E870 | Young Men - Part 1
Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
What are the core questions, concerns, and aspirations of young men today? In the first of this three-part series, we invite Zane and Desi into the studio to hear their stories and ask what their generation thinks about God, masculinity, career, dating, marriage, and church. The second half of this conversation is available now as bonus content wherever you watch or listen to Wild at Heart podcasts.
Show Notes: Fathered by God by John Eldredge and Killing Lions by John and Sam Eldredge are available wherever you buy books. Blaine Eldredge’s essay “I Solved the Marriage Problem” is available at https://blaineeldredge.substack.com/p/bonus-i-solved-the-marriage-problem.
Keywords: Young Adults, Christianity, Relationships, Finances, Career
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| 0:00.0 | I would love to be a father. |
| 0:02.0 | I felt my brain fully developed last year. |
| 0:06.0 | Like something happened where going into the grocery store and I see a child, I'm like, |
| 0:10.0 | I've completely forgotten why I'm in the grocery store. |
| 0:13.0 | I just want to be a dad. I want to raise a family. |
| 0:16.0 | You say family and I'm like, well, yeah. |
| 0:18.0 | But then I'm also like the things that I really wanted to do |
| 0:21.1 | when I was young 20, I had like all of these things. I could not them out. And now real life is |
| 0:26.3 | in front of me and things don't work out the way I like them to do. I don't feel like I know how to |
| 0:31.8 | dream right now in my 20s. Like I'm just happening into something. |
| 0:39.3 | I hope you're intrigued. |
| 0:41.4 | Welcome back, friends, to the Wild at Heart podcast. |
| 0:44.7 | God is working in the world in many powerful ways. |
| 0:49.1 | And in one people group, he is working among young men. There is something going on, which is really good news. |
| 0:59.2 | It's good news for young men and those who love him. It's good news for young women. |
| 1:04.5 | And we want to have a conversation and bring some of that forward. What is the journey of young men? |
| 1:09.6 | What are they struggling with these days |
| 1:11.9 | in this particular cultural moment and how is God meeting them? You're going to love it. |
| 1:18.9 | But before we get there, let's go ahead and do our pause. |
| 1:30.3 | Take a deep breath. Actually, take a couple of deep breaths. |
| 1:35.3 | Big inhale, big long exhale. |
| 1:42.3 | It just helps and begin to tune in to your condition. |
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