Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul

I’ve been listening to Wild at Heart as part of a men’s Bible study group from church, and it has been a really impactful experience. This book speaks directly to the heart of what it means to be a man, especially when it comes to faith, purpose, and leadership. What I appreciate most is how relatable it is. It doesn’t feel overly complicated or hard to follow, but it still challenges you to think deeper about your life, your role as a husband and father, and your relationship with God. Listening to it in a group setting has made it even better because it opens up real conversations with other men who are trying to grow in the same areas. If you’re looking for something to strengthen your faith and give you a better understanding of yourself as a man, I highly recommend this book.

Love this book! Amazingly written and a whole new perspective on God's design and image in men.

All men need to read this twice. Once as a boy to discover biblical masculinity and once as a man to be reminded but also to learn their rules as a husband and father!!!

After first reading Captivating (female reader here), I decided to pick up Wild at Heart to get a better perspective on what men face to learn how to better support the men in my life. Wow, I had no idea how passionate I would feel about this conversation! It is VERY needed in today's landscape. As someone who had previously fallen victim to some of the skewed views on gender in culture, I've since been seeking to understand God's heart for masculinity and femininity. His design for men and women is beyond our wildest imaginations and it is perfect. Any other idea that we have simply falls short of His amazing design which is more fulfilling for us in the end. I have seen in my own life that all suffering, whether our own or the suffering around us, is a result of sin which is anything that is outside of God's plan and design. And we have greatly sinned as a society when it comes to understanding the hearts of men and failing to inspire them to be the warriors they were designed to be! But it's never too late and there is always hope. I hope to share this with as many people as I can and encourage you to read it, whether you're a man or not; much can be learned :)

this is a great read! helps you understand a lot of whys in your life. And what you can do to remedy some things.

It's been a decade since I read this book, about being a man and at the time letting myself be wild some. I remember being encouraged by this book, gave a copy to at least one friend...who still hasn't taken in the message I don't think, sad to say. I was such a well tamed fellow at the time, who in one weekend gave himself as a man and a believer permission to say "yes" to his own wildness. I was shamed greatly by my (Evangelical Orthodox) church at the time. My crime was in going with a local expression of the men's movement, the only place then I could get permission to be a guy. In my town we were taught for years by a feminized Protestant Evangelical Christianity culture (google Frederica Mathewes-Green on Men and Church)that any such wildness would be, of course, sin. Hats off to this author for his writings and work with men, attempting to tell another side of the gospel story. I was taken by the heart felt tale of his losing his best friend in an early death and how he came to grips with this wound as a Christian man. And, I am impressed today again to go back and find over 900 Amazon Into The Wild reviews. Nice. People are still reading this book; 80% no doubt women buying the work for their husbands, as is the book trend in his Evangelical market. And good for him. The work is getting done, none the less. Even a decade later. I gave Eldredge and his book four stars here, mainly because of his comments on sexuality and being a man. I found them simplistic, the basic party line and dull. And not helpful. They were perhaps written way too early in his young life I think as a guy with yet small boys. I fear to say he has a small brain approach here to eroticism and the forces behind masturbation and erotica in general. But maybe he's learned a thing or two in the last decade since publication, been exposed perhaps to the likes of In Vitro video we have now of young men masturbating to orgasm in the womb. (See the TED talk by science writer Mary Roach on the ten things you didn't know about orgasm.) I'll have to go back to his book Desire, too, and take a second look. I remember being encouraged by these works of his at the time. I think he was running then a men's "Wild Man" type retreat in Colorado. Good for him...a lot of yet wounded men are out there who love God, need help and are not getting any. Did I just say, "not getting any"? My, my. Hurray for a little wild side. Wild at heart meets desire. Yes, sign me up.

Highly recommend read for all men!

This book rocked me like no other book in a long time. I highly recommend every man read it!

Éste es un libro que me abrió una ventana a un paisaje maravilloso, a una aventura por vivir, una batalla que enfrentar y una princesa que rescatar. Recomendable

Excellent book, amazing author - very important keys for men to find their true purpose and calling & to encourage men to not go it alone. Join a fire group!

What a read. I really got something out of every single chapter and was able to relate it to my life. A book I reckon every man should read.

Dear Men! Get yourself a copy!! I have to be honest to say there are many pages where I shed a tear when I go through the book! :) Be blessed!

This book has been helpful for my wife to understand more about how men really think, what they intrinsically need, and how she can help me to feel more confident, supported, free and secure.