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Summary: Good Points
Review: After hearing so many good things about the book from all the men in my church and my school I was so excited to get the book. I started on it the first day I got it. Eldredge makes several good points but his overall message is confusing. In my understanding he wants men to be wild? He also uses the Message as his text, a contravercial text.
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Summary: Find Your Real Heart!
Review: First, this was the best book I read in the last year! Wild at Heart book started a new phase in my life. After the reading it, I realised that I had known so little about my masculine side. It's was one reason, why my realiship with my ex-girlfried didn't work at all.(Attention! I use this review word heart when I talk about soul because I have read finnish edition about this book in which heart means same that soul. Hopefully, you are not going to irritated about this.) I had lost the heart of man and my real identity. The one of the most important messages what this books offers is that men should find their scar of heart, heal it with help of God, frieds and maybe therapy and find their lost hearts for going to wilderness, where men really begin to live. Men loves the sense of danger when they walk in the mountain or dive in the deep oceon. There are three things that men's hearts really needs: 1. The adventure that they can experience. 2. The battle in which they can struggle. 3. The Princess that they can save. I agree with John Eldress for these three things!
Maybe you want to know how this book changed my life.
OK! I will tell a little bit. First, I cried a lot of because, I realised that I was hurt myself and other people because I wasn't know my heart. My father wasn't be a good father me when I was 10-12 years old because he was mentally ill. I forgave my father his mistakes what he couldn't realised then. He was surprised and I was so happy that I forgave him. It's time to begin to see my father in new light. He was a true warrior who survived so many difficult situations with help of God and frieds! There are so many things to tell but maybe this is enough. This year, I want to rescue a beautiful princess who lives in the tower surrounded by an evil dragon. This book is good choice for you man or woman, who wants to know something more about secrets of man heart.
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Summary: What a Load Of Crap
Review: It's really sad that a topic with so much promise has been handled by such a poor writer. It seems as if this book was hastily assembled from a collection of random thoughts without any structure or purpose. By mentioning God and quoting bible verses the author hides behind the shield that gives all good christians protection from criticism justly deserved in this case. What a load of crap. If you think this book is great then buddy, you got problems.
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Summary: A Cautious but Hearty Endorsement...
Review: The book certainly is a must read as it brings up some important issues about being a true man of God. It is important for men to know that they were not charged by God to be "wimpy Christians" and that we should not fall into the world's gender bending thinking. The "Metrosexual" is not a man after God's heart! A true man of God desires to be (and most women seek a man who is): bold, brave, a hero, willing to fight for his honor and stand up for God's truth and justice. This should be a wake up call to all Christians! HOWEVER, read w/ some caution. One point I'd first have to make is that the term "wild" is not actually a term that describes a godly man, but a fallen man (or animal) who lacks knowledge of the wisdom of God. Wild probably best describes the fallen world, after sin entered the world. But we hopefully understand the concept of "free" and "fearless" he is trying to convey never the less. The book should maybe better have been titled "A Hero's Heart" or "The Fighting Heart of a True Man". Addressing the issues of men needing to rekindle their passion to live, their masculinity and to do what is right in the world. Man's "sin nature" is something Eldredge unfortunately seems to not address. Beating up a guy on the playground probably isn't something God would look highly upon, as Christ taught us to use truth to win our arguements in life without resorting to violence. As described in many other critical reviews, there are a few possible misinterpretations of who our sovereign God really is. Though we were created in God's image, we are not exactly like God. Not all the things that make us human are in the image of God, as we are not perfect. I caution readers only that, I worry some people might mistakenly feel the green light is on to embrace all of the longings and desires of the human heart, some of which come from our sin nature. We must still use the wisdom of God's laws and commands to rule our actions. A good verse to remember is: Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not with drunkenness, nor in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. (Romans 13:14)
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Summary: Wild at Heart is a Little Too Much to Swallow
Review: The author, John Eldredge, has a wonderful writing style, having perfected the ratio of premise-to-illustration. I found it flowed quite well without becoming boring. Having said this, I have to say that his premise of men supposedly being created by God to be fierce and dangerous, damsel-rescuing, don't-take-guff-from-nobody men cannot honestly be supported by the Bible even though he tries. No, I cannot agree that churches have "emasculated" men. It is the author who is misrepresenting the vast majority of the New Testament instructions to men to be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving; slow to get angry and quick to listen; not brawlers; etc. I do understand his point that many men have neglected something inside that longs for exploration, but lets get real. I see a world of men and women, just like the rest of you see, where anger and rage is becoming more of a problem than it ever has before. We don't need any more encouragement. Consequently, I feel this book is a real danger to those who are honestly seeking real answers to spiritual issues. At its core is no basis in biblical truth but rather in feelings and American stereotypes of cowboys and fairy tales.
