Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John Eldredge

Roundtable Discussion Participants: Michael Thornberry, Gabe Boyd, Parker Panetti and Dan Panetti

Episode 2: Chapters 4-6

My job as a father is to point my kids to the cross of Jesus Christ!

Until a man knows he’s a man, he’ll forever try to prove he’s one…and at the same time he’ll shrink from anything that might prove that he’s not.

What’s the role of women in training up a man? Femininity can arouse masculinity, but it can’t produce it.

If you’ve given your wife the power to validate you as a man, she has the power to invalidate you as well.

Who am I looking to for the validation of my manhood? Are these people who will build you up or tear you down? Do we look to God, the author and perfecter of our faith to validate who we are?

When we become performance driven to validate our identity, it produces a culture of self-centered, independent men who only care about themselves.

Men think they are on their own because they’ve created a bubble around them to “protect” themselves from being hurt - reality is that our strength and significance come from inside, from our relationship to the Lord, not from what we do in terms of performance…

The only thing more tragic than the tragedy that happens is the way that we handle it!

“Rubbing dirt” on the real wounds of life can actually make things worse!

The wound you’ve embraced is a wound you can not heal. The wound you think you deserve is a wound you can not heal. Wow, that’s good stuff!

If you deal with a wound properly, that transformation can change your life in a positive manner!

Sometimes the best teacher is failure.

A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman - some larger purpose - only then can he invite someone into this mission!