me.
I read Wild at Heart and then I knew why.
I don’t agree 100% with Eldredge. But God used this book in my life big time.
Billy…
Wow… what was it in the book that hit you?
Clay,
John Eldridge talks about how you can only get your masculinity from other men and ultimately only from you Father in heaven. There are all these bad things that happen when you rely on women to validate your manliness. Relying on your wife to validate you can destroy a marriage.
I’m remarried now and it rocks hardcore. Honestly I just met the right woman this time around. Although the time I spend with other guys and doing manly things like reading ac180 doesn’t hurt.
Okay, so I listened at home to get the sound right. Not sure why that was going on at work. Anyway, like I indicated in my email, I was definitely intetested in listening and commenting on this because I had been through the book with the field guide in a men’s bible study almost two years ago.
I recommend that environment for every man. Although the number of participants diminished towards the end, andf that was disappointing to me, I have experienced that level of unwillingness before in other similar studies; it was still a great experience.
I don’t claim to agree with all of Eldredge’s writings either. But the point is this:
1. We as men have a Battle To Fight.
2. We as men have a Adventure To Live.
3. We as men have a Beauty To Rescue.
We as men will not fight the battle, live the adventure, or resue the beauty properly; without realizing that we cannot change who we are without accepting what we were created to be. We were created in His likeness.
Not some politically correct version of “Jesus The Nice-Guy”.
The one thing I liked best about the interview is that Eldredge blames the “church” for the “emasculation of man”. I for one agree with that. We need to step up and take back our hearts that God originally intended us to have. The battle we claim to be “winning”, isn’t “won” with pacivisity.
Wild at Heart changed my worldview. I agree with Eldredge in that our women need to read this as well. It gives great insight into the man they married, and the sons they are raising.