About John Eldredge: John Eldredge is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his bestselling book Wild at Heart.
Validation comes to us in two ways: through trials we overcome, and through the words of older men.
'Wild at Heart' simply came out of my journey as a man and then my work with men.
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.
I wasn't looking for religion; I was looking for a world view.
It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
We've made elevator music of Jesus Christ. We've made Him the most boring, bland, blah person; and He was the most revolutionary man.
Most Christians are still living with an Old Testament view of their heart. Jeremiah 17:9 says, 'My heart is deceitfully wicked.' No, it's not. Not after the work of Christ, because the promise of the new covenant is a new heart.
