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Type of bind: Audio CD
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EAN num: 9781589263680
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ISBN number: 1589263685
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Printing Date: November 01, 2003
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Waking the Dead leads listeners to understand how to live from the heart, care for their heart like the treasures of the kingdom, and give from fullness instead of emptiness. This message also shows how living from the heart can energize people to love God and others in a way they've never experienced, revealing to them life's purpose: fighting for the hearts of others.
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My sister recommended this book to me after her daughter described it as "life-changing". After reading it, I would definitely agree. In providing practical encouragement to Christians, John Eldredge has done an excellent job.
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I don't make a habit of commenting on book reviews posted elsewhere. However, when another review significantly misses the point and misrepresents a book I've read, I feel compelled to respond. John Zxerce's "Misleading the Living," a review of Waking the Dead by John Eldredge, is a case in point.
While Zxerce's review seems sincere and well-intentioned, it's also an erroneous, inaccurate and error-strewn misrepresentation of the "premise," theme, and content of Waking the Dead. Why? For starters, Zxerce builds his review on flawed foundation and a defective syllogism. (Also note that Zxerce repeatedly misspells "Eldredge" in his review. If the reviewer can't even get the author's name correct, what else did he miss?)
Zxerce begins by stating. "... before I critique his (Eldredge's) conclusion, let me very first convey his approach." I contend that Zxerce's conveyance of Eldredge's "approach" is about as accurate as a world map from the Flat Earth Society.
Zxerce begins his summary by suggesting that the "starting and presumed premise" of Waking is "God wants us to be happy." This sounds simple enough, except for one thing: that's not what the book says. This assertion indicates a misreading, misapprehension, or a misconstruction of the text, maybe all of the above.
Waking doesn't start, continue, focus, or conclude with "God wants us to be happy." Instead, Waking the Dead is based on two key Scriptures, one from the Old Testament and one from the New: Proverbs 4:23: "Above all else, guard your heart, for its is the wellspring of life", and John 10:10: "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (NIV).
Hearts vs. Happiness: The Difference is Key
Even a cursory reading of Part One, Seeing Our Way Clearly (p. 1, 2), indicates that Waking is not about our "happiness," as Zxerce maintains, but rather, the care and condition of our hearts, the core or "inner essence" of the One who made us. Let me show you how this unfolds within the pages of Waking:
The book is divided into main four parts: Seeing Our Way Clearly, The Ransomed Heart, The Four Streams, and The Way of the Heart. Chapters in Part One includes Arm Yourselves, The Eyes of the Heart, and The Heart of All Things. Part Two includes Ransomed and Restored and The Glory Hidden in Your Heart. Chapters in Part 3: Walking with God, Receiving God's Intimate Counsel, Deep Restoration, Spiritual Warfare: Fighting for Your Heart, and Setting Hearts Free: Integrating the Four Streams. Chapters eleven and twelve of Part 4 are: Fellowships of the Heart and Like the Treasures of the Kingdom.
The main text of the book concludes on page 221. It is followed by a Daily Prayer for Freedom (pages 223-226), Acknowledgements (p. 227), an excerpt from The Journey of Desire (p. 228-243), and About the Author (p. 244).
Clues
Besides missing the foundational concepts and theme of the book, Zxerce's review stumbles badly in support for its summary points. Although the reviewer claims to use "Eldredge's words" and "direct quote(s) from the book" (see above), Zxerce doesn't cite any and fails to provide any actual quotes or even page numbers to bolster his syllogism. This should be a clue.
For example, see point #3 in Misleading the Living: "Therefore, we are either blowing it or God is. (Eldridge's words)." The reviewer claims these are Eldredge's words. They aren't. Nor are they an accurate representation of the concepts in question. The context Zxerce seems to be referring to is also misconstrued and misrepresented. (He doesn't actually cite a specific page and doesn't offer a verbatim quote, but is apparently referencing a page or two in the very first chapter.)
Zxerce seems to refer to a paragraph on page 9 which appears in the context of vanishing hope, and feelings of "despair, betrayal, abandonment by God" (see p. 7) and the struggles with life's inexplicable difficulties and tragedies. Contrary to what Zxerce claims, what Eldredge actually says is this (remember, context is key):
"Has God abandoned us? Did we not pray enough? Is this just something we accept as "part of life," suck it up, even though it breaks our hearts? After a while, the accumulation of event after event that we do not like and do not understand erodes our confidence that we are part of something grand and good. I know, I know - we've been told that we matter to God. And part of us partly believes it. But life has a way of chipping away at that conviction, undermining our settled belief that he means us well...
Either (a) we're blowing it, or (b) God is holding out on us. Or some combination of both, which is where most people land. Think about it. Isn't this where you land, with all the things that haven't gone the way you'd hoped and ... Read More
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Here is my "book report" on Waking the Dead, by John Eldredge, a book which has played a pivital role in transforming my personal walk with God. He begins by making the point that we do not see our own situation clearly. There are two vital truths that we must wake up to. One is that God's intentions toward us are truly good. Because we were designed to give Him glory, God's happiness and our happiness are linked together.
The second truth is that we were born into a world at war. The new life God intends for us is being brutally opposed by the forces of darkness. Spiritual warfare does not consist merely of the occasional power encounter, and it isn't relegated to the mission field. It is the true nature of the reality in which we live. Recognizing this could naturally make us want to shrink back in fear. We don't want to become casualties of war, but we fail to realize a vital truth about who we really are and the role God designed us to play in this battle.
Eldredge makes a compelling argument that the heart of a believer is good. God has taken away our hearts of stone and given us new hearts of flesh. Our true nature has been transformed and redeemed. Though we still battle temptation, it does not originate from within our true identity as new creatures in Christ Jesus. When we are assaulted by the desire to sin, we need to tell ourselves, "This isn't coming from my heart because what my heart truly wants is to obey God." The fears that too often threaten to immobilize us come, not from our own hearts, but from the enemy who doesn't want us to realize our true potential as weapons in the hands of our God.
Eldredge goes on to discuss the means by which our hearts can be set free and we can reclaim the unique glory which God intended to reflect from the heart of each one of us. We must learn to trust our God enough to be weapons He can wield for His own glory. We must recognize that we were made for this purpose and to fulfill it is our hearts' deepest desire.
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came damaged but amazon made it very easy to return and they sent out a new one quite promptly. it is a good read.
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"Waking the Dead" by John Aldredge centers around letting God awaken our heart and letting Him set us free to be the men He wants us to be. While the book still uses a bit of contemporary movies (The Matrix, for example), there seems to be less of that than in an earlier book by Aldredge - "Wild at Heart". Also, the author seems to refer the Bible more than he did in "Wild at Heart".
Particularly interesting to me were the chapters entitled:
1. Walking With God.
2. Receiving God's Intimate Counsel.
3. Deep Restoration.
4. Spiritual Warfare - Fighting for Your Heart.
While the other chapters were okay, I personally liked the four listed above better.
Still, a good book for challenging and encouraging men to let God wake them up and be the men God wants us to be.
Recommended.
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