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Wild at Heart is a poor choice.


John started out life as an Actor. Actors base their life on a fantasy world. This mentality seems to spill over in his book.

He disses the Promise Keepers movement in once sentence. I guess with Bill M. being a championship football coach, he wasn't man enough for John. If I had to choose between John and Bill in a fire fight, I would choose Bill in a heart beat.


Eldridge rationalizes seeing prono in movies. That makes me angry. And rumor has it, it makes God angry too. Is that emotion manly enough for John?


The theology of chapter 1 is a complete joke. Yes, we know that he likes to be outside but basically says that all men like it, were born for it. That's a lie. I find fulfillment in other activities. I don't care for the out doors. Sure I will go on a hike on occasion but I don't live for it like he does. I find it odd that he does not mention Esau, the hunter anywhere in his book.

Gen 25:27 says,
So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.

Pretty glaring over site on his part. Then again if he mentioned it, it would have ruined his premise for chapter 1. Guess it would make it a bit difficult to sell his book.

He also said that Elijah went to the wilderness to recover his strength. Ah no. He went there to hide. From what? A woman!!! Not a very manly thing to do wouldn't you say?

1 King 19:2 -3
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die,


And Christ did not go out in the wilderness to explore. He went out their to be tempted, to be tested. To see if he was going to do things the wild, flashy Hollywood way or God's way.

Matt 4:5 -6
Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down...


Though John does have a few good points. If you do read it, you will have to hold your nose on more than one occasion.

I would like to suggest that Basic Training series from Top Gun Ministries , http://www.topgunministries.org/programs.asp , is much better.