Samson and the Pirate Monks: Calling Men to Authentic BrotherhoodWith no-holds-barred honesty and poignant storytelling, Nate Larkin introduces a model of community and friendship that is reinvigorating men's ministry across the country, a model he calls The Samson Society. Too many men see the biblical hero Samson as their model for manhood--a rugged individualist of the highest order. Yet, Samson's solitary successes were eventually overcome by moral weaknesses. Larkin, through the story of his own past and the stories of those in The Samson Society, offers a radical, refreshing alternative. |
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... I've read in years! Where can I sign up? I want an eye patch and a parrot. Dallas Willard has said that he does not trust any effort in Christian formation unless it resembles the AA movement in structure and approach. In Samson and the ...
... I've read in years! Where can I sign up? I want an eye patch and a parrot. Dallas Willard has said that he does not trust any effort in Christian formation unless it resembles the AA movement in structure and approach. In Samson and the ...
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... I've given the same symbolic name to each of them. We are the Samson Society. The men of the Samson Society are my best friends. Real men. Real Christian men. Real screwed-up Christian men. Separately we can act like complete morons ...
... I've given the same symbolic name to each of them. We are the Samson Society. The men of the Samson Society are my best friends. Real men. Real Christian men. Real screwed-up Christian men. Separately we can act like complete morons ...
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... I've never been this close to a game before,” I said. “This is fantastic!” The owner grinned. “You like to be close? Follow me.” He led me back through the luxury box, out the oak door, down the corridor, and into the brass elevator ...
... I've never been this close to a game before,” I said. “This is fantastic!” The owner grinned. “You like to be close? Follow me.” He led me back through the luxury box, out the oak door, down the corridor, and into the brass elevator ...
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Contents
I Samson | 59 |
A New Way of Life | 85 |
The Pirate Monks | 111 |
Acknowledgments | 201 |
A Suggested Samson Society Meeting Format | 205 |
Suggested Topics for Sharing | 209 |
Notes | 211 |
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