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Wild at Heart by John Eldredge — WisdomDeck honest review
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Wild at Heart

by John Eldredge

Eldredge's influential Christian book on masculinity: a battle to fight, an adventure to live, a beauty to rescue. Enormously popular, criticized as stereotyped.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Face the father wound.
  2. Adventure is a need.
  3. Live from the heart.

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Our verdict

Masculinity, Eldredge-style.

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