Courage and adventure are not limited to tackling the wilderness or scaling castle walls. Wild at Heart has been out for a while, but ask almost any Christian guy and you’ll likely find that he was offered this book at a men’s Bible study, retreat, etc., as a help to “recovering masculine heart.” Eldredge even invites women to “discover the secret of a man’s soul and to delight in the strength and wildness men were created to offer.” But what does this mean? Many men enjoy hunting, fishing, and outdoor life, but not all do.
How can James Bond’s blatantly immoral lifestyle possibly encourage and inspire men to be real men as the Bible defines? Bond’s “heroics” may excite our emotions, but he remains a morally flawed figure of fiction. Regardless of how much our flesh may be inspired by movie heroes, in Scripture we have the historical accounts of very real men (and women), and we know that “these things happened unto them for examples: and.are written for our admonition” ( 1 Cor:10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Instead of going to Scripture, he uses Hollywood productions, which apparently appeal more to Christian men than Bible studies do: “Compare your experience watching the latest James Bond or Indiana Jones thriller with, say, going to Bible study” ( Wild at Heart, p. According to Eldredge, men need to be “men.” He very rightly points out that men are ceasing to be men because of the influence of society, changing social mores, and feminism. In his book Wild at Heart (Thomas Nelson, pub.), author John Eldredge would have profited greatly from heeding this advice. There is an old saying that it is better to quit while you’re ahead.
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