Book Review: Walking with God by John Eldredge
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 : By Dan Miller
About The Author
I have been married to an amazing wife, Vicki, since 1992 and together we enjoy pouring into our six kids the greatness of our God. My favorite food is Italian. I enjoy playing 80’s metal riffs on my guitar. I love all the major sports (except soccer, but that’s not really a sport anyhow). My favorite sporting event is the Final Four tournament in March/April. I think the best season of the year is the Fall. I would love to be hiking and camping on some trail right now.
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3 Comments
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How sad..this book is for the “birds”.
I think this quote sums it up best:
“What the author teaches is fraught with peril. Feeling that we need to hear direct and fresh revelation from God in every matter is a prescription for paralysis.”
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“For the Birds” perhaps if looking strictly through theologically reformed colored glasses.
I have not read this book yet. Have any of you? I have read Wild at Heart years ago and found it liberating in many ways at a time when I was very far away from wanting anything to do with God’s people, serving others, or understanding what it means to be a real “manly man” in a society and church culture that sometimes mentally castrates men.
I guess this new book must be just more of the same theologically lazy, over emotional, non-intellectually focused Christian labeled gobbelty gook for the ignorant masses to enjoy.
So is there nothing good to be taken from anything that Eldredge has ever written or said about our relationship with God, with each other, and as men? Since he has also written some strange concepts at times that I would also disagree with, do I just label him a heretic and never read or take anything he writes seriously? Is he even really born again? All Sarcasm intended in fun and love.
Guess the same could be said then of anyone who serves joyfully to God’s glory in a “seeker” church like NorthPoint should I ever want to discuss theology with them.
Speaking of being taken seriously, the author of the review (Tim Challies) might want to proof read his own writings before putting them out there. I am guilty of many grammatical errors, but I do not write critical reviews of Christian books, nor am I a critically thinking reformed author as he is.
He Wrote…
“you are undoubtedly (family) with John Eldredge”
Nope, I am not “family” with John Eldredge, but I am definitely familiar with him.
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C.A., for a guy railing against a “culture that mentally castrates men,” your anti-intellectual bit is kind of ironic, wouldn’t you say?
Regarding Eldredge, I wrote elsewhere about my initial attraction to his writings, which were ultimately overtaken by a bigger vision of God:
God used Eldredge’s books in my life as a gateway to bigger and better desires; desires worthy of a sovereign, glorious, incomprehensible, and transcendent God; desires worthy of a bloody cross and an empty tomb.
You ask whether we “should take anything he writes seriously?” Absolutely! I daresay folks like Dan and Tim Challies are taking him more seriously than you are.
There’s nothing more important than the way you think about God. Check out the last two sermons Dan preached.
Tim : September 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm