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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... finally see pieces of our own hidden and shameful selves between the pages. Thanks, Nate, for this courageous, unflinching, dangerous, and most of all honest book that just may help waken the church to what many Christians are actually ...
... finally see pieces of our own hidden and shameful selves between the pages. Thanks, Nate, for this courageous, unflinching, dangerous, and most of all honest book that just may help waken the church to what many Christians are actually ...
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... finally—majestically—slowed, stalled, and began plummeting in my direction. I watched, fascinated, as the ball bore toward me. I should catch this, I thought. I should raise my glove. But for some reason my arms would not work. If I don ...
... finally—majestically—slowed, stalled, and began plummeting in my direction. I watched, fascinated, as the ball bore toward me. I should catch this, I thought. I should raise my glove. But for some reason my arms would not work. If I don ...
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... finally embarking on my life's dream as a pastor. The life of a pastor was intoxicating and isolating. I was now a professional holy man, the man with the answers, and the expert on all things spiritual. A meeting of the church wasn't ...
... finally embarking on my life's dream as a pastor. The life of a pastor was intoxicating and isolating. I was now a professional holy man, the man with the answers, and the expert on all things spiritual. A meeting of the church wasn't ...
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... Finally I agreed to let the woman in if she could say, “Jesus is Lord.” She passed the test and I unlocked the door. The next morning Dad cooked our breakfast, saying only that Mom was not feeling well. Later that day at school, one of ...
... Finally I agreed to let the woman in if she could say, “Jesus is Lord.” She passed the test and I unlocked the door. The next morning Dad cooked our breakfast, saying only that Mom was not feeling well. Later that day at school, one of ...
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... finally left him at the urging of her children, did I learn of Grandpa's violence and his philandering ways. By then I was surprised by the information, but not by the revelation that my family had been hiding it from me. We were ...
... finally left him at the urging of her children, did I learn of Grandpa's violence and his philandering ways. By then I was surprised by the information, but not by the revelation that my family had been hiding it from me. We were ...
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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