Guidebook to Waking the Dead

by John Eldredge, Craig McConnell (Contributor)

In his book Waking the Dead, best-selling author John Eldredge reveals that things are not what they seem; this is a world at war; and you have a crucial role to play. In this guidebook, Eldredge takes you even deeper into the hidden meanings of this world-giving you the courage to rise up and reclaim your heart as you fight for the hearts and souls of others.


Packed with questions, stories, and discussion topics, you'll discover the glory of a heart fully alive through features such as:



Big Ideas-thought-provoking concepts that will challenge you to grow daily and excel as a cherished child of God;
Mythic Parables-classic stories from Scripture as well as fairy tales, old and new; and
Heart Monitors-barometers for evaluating your own feelings, struggles, and passions.
No matter what you've known so far, Eldredge insists, "There is more available with God. There is so much more."

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 26, 2003

About the author

John Eldredge is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his best-selling book Wild at Heart.

Reviews

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is co-written with Craig McConnell. It is a good book that will help you take Waking the Dead to a whole new level. It follows the book chapter by chapter and is in a nice easy format to use. Each chapter begins and ends with a check on 'Where is your heart now?' Kind of checking in on where you are. When I worked through this with my buddy Pastor Bob, this was our check in where we were. While working through this, we both went through hard times; I lost a job I loved and his wife was let go and spent a long time off of work, right after they bought a new house. This book helped us process those events and many others in our presents and our pasts.

This workbook has fewer subsections than the Wild At Heart Field Manual, The areas are the:

Heart Monitor
A First Reaction
The Big Ideas
It used pillows/clouds for Big Ideas to outline where the chapter will go and then has sections for each. To Clarify goes deeper than the book on specific points or outlines them in a deeper level.

As a workbook there is lots of space for answers, even going back and writing answers again and again, each time you work through it. Bob liked a new feature and I did not, for some of the tougher questions have examples from members of the Ransomed Heart team. Bob liked those because they gave you more food-for-thought when you were unsure how to answer. I found them annoying because I often took the question a different direction they did, and if I read them first, it often limited how I perceived the questions.

Overall this book is an excellent resource for working with the book Waking the Dead and for growing into a deeper understanding of your life in Christ.

[Georgia Flanagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good read, very thought provoking and contains valuable wisdom and knowledge.

[Nick Woodall · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the companion workbook to the book, and I recommend having the workbook right alongside the book as you are reading it, so you can do the workbook at the same time. It really helped me!

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is very good, paired with the book.