Product Description

The God who saves is also a God who woos His own to a relationship primarily of the heart. As Christians draw closer to Him, we must choose to let go of other "less wild lovers" such as perfectionist drive and self-indulgence. Brent Curtis and John Eldredge here identify the lies offered by "false loves" and instruct the reader on the journey back to the true "Lover of our Souls". The book seeks to guide the reader from a busy-ness-based religion to a deeply-felt relationship with the God who woos us, by exploring obstacles and their solutions to the pilgrimage of faith.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15446 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 228 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
In The Sacred Romance authors Brent Curtis and John Eldredge inspire readers to enter into the greatest romance of all time--one with God. Many Christians have tried to satiate the hunger of their hearts by substituting the love of God with things from this world. Since "our heart is the key to the Christian life", this often leads to spiritual stagnation and unhappiness, while God, the "Great Lover", attempts to lavishly adorn us with His perfect love. Doubting God's goodness coupled with fear of trusting Him blinds the believer and prevents him from being wooed by God into a rich relationship. Life soon becomes empty, cold, and worthless. Through personal narrative, Curtis and Eldredge take turns convincing the reader not only that God is good, but that recklessly abandoning oneself to Him results in a fulfilling life of abundance and awe. In this portrayal of God's character, the obvious error lies in believing that He could need anything from His creatures, or that He could be "hurt" by their unrequited love. On the whole, however, this is a call to a more passionate relationship with the lover of our souls. A follow-up book, The Journey of Desire, was written by John Eldredge after Brent Curtis' tragic death. --Jill Heatherly

About the Author
The late Brent Curtis was a counselor in private practice and the author of the book Guilt, published in 1992 by Navpress. He was killed in a climbing accident in 1998. John Eldredge is the founder and director of Ransomed Heart[trademark] Ministries in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a fellowship devoted to helping people recover and live from their deep heart. John is the author of numerous books, including Epic, Waking the Dead, Wild at Heart, The Sacred Romance, The Journey of Desire, and with his wife, Stasi, Captivating. John and Stasi have three sons, Samuel, Blaine, and Luke. He is an avid outdoorsman who loves being in the wild.

Customer Reviews

Inspiring...
This book really gave me a different perspective on God and on who He really is. We always like to think of ourselves in relation to God as servants, friends, sheep (albeit that is all true). Yet we lose the reality that He wants to not only touch the deepest of our hearts but also desires to be The Ultimate Love of Our Life . And for that He suffered rejection & scorn and at the end painfully hung for hours on a cross. I was amazed at how well my journey in life was described. I enjoyed it very much. I am reading it a second time & will share it with my womens' bible study. I encourage anyone who wonders about that "emptiness" we all crave to fill to read this book & discover the Wildest Lover of All Times...

Spoke to my heart about how God sees me...refreshing!
This book, from start to finish, took me on a journey into the nature of the heart of God where I saw, in some ways for the first time, just how God sees me and His passionate love for me. In the past I have focused so much on human love yet as I turned each page in this book I began to see how our Creator designed love from the beginning. He is our pursuer and His love is, indeed, wild because He did the impossible to bring us to Himself. Quite a moving book and very eloquently written. I recommend it to anyone who's ever longed for the kind of love that will never go away from someone who's pursued us from farther away than space and longer ago than time.

Awakening to mystery...
Before I had finished the first few pages I was saying, "this is me...it's exactly how I feel". One usually knows when deep truth has been spoken, and it is spoken with beauty and excellence in The Sacred Romance from beginning to end. The authors expose our deepest longings and fears, then apply a biblical understanding that is both healing and challenging. Our Father is revealed in facets all but lost in modern Christendom. I was enchanted. Read this book and awaken to mystery, for "the life of the heart is a place of great mystery". Amen.