And this is the premise that Eldredge seems to base his entire thesis on – a man must be wild, adventuresome and ready for a fight in order to be a man. If he does, something’s wrong with him and he needs to reclaim his manhood by getting wild (outdoors). He even goes so far as to say that a true man can’t really like being inside at a desk all day, but should be longing to get outside. It is apparent that Eldredge enjoys the outdoors and who can fault him for that? The danger is when he equates a necessity of enjoying all these things to how much of a “wild man” a guy really is. In fact, many of Eldredge’s examples of “true” men come from such movies as Braveheart and Gladiator. From the very beginning, Eldredge seems to be painting a caricature of what a true “man” that comes hauntingly close to how Hollywood wants us to view men as – rugged, square-jawed, outdoorsy types that live to clock out at 5 and have their trucks in 4-wheel drive by 5:15 on some backwoods trail. To be honest, I was a little disappointed although I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting. Join Eldredge as he calls men to discover the true secret of the masculine soul and finally start living the life God intended for every man. Helping them to discover the truth about what makes them come alive.
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