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.
Read it if…
you want the book that shaped a generation of men's ministries.
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Skip it if…
you want a nuanced take on masculinity.
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Three things you will actually use
- Face the father wound.
- Adventure is a need.
- Live from the heart.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the wound.
Our verdict
Masculinity, Eldredge-style.
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