Hello, I'm John Eldridge, and welcome to the Ransomed Heart audio podcast.

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How are you feeling about the upcoming launch of Killing Lions?

Oh, I'm so excited.

It feels like this thing that I've been holding on to for so long, and we finally get to give it

away to people.

Finally get to open the presents on Christmas morning. When you're watching somebody else open you're like oh you're going to love this you're going to love this I'm planning this

and it's a long time coming. It has been a long time coming

friends welcome to the Ransomt Hart podcast, John Eldridge, and my son, Sam Eldridge, here.

And what we are excited about is to read for you over the next several weeks some portions of our new book called

Killing Lions, a guide through the trials that young men face.

And we are excited because we put our heart and soul into this,

but also because we think it's going to be super helpful to an awful lot of people.

So without further ado, the Preface and Chapter 1 from Killing Lions.

Preface In the summer of 2012 I found myself one year out of college and suddenly facing a host of questions.

When I left the mountains of Colorado for the beaches of California to pursue a college education, I did it without

much forethought. I liked the warmer weather, the campus was beautiful, and I needed to get

out from under the guy I had been in my parents home.

Most of my decisions in those years were made impulsively.

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