This is why so many of our fairytales are about a knight in shining armor who slays the dragon and rescues the beautiful princess. Adam is designed to battle the serpent his adventure is the cultural mandate his beauty is Eve.
These desires are universal because they were built in at creation. The masculine heart and feminine heart, then, are different, and in different ways, reflect the heart of God.Įldredge argues from the Bible, literature, movies, and psychology that every man has three desires: God doesn’t make generic people he makes us male and female. Living from the heart looks differently for men and women. He asks, What makes you come alive? Too often, he says, we are overwhelmed with duty and following rules and we forget we were designed to live from our affections. He argues that the heart of a man has been pushed to the margins. If a wing falls off, you have a dead tailspin towards the earth.Įldredge is writing to those who have forgotten desire. When one wing is shorter, the plane flies in circles. With two balanced wings, the plane flies straight ahead. We might compare the Christian life is like a plane with two wings-duty and desire. It is a powerful book that has spoken to countless readers. This is a book about men-specifically about the heart of men.
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