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
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)
real heart men
So long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan's line to him is 'You're fine'. But after you do take sides, it becomes 'Your heart is bad and you know it'.
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.
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?
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.
heart matter my-heart
My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him...
quality duration limits
Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, "life to the limit.
running contentment desire
Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
faced people phrase serious sour time upset
You know the phrase 'Jesus laughed' isn't ever used in the Gospels. So, most people walk away with the idea that Jesus is a pretty serious guy, pretty sour faced most of the time, pretty upset at what's going on around Him.
certainly created next
'Wild at Heart' created a set of expectations maybe, partly, on my part, certainly on my publisher's part, but also in the world out there, that my next books would be as remarkable.
christians experience honor jesus love people personally relationship respect worship
We're told that you can have a relationship with Jesus, but most Christians don't experience Jesus personally like that. They just don't. We honor Him. We respect Him. We worship Him. We don't experience Him and His personality like we do the people we love the most in our lives.
age men received whatever
Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.
courage strength tested treats women
Where a man's strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women - the way that he loves.
ask men needs
Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself, 'What makes me come alive?' Because what the world - a wife, a child - needs is men who have come alive.