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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... sin, and in the process has invited men to face honestly their own struggles. And he has taken it to the next step: outlining a helping and healing process so men wrestling with addictive behaviors can really find hope for change ...
... sin, and in the process has invited men to face honestly their own struggles. And he has taken it to the next step: outlining a helping and healing process so men wrestling with addictive behaviors can really find hope for change ...
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... Sinful Man Part Two I, Samson Six: Who Am I? Seven: Walking Lessons PartThree A New Way of Life Eight: The Rebirth of the Real Me Nine: Call No Man Father xi 15 27 39 50 59 61 72 85 87 97 PartFour The Pirate Monks Ten: The Adventure ...
... Sinful Man Part Two I, Samson Six: Who Am I? Seven: Walking Lessons PartThree A New Way of Life Eight: The Rebirth of the Real Me Nine: Call No Man Father xi 15 27 39 50 59 61 72 85 87 97 PartFour The Pirate Monks Ten: The Adventure ...
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... sin had become a thing of the past, leaving only semisins such as speeding or grouchiness to serve as sermon illustrations. I believed that big league Christians devoted their days to prayer and Bible study. They no longer experienced ...
... sin had become a thing of the past, leaving only semisins such as speeding or grouchiness to serve as sermon illustrations. I believed that big league Christians devoted their days to prayer and Bible study. They no longer experienced ...
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... sin, but that was a rare exception, and the offender was immediately fired or traded to protect the integrity of the team. My dream was to play in the big leagues someday, but I wasn't sure how to get there. Nobody seemed to want to ...
... sin, but that was a rare exception, and the offender was immediately fired or traded to protect the integrity of the team. My dream was to play in the big leagues someday, but I wasn't sure how to get there. Nobody seemed to want to ...
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... sins and gives us a pure robe of righteousness to wear. It's a robe he washed himself, with his own blood. And once you have that new robe, all you have to do is keep it clean.” That was my problem. I could not keep my robe clean ...
... sins and gives us a pure robe of righteousness to wear. It's a robe he washed himself, with his own blood. And once you have that new robe, all you have to do is keep it clean.” That was my problem. I could not keep my robe clean ...
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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