![]() ![]() Eldredge prefers wilderness to office space and risky adventures to living-room couches. ![]() Today Eldredge would rather emulate William Wallace, the sword-brandishing hero of Mel Gibson's film Braveheart, or Maximus, the single-minded warrior of Gladiator. ![]() Stasi gave his alter ego a playfully derisive nickname: Mr. ![]() During those years, Stasi Eldredge says, her husband told laundries to load his shirts with extra starch. He would answer the phone in his "work voice": blunt, tense, and in charge. Manning reminds Christians that, in our flesh, we're all far removed from the perfections of Christ-and that's OK, since He is our life.When author John Eldredge lived like millions of other white-collar Americans, his wife dreaded calling him at the office. We all fit into this category, and those who think they don't are probably fooling themselves. *The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning. Read this, & learn how to deal with his wiles. Simply a great fictionalized read of someone who read Satan's mail. I chose this over Desiring God simply because it's easier for a limited education reader like me to grasp. In the vein of John Piper's Desiring God, this book helped me see the abundant joy that can be found in Christ, and the superiority of that joy to anything the world can offer. This book help me appreciate the possibility, and blessings, of a life in constant communion with God. *The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence. Even among the relatively few I have read, it's tough to narrow it down, but per the question asked, my top 4 (sorry, I didn't know which one to drop) are (apart from the Bible-a good, literal translation-which is an obvious number 1): As I thought about the Christian books I've read, and then looked at the many greats I've not yet even touched upon, I feel like such a novice in this field. ![]()
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