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Summary: Not All It Is Cracked Up To Be
Review: I would like to start by saying some very positive things. I felt that this book started off absolutely great. There were many valid points expressed by the author. For instance, man longing for a sense of adventure, a man is scared that he will wake up one day and realize all that he has worked for is gone. Lastly, what does it mean to be a man. The author describes the above very well and makes great points. What I did not like about the book was how it starts off great and not much else comes of it. I felt as though the author became distracted through the process. I am a Catholic myself and this is the first Christian book that I ever read. I thought the book did need to talk a bit about God and Jesus but after a while it just seemed that was all the book talked about. I felt that the good points were gone and the book's focus was on Christianity. If you are a Christian reader then I would assume you enjoy this book. Please do not let my review persuade you if you are considering purchasing this book.
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Summary: Some people just don't get it...
Review: Being a REAL man is hard. Anyone who says other wise is kidding themselves. I believe John Eldredge hit the nail right on the head with this one. It changed my life, so it can't be a bad thing.
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Summary: not what you would expect it to be
Review: Eldredge seems to have missed something.
I'm oversimplifying drastically, but Religion shows how wicked people are and how they must love god to truly be good people. That's one point of view, and there is nothing wrong with points of view.
Another point of view is "Men will be Men, Boys will be Boys, Live according to your own hedonistic desires and get what you want out of life while feeling good about yourself."
now if you are from category A or category B exclusively, this book is going to piss you off. If your a little from column A and a little from column B, and you take things with a grain of salt, the book does provide you with a different and interesting point of view to ponder, plus some "feel good about yourself" rhetoric.
But it's certainly not a definitive guide to things. And calling it 'Christian' seems a bit of stretch to me
to me it seems like Eldredge is "losing his religion"
but at any rate, I don't think he is speaking for anyone other than himself. And I'm sure there are some people who he is speaking directly to (see the 5 star ratings).
this book would merit a higher rating for what it is... a self reflection about life and masculinity...
but as a Christian guidebook... it's misleading in what is proposes, and I can't say good things about that.
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Summary: Penny Arcade Quote
Review: Tycho, from Penny-Arcade says:
Every year, my mother gets me a new self-help thing for Christmas to, I presume, salve my failures as a human being. Last year, it was a calendar of daily directives from Dr. Phil, who I firmly believe is a mongrel, more beast than man. What that creature has to tell me about being a good person I could no doubt learn from any mute animal. This year, my mom has managed to combine both her annual insult to my intelligence and her incessant proselytizing with a book called "Wild At Heart: Discovering The Secret of a Man's Soul." You might be thinking that I invented that title in an effort to amuse you - but no. Like AIDS, it is only too real. The author, John Eldredge, apparently suffered some emasculating experience as a child and now believes that all men resemble himself, i.e., they are dry and damaged husks. Then, he suggests a new template to replace these irreparable shells, one that sounds uniformly horrible to me. I would pity him if he had not become so fabulously wealthy selling his man-kits. It is, no doubt, a simplification - but it's no more a simplification than the things he put in his book: there's nothing wrong with a man that a Playstation 2 and a copy of Vice City can't cure.
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Summary: Let the adventure begin.
Review: After years of men feeling like they have been suppressing their very being to conform to society, they can now discover a renewed hope through the teachings in this book. For men (Christian or not) that can't figure out why they cannot commit to the woman they love, why they feel trapped in their career or marriage or why they struggle with addictions such as pornography, this book will feel like a guide to a new life adventure. For woman it will help them understand why men seem to be from Mars. I highly recommend that everyone have this book in their home library.
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