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  Posted: Thu Aug 24th, 2006 05:46 pm
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    I've read Stoeker's books.  I've read Weiss's books.  All were found to be quite helpful in dealing with sexual immorality.  But I needed something more-something that defined who I am supposed to be as God wants me - as a man, a husband, a father and a friend.

Eldredge's Wild at Heart was recommended - ended up going thru that book in a men's discipleship study.  I (and we) don't recommend it.

Way back last October when my secret life was being exposed, I read a book by Stu Weber titled "Tender Warrior".

It changed my life.  It started me on the path of healing that continues today.  This past spring, I read his follow-up book - "Four Pillars of a Man's Heart".

I recommend both of those books in that order.  A clear, Scripturally based definition of who we are supposed to be as God intended is what you'll get. 

I also read a third book of his called "Spirit Warriors".  It's not gender-based and is somewhat along the same lines as Neal Anderson's "Bondage Breaker".  I recommend Spirit Warriors to everyone.




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  Posted: Thu Aug 24th, 2006 10:48 pm
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Hello Bulldawg,

I've never read Wild at Heart  myself, but know that a lot of people recommend it. Just wondering--what is it you didn't like about it?

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  Posted: Mon Aug 28th, 2006 07:49 pm
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Two things stood out to me and us: 

1. Blame game (particularly father wounds which he devotes a lot of time too, but never seems to conclude).

2. Emotional "damsel-in-distress" opinion.  Nothing tugs at the heart more than a damsel in distress - male or female - I understand-I've been there, and will be again. 

What the book lacks is clear direction.  Decisiveness.  An action plan.  No wake-up calls, no clear-cut discussion regarding authority in our lives-the major one being we answer to one of two authorities-our own, or God's.

The author makes some good points here and there - and it appeals more often to women than it does men.  But compared to Tender Warrior and Four Pillars of a Man's Heart, it's not even in the same ball park.



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