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Part 1
Part 1 – 1 Corinthians 16:13 says, "Stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong." To be a man is a very powerful thing. How to become a man is something most people know little about. There is a journey a boy goes through from boyhood to young manhood. In this two-part conversation, the team shares their experiences in growing up as boys with two purposes in mind: to help men "fill in the holes" in their masculine journey and to help our listeners be more intentional about raising boys into men.
Advanced User's Guide
At Boot Camp, men discover how to regain their heart, their place in the battle and how to love God and live free. But there is so much more. Advanced is for those men ready to go further and deeper on the path to freedom, healing, restoration and fellowship with God. Captured live at an Advanced in the wilderness of Colorado, join John Eldredge, Craig McConnell, Bart Hansen and Morgan Snyder as they show how to break agreements, hear God's voice and rescue the hearts of other men. Raw and real, these session include the following topics: Walking with God Warfare - Advanced The Wound and Healing The Poser - Advanced Calling - Advanced Suffering Loving Jesus Bonus Session - Q&A with the Men's Team The Advanced is ideal for personal use as well as for men wanting to lead others deeper in this message through groups or retreats. Contains mature themes and language.
Part 3
How would your view of life shift if you truly knew Jesus as he is? In part three of The Life of Jesus, John Eldredge explores Jesus’ personality, actions, and humanity through the Gospel of John—starting with his role as Creator and moving through rich, layered stories: his first miracle at the wedding in Cana, his disruptive passion in the temple, his nighttime conversation with Nicodemus, and his kindness to the Samaritan woman at the well. You’ll also encounter the playfulness of Jesus, his disruptive honesty, and his winsome capacity to see and call out what is true in people. John reflects on how Jesus’ humanity—his fatigue, compassion, humor, and fierce love—opens our eyes to what life with God can actually look like.This session invites us to shed distorted or stale ideas about Jesus and encounter the man himself—true, passionate, engaging, and beautiful. Jesus isn’t aloof or overly spiritual—he’s deeply present, winsomely disruptive, and eager for real relationship.To go deeper, explore The Wild at Heart Experience and browse other free resources from John Eldredge and the Wild at Heart team.
Major & Minor Themes | Part 1
In Part 1 of Major & Minor Themes, John Eldredge, Craig McConnell, Bart Hansen, and Gary Barkalow engage in a raw and personal conversation about suffering, disappointment, and how to interpret the struggles we face as followers of Christ.The team explores the concept of two central themes in the Christian life—what Francis Schaeffer termed the major and minor themes. The major theme represents the hope, triumph, and restoration promised to us through Jesus. The minor theme confronts the harsh realities of living in a broken world: loss, unanswered prayers, grief, and disappointment.This episode is deeply vulnerable, as the men share personal stories of grief, including John’s reflection on the loss of Brent Curtis, co-author of The Sacred Romance. They discuss how suffering, while never God’s preferred tool, can become redemptive when surrendered to Him. However, the invitation is always to move through suffering—not to dwell there.If you’ve found yourself resigned to the belief that “this is just how life is,” this conversation offers a different perspective: a compelling invitation to remember the promises of healing, breakthrough, and the resurrection life of Christ.
Part 2
Part 2 – When we discover what the salvation of Jesus Christ means for our own restoration, we'll find that holiness is an expression of the healing of our humanity. What a relief it would be to be set free from all that plagues us: the inner struggle with anger or contempt, the struggle with habitual sins. There is good news! We can be set free through the healing work of Christ in our lives and be made more whole. In this four-part series, John Eldredge explores the beauty of the genuine goodness available to us in Jesus Christ and guides us through the process whereby God makes us whole and holy by his love. You will be relieved. Utterly.
01 – Discipleship (Walking with God)
Part 1: Discipleship (Walking with God) — If you look at the ways in which Christ engages others, you’ll notice he offers his life in the areas covered in this 4-part teaching on the Four Streams: Discipleship (Walking with God), Warfare (Spiritual Warfare), Counseling (Receiving God’s Intimate Counsel), and Healing (Deep Restoration). 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. Through these miraculous stories, Christ was trying to show us something. Look! This is what I want to do for you! I want to restore you. Listen to this life-changing message as John teaches on each stream, as well as providing practical application.
Part 2
In this session, John Eldredge unpacks the deep connection between desire and spiritual freedom. Using the story of Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire, he contrasts a life lived from duty with a life fueled by delight. Jesus, too, lived from a passionate heart—not out of obligation, but out of profound desire. John explores the fierce love of Christ, His pursuit of us, and the permission we need to truly come alive. We are not God’s projects or chores—we are the object of His desire. And when we grasp that, everything begins to change.
Part 6
Many Christians unknowingly live in the Old Covenant—believing their hearts are untrustworthy, their desires suspect, and that God primarily offers guidance through rigid formulas. But in this session, John Eldredge invites us into something far more beautiful: life in the New Covenant, where the human heart has been made good and intimacy with God is the center of the journey.Using the epic story of "Les Misérables", the life of King David, and the unpredictable ways of Jesus himself, John draws a clear contrast between life by formula and life by relationship. God is a person, not a machine, and He desires to lead you personally and intimately through your desires. The journey of desire is filled with mystery—not because God is distant, but because He wants to walk with you step by step. Whether your heart stirs with sorrow, fear, hope, or resistance, this session encourages you to bring it all to God.
