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02. The Missing Essential: His Personality
What comes to mind when you think of Jesus? A distant holy figure? A solemn teacher? In this eye-opening session from the Beautiful Outlaw video series, John Eldredge reveals how our image of Jesus is often shaped by religious fog and flat portrayals. But when we recover his true personality—his wit, playfulness, scandalous freedom, and fierce presence—it changes everything. Without the personality of Jesus, we lose Jesus himself. From gospel stories that are often misunderstood (like his exchange with the Canaanite woman), to the misrepresentations in classic art, John invites us to rediscover a fully human, wildly alive, and deeply personal Jesus—so that we can imitate him not in stiffness, but in vitality and presence. This session builds on John’s message in The Practice of Loving Jesus and his reflections in The Humanity of Jesus, urging us to follow a Savior who laughed, felt, and lived with profound passion.Explore the full Beautiful Outlaw book, video series, or download the Leader’s Guide and Participant’s Guide to go deeper. Learn more about John Eldredge, or continue this theme of unfiltered encounter through Experience Jesus. Really. and The Sacred Romance.
09. Cunning
Jesus is cunning—not in the deceitful way we often associate with the word, but in the holy, artful, surprising way that only divine love can be. In this revealing session of Beautiful Outlaw, John Eldredge shows how Jesus uses brilliance and wit to reach guarded hearts, expose spiritual arrogance, and outmaneuver those trying to trap him. His playfully strategic conversation with the woman at the well in John 4 is a masterpiece of grace and precision.Jesus doesn’t just deliver truth bluntly; he draws people out. He flips the script on the religious elite and tenderly disarms the self-protective. His way is relational, wise, and fiercely intentional—often cloaked in humor, parables, or surprising questions. If your image of Jesus doesn’t include cleverness, bold engagement, or subversive kindness, you may have missed something essential to who he is.To explore more of Jesus’ disruptive goodness, read the book Beautiful Outlaw or use the Beautiful Outlaw Video Study for small group discussion. You can also download the Participant’s Guide, browse daily readings like “A Cunning Jesus”, or learn more about John Eldredge. For more stories of Jesus’ unexpected movement in the hearts of men, visit Wild At Heart: The Series.
15. Clearing Away the Religious Fog
So much of what clouds our experience of Jesus isn’t sin or doubt—it’s religion. In this disruptive and freeing session, John Eldredge exposes the spirit of religiosity that Jesus most often confronted in the Gospels. Far from being indifferent, Jesus burned with righteous anger toward systems that distorted the Father’s heart and kept people from truly knowing him.Religious fog uses sanctified language, rituals, and expectations to pull us away from intimacy with Jesus. It replaces loving Jesus with loving church culture. It swaps knowing God with knowing about God. It promotes false reverence, trivial morality, and activity over encounter. Jesus didn’t come to start a new religion—he came to offer restoration and relationship.With fierce clarity and a heart of compassion, John helps us name and clear away the fog that stands between us and the real Jesus. If you’ve ever felt like something was missing in your walk with God, this might be the most important session in the series.For more, explore the book Beautiful Outlaw, download the video study guide, or rewatch the full Beautiful Outlaw video series. Read related Daily Readings like “False Reverence”, “Surrender Self-Determination”, and “Clearing the Religious Fog”. Learn more about John Eldredge and his other series like Wild At Heart: The Series.
PDF – Participant's Guide
This participant’s guide is designed to be a companion for an individual or small group that is using the video series and book Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge. There are 18 sections of this guide, which tie together with the 17 chapters, plus the epilogue, of the book.
The Desire for Good Friends
We all have a longing for deep relationships. Stasi Eldredge discusses how to approach friendships in a whole and healthy way.
The Imminent Return of Jesus - Part 4
Does part of you wish Jesus would delay his return because of what you will lose or miss in this life? The good news is we will not lose anything. Jesus is coming back to restore ALL things including what you most deeply love.
The Imminent Return of Jesus - Part 3
So many believers have a vague fear and dread about the coming of Jesus. Discover how to break those agreements and replace fear with eager expectation.
01 – The Four Streams
Part 1 – Christ wants to do more for us than simply forgive. He wants to restore us. Look at the miracles He did: The blind saw, the lame walked, the dead were raised to life. Christ was trying to show us something. "Look! This is what I want to do for you! I want to restore you." If you will look again at the ways in which Christ ransoms people, the means by which he makes a man or woman come fully alive, you’ll find he offers his life to us through Four Streams: Discipleship, Warfare, Counseling, and Healing. Join John Eldredge as he teaches and explores each of these areas to help you go deeper on your journey of the full restoration God has for you.
Free to Live - Book Trailer
Here is a book that explores the beauty of the genuine goodness available to us in Jesus Christ and guides us through the process, whereby God sets us free by making us whole and holy through his love. You will be relieved. Utterly.
Bonus: OutlawCast (LIVE)
Join John Eldredge for a live, unscripted evening unpacking the winsome, scandalous, fiercely honest personality of Jesus. In this bonus session recorded in front of a live audience, John weaves through stories from the Gospels with joy, laughter, and awe, offering spontaneous reflections on Jesus’ playfulness, courage, wit, generosity, and unfiltered humanity. Whether he’s restoring Peter on the shore, crashing a religious dinner party, or turning water into 908 bottles of wine, Jesus is not the stained-glass caricature many of us inherited. He is fiercely alive, refreshingly disruptive, and more beautiful than we ever imagined. This raw and intimate conversation reframes holiness not as somber behavior but as radiant, relational joy—and it invites us to experience Jesus as his closest friends did: up close, unreligious, and unmistakably real. For deeper study, explore the Beautiful Outlaw book, stream the full video series, or download the study guide PDF. You can also continue your journey through resources like Experience Jesus. Really. and the Wild at Heart podcast.
Yukon
Here is a sampling of some of the footage that John and Morgan captured on their Yukon trip in 2013.
The Imminent Return of Jesus - Part 2
What feelings does the return of Jesus stir in you? Let your heart shift from false dread to profound hope regarding this time when all things will be made right.
The Imminent Return of Jesus - Part 1
If Jesus is coming back soon, why do so few live in joyful expectation? John and Craig discuss how we can recover this lost treasure of the Kingdom.
Conversation with Sam and Blaine Eldredge - Part 2
John, Craig, Sam, and Blaine discuss their epic experience filming adventure videos in the Moab desert for the upcoming book, Killing Lions. Then Sam and Blaine talk about the launch and first issues of And Sons, their new online magazine for men.
04 – 5/21/2014
05/21/2014 – Please join us for this live teaching with Stasi Eldredge, pre-recorded from the May 2014 Women at the Well, which is the last gathering for Spring 2014. We will meet up again Fall 2014. This is a monthly gathering for women who are thirsty for more of Jesus. Stasi will share some thoughts, teach a little and then after, we have an extended time of worshiping Jesus together! We encourage you to stay in it by worshipping him as well! We've heard from some women that they watched it by themselves and God met them beautifully. Other women invited some gals over to their home and shared in the time. Whatever you choose to do, we here at Wild at Heart are so happy to share this with you. There is always more. And isn't that marvelous!
Questions & Answers – 5/20/14
Questions & Answers – Please join us for this live teaching with John Eldredge, pre-recorded from the May 2014 Men at the Outpost. John leads a Question and Answer session with the attendees. We encourage you to consider grabbing a group of guys to watch it together. As always, we hope these teachings will be a catalyst for going deeper with God and with your band of brothers.