I’ve read Eldredge and had my own share of agreements and disagreements. I guess you’ll never agree completely with any one author, but while I find myself stirred by his call to adventure and boldness, I wonder if he isn’t a bit reductionist. Visions of the ideal man or woman feel a little cookie-cutter, and don’t necessarily account for the wide variety of experience, talents, and desires that God has given across gender boundaries. As one critic puts it: “This claim—that women want to be rescued and that guys are weasels for abdicating their heroic role—is so laden with nonbiblical cultural assumptions, it smacks of an imperialism of the “traditional values” crowd. Who says that is what women want, and that it is what I need to do? Where does this leave single folks? What about strong women? Give me some Bible here, man!”
You’ve read the book, and yet still ask questions like, “Who says that is what women want, and that it is what I need to do? Where does this leave single folks? What about strong women?”We’ll lay aside the fact that both “Wild at Heart” and “Captivating” are riddled with scriptural references, as well as the fact that I didn’t agree with either book entirely myself, and I shall ask: were you not moved?Not necessarily an emotional, tear-jerking “moved” feeling, either…but rather an “damn, they’re on to something” feeling?As a strong, single woman who assumed she knew what she wanted, I was.
Both books manage to hit the mark with as much accuracy as a sawed-off shotgun but…they manage to hit the mark all the same. I’d like to take a look at all they said from a councelling/spiritual healing point of view, but that’s another topic altogether.
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I’ve read Eldredge and had my own share of agreements and disagreements. I guess you’ll never agree completely with any one author, but while I find myself stirred by his call to adventure and boldness, I wonder if he isn’t a bit reductionist. Visions of the ideal man or woman feel a little cookie-cutter, and don’t necessarily account for the wide variety of experience, talents, and desires that God has given across gender boundaries. As one critic puts it: “This claim—that women want to be rescued and that guys are weasels for abdicating their heroic role—is so laden with nonbiblical cultural assumptions, it smacks of an imperialism of the “traditional values” crowd. Who says that is what women want, and that it is what I need to do? Where does this leave single folks? What about strong women? Give me some Bible here, man!”
You’ve read the book, and yet still ask questions like, “Who says that is what women want, and that it is what I need to do? Where does this leave single folks? What about strong women?”We’ll lay aside the fact that both “Wild at Heart” and “Captivating” are riddled with scriptural references, as well as the fact that I didn’t agree with either book entirely myself, and I shall ask: were you not moved?Not necessarily an emotional, tear-jerking “moved” feeling, either…but rather an “damn, they’re on to something” feeling?As a strong, single woman who assumed she knew what she wanted, I was.
I was moved. I felt like killing some orcs. It was a while ago, though. I should re-read it.
Well, I’m going to be starting it soon, and I could use some motivation to kill some orcs…
Both books manage to hit the mark with as much accuracy as a sawed-off shotgun but…they manage to hit the mark all the same. I’d like to take a look at all they said from a councelling/spiritual healing point of view, but that’s another topic altogether.