I listened to this audiobook as this year's "Virtual
Class" via the Daily Audio Bible iTunes feed.
In this teaching, Eldredge teaches on the "streams"
of counseling, discipleship, warfare, and healing that the Holy Spirit uses in
our lives. To clarify, he uses the word "counseling" to mean walking
with the Comforter, not specifically getting therapy.
I have not read any Eldredge before, and his style is
generally not one that resonates with me. Teaching based on one's personal
experience is not as meaningful to me as teaching based on Scripture, and these
teachings do occasionally fall into this style. Certainly personal experience
is useful as examples, to make a point, but it seems that Eldredge sometimes goes
the other way around. But that having been said, I think the core teaching of
the streams is valid, and will be helpful for many people.
I do have a fundamental issue with his "your heart is
good" teaching, which is the basis of most of his writings, and perhaps
his ministry as a whole. But again, I'm glad that I stretched myself to
experience this teaching, and I was able to glean valuable information.
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