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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Page xi
... eventually understand, 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 ...
... eventually understand, 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 ...
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... Eventually she concluded that I was losing my interest in her because she was defective. Without actually saying so, I agreed. Ever the sainted martyr, however, I continued to carry on the outward duties of an attentive husband. Unlike ...
... Eventually she concluded that I was losing my interest in her because she was defective. Without actually saying so, I agreed. Ever the sainted martyr, however, I continued to carry on the outward duties of an attentive husband. Unlike ...
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... eventually finding our way into the “inner circle” of the church. The pastor even invited me to preach on a few occasions. One cool winter evening, after a weekend men's retreat where I had heard some guys tell their stories, I sat down ...
... eventually finding our way into the “inner circle” of the church. The pastor even invited me to preach on a few occasions. One cool winter evening, after a weekend men's retreat where I had heard some guys tell their stories, I sat down ...
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... eventually, after the music had died away and all the Christians had gone home, he would come strolling back in, looking for lunch. I desperately wanted the dog to be the real me, but my inability to behave like a good dog for very long ...
... eventually, after the music had died away and all the Christians had gone home, he would come strolling back in, looking for lunch. I desperately wanted the dog to be the real me, but my inability to behave like a good dog for very long ...
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... eventually, but it was overshadowed by the cinematic version of The Cross and the Switchblade, which featured Pat Boone as David Wilkerson and Eric Estrada as Nicky Cruz.) John had recently received God's call to the ministry and had ...
... eventually, but it was overshadowed by the cinematic version of The Cross and the Switchblade, which featured Pat Boone as David Wilkerson and Eric Estrada as Nicky Cruz.) John had recently received God's call to the ministry and had ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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