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Wild At HeartDiscovering The Secret of a Man’s SoulBy John EldredgeThomas Nelson PublishersProduct DescriptionJohn Eldredge revises and updates his best-selling, renowned Christian classic.God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. Simply look at the dreams and desires written in the heart of every boy: To be a hero, to be a warrior, to live a life of adventure and risk. Sadly, most men abandon those dreams and desires-aided by a Christianity that feels like nothing more than pressure to be a “nice guy.” It is no wonder that many men avoid church, and those who go are often passive and bored to death. In this provocative book, Eldredge gives women a look inside the true heart of a man and gives men permission to be what God designed them to be-dangerous, passionate, alive, and free.Reviewed by R. Cody Smith              In Wild at Heart, professional counselor John Eldredge digs deep into a problem he describes as epidemic boredom among Christian men, and challenges all to begin to recover what he refers to as a “masculine heart.”If there is one question that seems to be hanging on the lips of Christian women today it’s, “Where are all the real men?” John’s response is simply, “Why you’ve asked them to become women.” The cultural upheavals of the past thirty years have left many men, and women, confused about who they are, and what they want from one another.John reveals some powerful insights into why so many men today feel unfulfilled, angry, frustrated, even depressed. It seems that today’s church hasn’t known what to do with dangerous men so; they’ve decided we need to be tamed, even emasculated, and in light of so much manhood gone awry in the past, our women have accented.Christian men today have been trained to stifle what John calls a man’s three essential needs: to fight a battle, have an adventure, rescue a maiden, and to be just as wild and dangerous and the one whose image we bear. As I followed along I began to explore my own deeply rooted need to be a little wild at heart, and to wonder, what exactly is a real man?Isn’t a real man one who tells the truth even when it’s not popular, stands up against the crowd, defends the week and helpless, and takes leadership responsibility in his family.While Machismo is definitely out, real manhood waits desperately to be revived.Chuck Swindoll says, “…Every man and his wife, and every mother of a boy should read this book.” I couldn’t agree more.