John Eldredge

“As D. H. Lawrence said, “I am not a mechanism.”

— John Eldredge

“Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.”

— John Eldredge

The real you is on the side of God against the false self

— John Eldredge

Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God

— John Eldredge

But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.

— John Eldredge

“You were born into a savage war.”

— John Eldredge

“Hope is a fruit of proven character.”

— John Eldredge

You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.

— John Eldredge

“You’re going to be okay. You’re going to find your way. You are not alone.”

— John Eldredge

“Wouldn't it help you to realize that you really do live in an epic if your life had a soundtrack?”

— John Eldredge

“Worship is what we give our hearts away to in return for a promise of Life.”

— John Eldredge

A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.

— John Eldredge

“To put it bluntly, your flesh is a weasel, a poser, and a selfish pig. And your flesh is not you.”

— John Eldredge

Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness; it's how we begin to love.

— John Eldredge

“He is on a mission to rescue a people who are so utterly deceived most of them don’t even want to be…

— John Eldredge

The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever…

— John Eldredge

For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion . . . and…

— John Eldredge

“And I would heal them.” That’s a different offer from: “And I would forgive them.” It’s a different offer from: “And I…

— John Eldredge

“When it comes to helping another human being, you can treat the symptoms or you can treat the cause. Most people dabble…

— John Eldredge

“Yes—God is sovereign. And in his sovereignty he created a world in which the choices of men and angels matter. Tremendously. He…

— John Eldredge

“You really won’t understand your life as a woman until you understand this: You are passionately loved by the God of the…

— John Eldredge

“As Buechner says, we are in constant danger of being not actors in the drama of our lives but reactors, “to go…

— John Eldredge

I don't write anything that I haven't lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you…

— John Eldredge

“He created Adam for adventure, battle and beauty; he created us for a unique place in his story and he is committed…

— John Eldredge

Of course, none of this can happen for us until we give our lives back to God. We cannot know the joy…

— John Eldredge

The Enemy's plan from the beginning was to assault the heart...Make them so busy, they ignore the heart. Wound them so deeply,…

— John Eldredge

“The word Christ uses for “life” is the word psyche—the word for our soul, our inner self, our heart. He says that…

— John Eldredge

An intimate encounter with Jesus is the most transforming experience of human existence. To know him as he is, is to come…

— John Eldredge

“Most of the contexts are life and death, by the way, and God is your only hope. Your ezer. If he is…

— John Eldredge

“There is a satisfaction we don't want to come to until we come to it in God…[Disappointments] serve to remind us every…

— John Eldredge

The scripture is filled with examples of genuine masculinity; you could mine David's story for probably a year by itself. And we…

— John Eldredge

“The cry used to be for 'tolerance,' by which we meant, 'We have very strong differences, but we will not let those…

— John Eldredge

“Can you picture Ghandi or Buddha storming into the polling place of a local election, shouting, overturning tables, sending the participants fleeing?…

— John Eldredge

Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally;…

— John Eldredge

“Now, remember, Jesus did not go around simply being nice to people. This is where the idea of “loving others” has gotten…

— John Eldredge

“One of the most poisonous of all Satan’s whispers is simply, “Things will never change.” That lie kills expectation, trapping our heart…

— John Eldredge

“Whatever form each of our own intimate adventures has taken in our fantasies, or in "real life," this Sacred Romance is set…

— John Eldredge

“Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand…

— John Eldredge

“We describe a person without compassion as “heartless,” and we urge him or her to “have a heart.” Our deepest hurts we…

— John Eldredge

“In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none…

— John Eldredge