The Genesis creation story reveals that Eve was fashioned in the beautiful Garden of Eden. But Adam was formed outside the garden, in the wild. From the very beginning, God gave man a desire to return to that place in our hearts; a place in the wild!

Modern society has steered us away from authentic manhood and lulled us into passivity. We’re told that sinful desires came from God and we must repress them. Sadly, we believed it. When our sons needed confidence in preparing for manhood we responded in weakness instead of strength.

The church has done little to correct this societal trend. Feeling called by God, a few men are blazing a new trail. Authors Gordon Dalbey, Robert Lewis, and John Eldridge are calling men back to authentic manhood. Check out the resources and experience below and find sinful desires the path to your masculine heart.

Wild at Heart
By John Eldredge
A Battle to fight.  An Adventure to live.  A Beauty to rescue.  This is what a man longs for. This is what makes him come alive.  Look at the films men love.  For that matter, look at the dreams of little boys, the games they play.  There is something fierce, passionate, and wild in the heart of every man.   That is how he bears the image of God.  And the reason that most men "live lives of quiet desperation" (Thoreau) is because men have been told that the reason God put them on earth is to be a good boy.  To be nice. This is a message about the recovery and release of a man's heart, his passions, which has been given by God.

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Healing the Masculine Soul
By Gordon Dalbey
In his groundbreaking book, Gordon Dalbey identified the fact that men's souls have been torn between strength and sensitivity. In Healing the Masculine Soul, Dalbey claims that there's hope for restoration, hope for healing--because Christ has come to heal us. Gordon Dalbey's refreshing, comprehensive picture of God's design for the masculine soul dares men to be as God created them to be--not as society demands. Dalbey tackles the tough issues, including work, sexuality, marriage, and fatherhood

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The Way of the Wild Heart

By John Eldredge

Many men face two looming questions at some point in their life: "What does it mean to be a man, and am I one?" In his bestselling book, Wild at Heart, Eldredge empowered men to embark on an adventure to reclaim their manhood. The Way of the Wild Heart offers a detailed map on how to become a man. Exploring six biblically based stages of manhood, Eldredge initiates men into a new understanding and ownership of their masculinity and equips them to effectively lead their sons to manhood. Along the way, men will find what their father never gave them.

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Ransomed Heart Ministries

That message is the treasure of the Christian Gospel--not the tired story of church attendance and good manners, but rather the story of all ages, set in the midst of fierce battle. As Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10). After all, it is life we are after, each one of us. And it is life God offers.

But this message has been lost. We are committed to helping others rediscover its beauty and power. For this message is able to set men free to live from the heart as God’s intimate allies. As St. Irenaeus said, “The glory of God is man fully alive.” That’s what we are devoted to--seeing men come fully alive as the image-bearers of a breathtaking God.