Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Week 3: Chapter 2 — The Wild One Whose Image We Bear
Read Chapter 2 of Wild at Heart. Key passages: Genesis 1:26–27; Revelation 19:11–16.
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This chapter invites us to look at God himself — not the domesticated, stained-glass version, but the fierce, passionate, dangerous God of Scripture — and to consider that men bear that image.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Eldredge surveys the God of the Bible — sending plagues, parting seas, wrestling with Jacob, overturning tables in the Temple — and argues that this God is anything but safe and predictable. Which of these images of God surprised you most, and which did you find most uncomfortable?
2.He draws on C.S. Lewis's famous line about Aslan: 'He's not a tame lion, but he's good.' How has your own picture of God leaned more toward 'tame' than 'good'? What experiences shaped that picture?
3.Eldredge argues that creation itself — the violence of a thunderstorm, the ferocity of a grizzly bear, the immensity of the ocean — reflects the personality of its Creator. How does looking at the natural world change how you understand God's character?