I totally love this book, Great for sharing with my students, especially so they can hear the kids reading, It would be awesome to also find a male reading the entire text, just for the strong men around us❤
So, I am getting ready to go thru this book -Chapter one, meanwhile the seedy reveals God designed men to be powerful. Simply look at the dreams and desires written in the heart of every boy: to be a hero, a warrior, to love a beauty, to live a life of adventure. But, sometimes between boyhood and the struggles of yesterday, most men lose heart. Is this worth reading, heck yes.
7:55 Adventure, with all of its requisite danger and wildness is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man. The masculine heart needs a place where nothing is pre-fabricated, modular, non-fat, zip-lock, franchised, online, microwaveable. Where there are no deadlines, cell phones, or committee meetings - where there is room for the soul - where finally the geography around us corresponds to the geography of our heart. 9:25 It is FEAR that keeps a man at home where things are neat, orderly, and under his control. But the answers to his deepest questions are not to be found on the TV or in the refrigerator. 11:25 A man needs to feel the rhythms of the earth, he needs to have in hand something REAL - the tiller of a boat, a set of reigns, the toughness of rope or simply a shovel. 11:40 Society at large can’t make up its mind about men, having spent the last 30 years redefining masculinity into something more sensitive and safe, and manageable and FEMININE. It now berates men for not being men. “Where are all the real men?” *You ask them to be women.* The result is a gender confusion never experienced at such a wide level in the history of the world. 13:00 Christian church and the emasculation and taming of men in an attempt to turn them into a “good man.” Walk into most churches in America, look around and ask yourself this question, what is a christian man? There's no doubt, you'd have to admit - A CHRISTIAN MAN IS BORED. 14:20 *Some women want a passive (beta male) man, if they want a man at all. The church wants a tamed man - they’re called priests. The university wants a domesticated man - they’re called tenure track people. The corporation wants a sanitized, hairless, shallow man.* 16:00 Male & female. There is a masculine heart and a feminine heart.
Before I met Christ, I was a drinker. I was miraculously delivered from drugs and alcohol. Fast forward to a book and video series my church adopted for men "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge. This book was really connecting with my inner man. Then the book and the video came to a place where the "real men" were drinking beer and he declared, "I dont drink cheap beer"....wait, what? Now, I'm not here to condemn drinking or anyone that does. All I know is what happened to me. That "beer seed" that was sown stayed with me for a few weeks until one hot day after mowing the lawn i thought to myself, "Man, a cold beer sure sounds good!" Then i started to reason that I wouldn't get the cheap stuff, it should be alright, that's what men do...right? I wont go into detail of the next 20 PLUS YEARS of my "desert experience" of alcohol and drug use. I have re-dedicated my life to Jesus (praise His name). This book should come with a disclaimer on it. I am certain that I'M NOT the only one to have been caught in this snare. Our liberty is not worth another’s walk with God. If something God allows would lead another to sin, we need to avoid it. We are given great freedom as Christians, but the greatest is the freedom to consider others’ welfare over our own. 1 Corinthians 8:9 (ESV) But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
Hallelujah 🙌🏻 I know what you mean. I definitely enjoy a cold beer after I do yardwork. I think I drank a beer twice only this past summer. However, I believe that if one has a tendency to drink too much then that person should never drink even one. This is a perfect example of how true Christianity is a personal relationship. What God The Father allows one child to do, or go He may not allow another 🤷🏻♀️. Now, this is often argued over & that is not my purpose for sure but my point is, if we'd all talk to Him regularly, faithfully & openly then we'd know exactly what we should & shouldn't do. 😂I don't mean to babble, mostly I just want to praise God with you. To God be the glory forever ✝️🌼💜 blessings brother
ha, now boysscouts are filling for bankruptcy because of the old tactic of sexual abuse, feminists infiltrating and destroying male associations, gender war gentleman, wake the fuck up.
God is not a Man. God is infinite. The male is composed of X and Y chromosome. X-female, and Y-male. For God is All, hence, infinite. For infinite is not separate or without.
“In the heart of every man is a desperate desire for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and beauty to rescue.”
This man discipled me without having ever met me. What an obedient man of God.
He taught me how to be a mama to a son I thought I had given up on ever having. Praise to The Father 🙌🏻
@@rebeccafantstegall1899 Amen!
This book is never more relevant than now!
I totally love this book, Great for sharing with my students, especially so they can hear the kids reading, It would be awesome to also find a male reading the entire text, just for the strong men around us❤
Thank you Mr Eldredge, Awesome work
A life changing read for all men and their sons.
Refreshing to rediscover it since I became “ A nice guy”
So, I am getting ready to go thru this book -Chapter one, meanwhile the seedy reveals God designed men to be powerful. Simply look at the dreams and desires written in the heart of every boy: to be a hero, a warrior, to love a beauty, to live a life of adventure. But, sometimes between boyhood and the struggles of yesterday, most men lose heart. Is this worth reading, heck yes.
