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Get to the point!
Posted by Tim Fletcher on 29 Jan 2007
John Eldredge is a successful author of a number of books, and study
materials, in his own right, and with his wife Stasi. He is the founder
and director of Ransomed Heart Ministries, which is devoted to helping
people discover the heart of God. In my humble opinion, his book Wild at Heart is one of the most disappointing Christian books I have read.
I do agree that masculinity tends to be suppressed in the church, but
he takes an age to say so. By the time the point is made, that men
should be involved in the real spiritual fight, the book is at an end.
This fight, I agree, is the real adventure to be involved in, and all
the characteristics we may think of as masculine, are needed in the
thick of it. If you want to read the book, start at page 100, or better
still read the last chapter of The Fight by John White.
The book does, however, have some excellent quotes. From the
unforgettable: “The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity, too
great for the eye of man.” (William Blake); to the truthful: “Don’t ask
yourself what the world needs. Rather ask yourself what makes you
really come alive, and go and do that. What the world truly needs is
people who are really living.” (Gil Bailie)
I think I’ll read the Spongebob Squarepants Annual now.