John Eldredge
John Eldredge
John Eldredgeis an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his bestselling book Wild at Heart...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth6 June 1960
CountryUnited States of America
broken swim demand
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.
motherhood world broads
How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone and narrow to be everything to someone? No, a woman’s function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. (What’s Wrong with the World)
men names doe
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.
men
Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
heart caring voice
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.
adventure proportion feels
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.
girl fun hockey
Aggression is part of the masculine design, we are hardwired for it.... Little girls do not invent games where large numbers of people die, where bloodshed is a prerequisite for having fun. Hockey, for example, was not a feminine creation. Nor was boxing. A boy wants to attack something - and so does a man, even if it's only a little white ball on a tee.
jesus needs true-knowledge
A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
live-life heart voice
To find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear his voice, you must listen with all your heart. To love him, you must love with all your heart. You cannot be the person God meant you to be, and you cannot live the life he meant you to live, unless you live from the heart.
real real-you self
The real you is on the side of God against the false self
design would-be roles
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?
jesus reading personality
Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off,
eye heart coaching
We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.
heart matter my-heart
My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him...