03 – The Wound Advanced
Session 3: Walking with God – In this session, recorded live at Wild at Heart Advanced, John helps his listeners unpack the wounds that have shattered their hearts, and also offers a guided prayer—a journey of restoration by the hand of God. Discover the true promise of the Gospel—the healing of our hearts. You have never known love quite like this. Contains mature themes and language.
Part 2
Part 2 – There is far more to the Christian life than just forgiveness, and there's far more to the work of Christ than the Cross. Yes, Jesus came to die for us—an act of love unparalleled in the history of the world. But, Jesus also rose from the dead. And the power of His resurrection is what most people are missing in their lives. The power of real Life, restoration and healing. The power to live as we were meant to live. And there is more...Christ also ascended to the throne. All authority in heaven and earth is His, and He has shared it with us. That's how we triumph over the Enemy. Come and discover the power of the full work of Christ. The power to restore you, as a woman or a man whose life is filled with the radiance of God.
04 – Poser Advanced
Session 4: Poser Advanced – In this session, recorded live at Wild at Heart Advanced, Craig candidly addresses our style of relating, allowing us to be honest about the Poser we've constructed, name it, face it, and lay it down in our search for a deep and genuine strength. Contains mature themes and language.
Part 8
Session 8 brings the Journey of Desire series to a powerful close with a focus on perseverance, character, and the long road between awakening and fulfillment. Drawing from Oswald Chambers, James 1:4, Philippians 2, and the parable of the soils, Gary Barkalow and John Eldredge explore why God so often develops us in hidden, difficult places—not to thwart our desires, but to prepare us for them.Through deeply personal stories and cinematic moments from Rudy, this session names the reality that our journey includes trials, testing, and pruning. Yet it also offers deep encouragement: your calling is real, your heart matters to God, and you were never meant to walk this road alone. The path to your truest desires requires firmness of purpose, trusted allies, and a willingness to let God do His deep work in you—even in seasons that feel like silence or failure.The session ends not with a tidy resolution, but an invitation: to trust God with the next step. That’s all that’s ever asked. And in doing so, you begin to live as if your heart truly is the treasure of the Kingdom.
Part 1
Part 1 – We are created for intimacy with God. It’s what our hearts long for. And that intimacy includes a conversational relationship with him. All of those wonderful stories we read about in Scripture, where “The Lord said to Moses” and “Moses said to the Lord,” where King David “inquired of the Lord” – are examples of what an intimate relationship with God looks like. God longs to speak, and it is our privilege to hear his voice. For as Jesus said: “his sheep will follow him because they know his voice... I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep, and my sheep know me... They too will listen to my voice.” (John 10: 4, 14, 16)In this unrehearsed conversation, John Eldredge and Craig McConnell discuss why and how we are invited into this closest of fellowships with God and how to develop a conversational intimacy with him. They share the centrality of the Word of God, but also how to learn to listen to discern the voice of the Lord when he speaks to us personally. Both are essential for the Christian life. Both are vital as we navigate through this dangerous world. Developing a conversational relationship with God will revolutionize your life!
Part 3
The journey of desire begins with the recovery of your lost heart. In this session, John Eldredge invites men and women to reconnect with their God-given longings—to fight a battle, to live an adventure, to rescue and be rescued, to be captivating and courageous. Drawing on films like Braveheart and The Last of the Mohicans, this teaching reveals how desire is not optional—it is the essence of the human soul. John reminds us that Jesus didn’t come to give us more to do, but to offer life to the full. When we bury our longings, they don’t disappear—they go underground and resurface in less holy places. This session calls us back to the thirst that leads us home.For a deeper dive into recovering your desires, read A Sacred Romance.
Part 2
Part 2 – In 2 Corinthians 4:1, Paul says "Therefore, we do not lose heart". But, how do we keep from losing heart? How do we live with disappointment and still find real joy? In this conversation, John Eldredge, Craig McConnell, and Bart Hansen talk openly about the things they face that tempt them to lose heart and how God is helping them to discover what Paul knew – how not to lose heart. More than that, how to live with a heart that is alive and free.
Part 5
Part 5 – The Scriptures talk a lot about prayer, but we’re left wondering what to do with it or, more importantly, how to do it. At least, how to do it in a way that works – meaning, that it actually brings about change. But that’s what prayer is supposed to do! When Jesus teaches us to pray “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,” he means precisely that – that our prayers can enable the Kingdom of God to come for his will to be done “on earth as it is in heaven” – here and now. In The Hope of Prayer 8-part series, John Eldredge teaches us how to pray with hope and confidence. There are few thoughts as hopeful as the thought that things can be different. And so the disciples said, “Teach us to pray.”