7:55 Adventure, with all of its requisite danger and wildness is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man. The masculine heart needs a place where nothing is pre-fabricated, modular, non-fat, zip-lock, franchised, online, microwaveable. Where there are no deadlines, cell phones, or committee meetings - where there is room for the soul - where finally the geography around us corresponds to the geography of our heart.
9:25 It is FEAR that keeps a man at home where things are neat, orderly, and under his control. But the answers to his deepest questions are not to be found on the TV or in the refrigerator.
11:25 A man needs to feel the rhythms of the earth, he needs to have in hand something REAL - the tiller of a boat, a set of reigns, the toughness of rope or simply a shovel.
11:40 Society at large can’t make up its mind about men, having spent the last 30 years redefining masculinity into something more sensitive and safe, and manageable and FEMININE. It now berates men for not being men. “Where are all the real men?” *You ask them to be women.* The result is a gender confusion never experienced at such a wide level in the history of the world.
13:00 Christian church and the emasculation and taming of men in an attempt to turn them into a “good man.” Walk into most churches in America, look around and ask yourself this question, what is a christian man? There's no doubt, you'd have to admit - A CHRISTIAN MAN IS BORED.
14:20 *Some women want a passive (beta male) man, if they want a man at all. The church wants a tamed man - they’re called priests. The university wants a domesticated man - they’re called tenure track people. The corporation wants a sanitized, hairless, shallow man.*
16:00 Male & female. There is a masculine heart and a feminine heart.
I shouldn't be on the treadmill crying but I am lol
😂
Before I met Christ, I was a drinker. I was miraculously delivered from drugs and alcohol. Fast forward to a book and video series my church adopted for men "Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge. This book was really connecting with my inner man. Then the book and the video came to a place where the "real men" were drinking beer and he declared, "I dont drink cheap beer"....wait, what? Now, I'm not here to condemn drinking or anyone that does.
All I know is what happened to me. That "beer seed" that was sown stayed with me for a few weeks until one hot day after mowing the lawn i thought to myself, "Man, a cold beer sure sounds good!" Then i started to reason that I wouldn't get the cheap stuff, it should be alright, that's what men do...right? I wont go into detail of the next 20 PLUS YEARS of my "desert experience" of alcohol and drug use. I have re-dedicated my life to Jesus (praise His name). This book should come with a disclaimer on it. I am certain that I'M NOT the only one to have been caught in this snare.
Our liberty is not worth another’s walk with God. If something God allows would lead another to sin, we need to avoid it. We are given great freedom as Christians, but the greatest is the freedom to consider others’ welfare over our own.
1 Corinthians 8:9 (ESV)
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
Hallelujah 🙌🏻 I know what you mean. I definitely enjoy a cold beer after I do yardwork. I think I drank a beer twice only this past summer. However, I believe that if one has a tendency to drink too much then that person should never drink even one. This is a perfect example of how true Christianity is a personal relationship. What God The Father allows one child to do, or go He may not allow another 🤷🏻♀️. Now, this is often argued over & that is not my purpose for sure but my point is, if we'd all talk to Him regularly, faithfully & openly then we'd know exactly what we should & shouldn't do. 😂I don't mean to babble, mostly I just want to praise God with you. To God be the glory forever ✝️🌼💜 blessings brother
Thank you, Roxie
Thank you so much for uploading! I read this book as a teen and it had a profound and mostly negative impact on my life.
So I should not listen to it? I don't understand your comment
@@sergiomatos39 lol me too
@Revolutionary Storm why would you say something like that man? Come on, be mature
Where's the rest of the book?
Narcissistic fathers somehow think turning boys against woman is your message. A loss of intimacy is the results. No hugging their mothers is a crime.
Ha, now girls are joining the boyscouts. I find this book inspiring.
ha, now boysscouts are filling for bankruptcy because of the old tactic of sexual abuse, feminists infiltrating and destroying male associations, gender war gentleman, wake the fuck up.
Where's the rest?
Good question!
Obama's agenda forced it down I'm guessing
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1,000,000,000,000x worse under Biden. Let’s go Brandon! 🇺🇸
@@christopherarmstrong2710 🤡
17:50
God is not a Man. God is infinite. The male is composed of X and Y chromosome. X-female, and Y-male. For God is All, hence, infinite. For infinite is not separate or without.
Thoreau’s, The Maine Woods and Walden did it better than this knockoff.
They made their contribution. Eldridge took some of those insights on context with scripture, and a life walking with God
Can't relate honestly. This is just his opinion on what he thinks men should be when in actuality we should steive to be nothing but Christ-like.
no
Prefer the tamed?
It would be good if it wasn't fissed with so much Christian filler crap
Its Christian based and focused...duuurrr....how do you not know?? Durrrrrrr
@anthonyharmon9265 I do know. That's why I said it would be good if they didn't rely on religion. You okay, man?