Books by John Eldredge
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review 1: The authors really meant the "war" part of the title. Their thesis is that human marriage so thoroughly reflects God's character and His plan for Christ and the Church that it MUST be at the center of Satan's attack. As such, we are not to be surprised that our marriage is warred...
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review 1: Chapters 1-13 are incredibly valuable for any person's walk with Christ. I would recommend to anyone.But chapters 14-16 need to be read with a lot of discernment. This is where the book began to go downhill for me. Some misinterpretation of Scripture; too much emphasis and founda...
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review 1: I've been reading Eldredge for many years now. Every new entry he releases seems to dive a little deeper into what makes God so mysterious yet so accessible to us at the same time. Another solid book about becoming more like Christ. A small group of men went through this book as ...
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review 1: This was the selection for our church group. I've done other marriage studies, but I found the approach to this one refreshing. While others have taken the approach "if you had done it right from the beginning, like we told you to, like we did, then everything would be better f...
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review 1: This book is about the 6 stages of a man’s life and being fathered through each one. I wish I had something like this when I was young. I think it provides a good model. Obviously, your earthly dad can’t do it all. What is needed is other men and above all, God, himself. This ...
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review 1: I like the general message of this book. I don't think he is a great writer. And I don't get too inspired by his stories of fly fishing and mountain climbing (just not my cup of tea). I am bothered by 5 or 6 of his comments related to masculinity (’God strengthening us, healing u...