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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... ministry, but what if I were looking at it all wrong? What if integrity is really a product of the ministry? Surely I would learn the deeper secrets of the Christian life in seminary. Surely I would stop fooling around with lust when it ...
... ministry, but what if I were looking at it all wrong? What if integrity is really a product of the ministry? Surely I would learn the deeper secrets of the Christian life in seminary. Surely I would stop fooling around with lust when it ...
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... ministry. When I started going back into sex shops again, there was no one I could tell except Allie, and I couldn't bear to break her heart a second time. Before long the old secret war was raging hotter than ever. Obsessed with lust ...
... ministry. When I started going back into sex shops again, there was no one I could tell except Allie, and I couldn't bear to break her heart a second time. Before long the old secret war was raging hotter than ever. Obsessed with lust ...
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... ministry, the kind of work Dad enjoyed. He worked hard and preached hard. He did not take vacations, and he never played. I played, but not with him. Mom and Dad did keep me well supplied with playmates. 16. samson. and. the. pirate. monks.
... ministry, the kind of work Dad enjoyed. He worked hard and preached hard. He did not take vacations, and he never played. I played, but not with him. Mom and Dad did keep me well supplied with playmates. 16. samson. and. the. pirate. monks.
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... ministry. We moved there for the first time before my second birthday, when Dad agreed to run the school's dairy farm. We returned twice during my elementary and junior high years so he could serve as head of maintenance and ...
... ministry. We moved there for the first time before my second birthday, when Dad agreed to run the school's dairy farm. We returned twice during my elementary and junior high years so he could serve as head of maintenance and ...
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... ministry and had promptly enrolled in Bible college. Naturally, he brought his posse with him. One of the great things about our college was that we did not get all hung up on formalities like proficiency exams or high school ...
... ministry and had promptly enrolled in Bible college. Naturally, he brought his posse with him. One of the great things about our college was that we did not get all hung up on formalities like proficiency exams or high school ...
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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