John Eldredge
John Eldredge
John Eldredgeis an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his bestselling book Wild at Heart...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth6 June 1960
CountryUnited States of America
heart men desire
A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
desire looks alive
Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
running contentment desire
Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
destiny design desire
Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
life desire maps
Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
cultural debates family
I started working at Focus on the Family doing debates and media and cultural studies.
religion
I wasn't looking for religion; I was looking for a world view.
certainly created next
'Wild at Heart' created a set of expectations maybe, partly, on my part, certainly on my publisher's part, but also in the world out there, that my next books would be as remarkable.
faced people phrase serious sour time upset
You know the phrase 'Jesus laughed' isn't ever used in the Gospels. So, most people walk away with the idea that Jesus is a pretty serious guy, pretty sour faced most of the time, pretty upset at what's going on around Him.
sort
I have a call to speak, to write, to do sort of deep-heart surgery in people's lives.
christians experience honor jesus love people personally relationship respect worship
We're told that you can have a relationship with Jesus, but most Christians don't experience Jesus personally like that. They just don't. We honor Him. We respect Him. We worship Him. We don't experience Him and His personality like we do the people we love the most in our lives.
enormous strength
It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
became caught christian exposure high home hungry raised religion religious
It was only after 20 years of being dunked in the religious culture that I got caught up in 'religion.' I had no exposure to Christianity as a child. I was not raised in a Christian home. I became spiritually hungry in high school.
brought desperate era human immense quicker serving
The modern era has brought up immense conveniences but at what price. The human heart is desperate for something more than a quicker serving of popcorn.