![]() ![]() He needs to give himself permission to be what men are… permission to live from his wild, untamed and undomesticated (and sinful) heart and to not live in Eden – in pure, unadulterated relationship with Almighty God not from a list of “should” and “ought”, i.e. He has to adventure outside the confines of marriage, home and family and Eden – his intimate and pure relationship with God - and take his own self-journey to get back his sinful unbelieving heart. Man’s deep need to know who he is, what he is made of and what he is destined for cannot be discovered at home where things are neat and orderly. to pursue, go on a quest for, search out, and/or to scout out what is outside the confines of home and family and is outside his intimate relationship with God. Men have an insatiable (incapable of being satisfied) longing to explore, i.e. The core (central, foundational, essential and/or enduring part) of man’s heart (the emotional or moral center of his life the center of love, affection, and his innermost character, feelings or inclinations) is undomesticated (unconcerned with home, marriage and family) and that is good. In this wild and natural state of heart and mind is when men truly come alive. ![]() They want to leave Eden (purity, righteousness) and go back to their natural state of mind and heart (the heart given over to sin). Men long to be untamed (wild, natural, unsettled, uncontrollable, unsubmissive - sinful), undomesticated (uncomfortable, disinterested, not devoted and/or uninvolved in the affairs of marriage, home and family), and to NOT be in Eden (symbolic of mankind’s pure and sinless relationship to God where he walked and talked with God in perfect fellowship). But, is that really what he is saying? Look with me carefully at the not-so-subtle message being given to men (and women) here: Sounds good, right? On a surface read it sounds like he is merely encouraging men to be men and to enjoy God’s creation and to, perhaps, exercise their freedom in Christ and to not be brought underneath the bondage of legalism. Permission to live from the heart and not from a list of “should” and “ought” that has left so many of us tired and bored…” This book is offered as a “safari of the heart to recover a life of freedom, passion and adventure… it will help men get their heart back.” (Intro) He has got to get his heart back.” (Pages 3-6) Men “need permission to be what we are – men made in God’s image. Who am I? What am I made of? What am I destined for? It is fear that keeps a man at home where things are neat and under his control… If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he’s here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. We long to return it’s when most men come alive… The core of a man’s heart is undomesticated and that is good… Never stop exploring… Men have an insatiable longing to explore… Deep in man’s heart are some fundamental questions that simply cannot be answered at the kitchen table. And ever since boys have never been at home indoors, and men have an insatiable longing to explore. Here are some quotations from John Eldredge’s book “Wild at Heart” (pages 3-6), and also from the book’s introduction: “Man was born from the outback, from the untamed part of creation. Yet, I am just beginning to scratch the surface of this man’s heretical teachings concerning the characters, mind and heart of mankind and of God/Jesus Christ, and concerning God’s relationship to humankind and what our relationships to God/Jesus should look and act like. His teachings and writings are being taught in many churches here in America, particularly in men’s groups. He is a popular author-teacher among evangelical Christians. Yet, there are some very disturbing aspects of his teaching which are greatly troubling me, and which fit under this subject of “pursuing their own imaginations,” as well as with this scripture. Eldredge is a counselor-teacher, primarily focused in ministry to Christian men. In the past several years I have become somewhat acquainted with the teachings of John Eldredge. And spend their nights keeping secret vigil Īnd whose pots hold broth of impure meat
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