Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Week 11: Chapter 10 — The Great Adventure
Read Chapter 10 of Wild at Heart. Key passages: Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 6:19–21.
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Every man is invited into a story larger than his own — a great adventure that God has been writing since before the world began — and this chapter calls men to stop playing it safe and step into it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Eldredge argues that the greatest crisis in modern masculinity is not too much aggression but too little adventure — men have traded the great adventure for a safe, comfortable, and ultimately meaningless existence. Does that diagnosis fit your life? What comforts have you traded the adventure for?
2.He draws a distinction between a 'meaningful life' as the world defines it (security, comfort, success) and the life of dangerous faith God calls men to. Where are those two visions currently in tension in your own life choices?
3.Eldredge insists that a man's true mission will always involve risk — that if your plan has no risk, it probably isn't God's plan. What is the riskiest thing God seems to be calling you toward right now? What would it cost you to say yes?
a.What fears are keeping you from stepping into that calling?
b.What is the cost of not stepping into it?