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05 – Calling

Session 5: Calling – In this session, recorded live at Wild at Heart Advanced, Bart Hansen unpacks how God draws men into THE great adventure he has for each of us — our true life calling. Contains mature themes and language.

Part 1 – With Lori McConnell

Every woman has men in her life—a father, husband, brother, son or even co-workers. And often, problems enter into these relationships simply from not understanding their hearts, thoughts and desires. In this special teaching, Lori McConnell shares how to love men from a feminine perspective (with her husband Craig responding). Through personal stories and candid discussion, women will discover how to care for the hearts of men by reflecting the heart of God.

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.

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 3

Part 3 – Hope is for our soul as breathing is to our body – we cannot live without it. Hope is how we thrive. Paul even says that our faith and love spring from the hope we have in the coming Kingdom of God (Colossians 1:5). And yet, very few people actually think about the promised life that is coming to us. Our thoughts about "heaven" are so bland and boring, no wonder we aren't bursting with hope! In this powerful five-session series, John and Stasi Eldredge explore the beauty of the Kingdom of God that will soon be ours. Your heart will be filled with renewed hope and your spirit will soar at the sheer joy of it! But be warned. This isn't a series for passive listening… it's one you'll want to keep a journal handy and actively enter into. Through the sessions, John and Stasi invite you into times of prayer and introspection that will fill your heart with awe and anchor your hopes in the coming Kingdom.

02 – Warfare (Spiritual Warfare)

Part 2: Warfare (Spiritual Warfare) — 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.

01 – Walking With God

Session 1: Walking with God – In this session, recorded live at Wild at Heart Advanced, John walks us through hearing, and listening to, the voice of God. This is the foundation for the other teachings in this series. Contains mature themes and language.

Part 3: Come All Who Are Thirsty

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 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 8: Desire, Endurance, and the Long Journey Home

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.

Platinum Collection - Session Questions PDF

Ten Years in the Making... Recorded in the mountains of Colorado, The Platinum Collection Audio is the complete and best of the sessions from Wild at Heart Boot Camp.  With never before released sessions, added conversations with the Wild at Heart Team, live question and answer, and a guide for reflection, this truly is the ultimate collection of teachings to help a man recover his heart. Every man dies.  Few men ever really live.

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.

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 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.

Part 8

Part 8 – 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.” 

Part 2

Part 2 – We are relational to the core. Yet it's impossible for us to be fully present to those around us if we neglect our own soul. In this extended conversation (taken from a 10-part podcast series), John Eldredge and Craig McConnell discuss the importance of loving well and connecting with others. They discuss three styles of relating (moving towards, moving against, moving away), how to avoid relational sabotage, the power of forgiveness and the difference between loving an evil person and loving a fool. Most of all, you'll discover the power of your presence—and the joy of true community—found only through Relational Freedom.