John Knight’s “The Sanctuary” is an amazing story of one man’s fifty-year journey “from condemnation to grace” with the final twelve-year victorious stretch involving over 50,000 hours living with and interacting with abused wolves.

The book features dozens of heart-warming illustrations of the miraculous, life-transforming power of grace in the lives of these majestic animals and exemplifies how God’s grace works in the lives of people.

Wolves’ brains are 30% larger than those of domesticated dogs and their minds, wills and emotional capacities are on an entirely different level in these areas—they’re nearly identical to people. When wolves are forced to behave as dogs, a behavior that is not only unnatural to them, but near impossible for them to even mimic, and they’re reprimanded, punished and often severely abused when they fall short, their souls become damaged and their lives begin to unravel.

Their entire emotional existence becomes one of “performance-based” acceptance, self-doubt and confusion, constantly focusing on how their care-takers will respond to everything they do, rather than simply being who and what God made them to be and enjoying their lives as such. They’re continuously wondering which of their natural behaviors will result in punishment and many begin to behave as if they know something is wrong with them.

This “soul damage” is a result of having “doggy” rules and laws imposed on them—rules and laws that are impossible for them to keep. Wolves’ natural behavior is polar opposite that of dogs and they certainly weren’t designed to operate within the rules of people. They were designed to be free to live their lives exactly as God intended, with no concept of right or wrong, outside of their natural, divinely inspired manner of doing things.

So their emotional damage is solely the result of the rules and laws that were imposed on them—if it were not for these rules and laws, they would never even consider the negative consequences of their actions, or wonder if there was something wrong with them. But  when these previously abused, confused and afraid wolves arrive here at the sanctuary, EVERYTHING CHANGES!    READ MORE… 

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For a “look and feel” of the book, play the short video below.

Take an Inside Look at Big Oak Wolf Sanctuary