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Some dear friends I respect recommended “The Sacred Romance” and I started it without looking at the authors (a bad habit of mine) and kept thinking “this sounds familiar.”  I must confess to not having read Wild at Heart or Captivated though I’ve heard many opinions about both.  Sure enough the book is by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge (the author/co-author of Captivated).  I was rather disturbed by the beginning of the book but kept going out of respect for my friends.  I am a logical person and one important aspect of logic is that for the conclusion to be true the propositions must be true.  Thus, propositions are terribly important and Eldredge picks some very shaky propositions to base his arguments on, namely, the human heart and its desires.  “The heart is deceitful above all things” and I surely know my emotions carry me places that I ought not to go.  Still, Eldredge concludes with some deep truths about the life and joy God made us for.  If we find truth in the end does it matter how we got there?  The ends do not justify the means, but I wonder if I should not have a bit more humility before our maker who teaches us of His character through all our false ramblings and searchings.  If Eldredge starts out his journey selfishly (and who doesn’t?) but ends in the heart of God, who am I to judge a man in God’s bosom, or even worse, condemn the path that God lead him through?  I can only worry that some readers will follow Eldredge’s propositions and logic and end up in the wrong place – a very wrong place.