Now, I know this book was going to tell me about desire, but that's a pretty broad term so I really didn't know what direction it was going in.
The back of the book, however, changed that and already has given me a quote: "Christianity is not an invitation to become a moral person. It is not a program for getting us in line or for reforming society... At its core, Christianity begins with an invitation to desire."
So I thought about this quote and I used it as a checkpoint in my life to see if this is something I do. To elaborate, in the first chapter, Eldredge says, " Desire...is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living" (13). What I think he's trying to say is that we are to harness desire to obtain the life we want. Connecting it to the back cover, it starts with the beginning of Christianity; A person's life changed from non-believing to believing. And it's true, a person becomes a believer because they desire to find something in their life.
I'm only on the first chapter so I don't know much, but the first chapter is a pretty solid foundation for the rest.
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very thoughtful entry mr. mark. i particularly liked how you used quotes from the book itself to elaborate what you were trying to say. the english teacher in me is very pleased.
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