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Kay – Eldredge has an abnornmal and quite fleshly, IMO, obsession with physical beauty. I wrote a series of posts on my blog a while back on Christians’ ungodly focus on beauty and a response to some parts of “Wild at Heart” and, even more so, the companion book “Captivating”, took up one whole post in the series.

But even more to the point of this post is the marriage-impacting reaction that some men have after reading “Wild at Heart”. I wrote another short post entitled ” ‘Wild at Heart’ does not mean abandon my family” after I personally witnessed a rather disturbing scene between a couple in a very dangerous time. I will not go into detail because the participants may chance across my writing this (they follow my blog) .

But, I will say this. Although I believe “Wild at Heart” is an important book because I agree with Eldredge’s premise that masculinity has gotten a very bad rap in our culture and the degradation of masculinity needs to be addressed, I think the book has inspired some unintended consequences. Men must not forget that masculinity has its dark side too. It is one thing to rediscover your wild side, it is quite another to use that discovery to fuel a Genesis 3 style “rule” over your wife. Yet that is the route that many men take on their exploration.