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 24
... took requests, and we sang our way through the first and last verses of “In the Garden,” “The Old Rugged Cross,” and “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” with Sister Rogers clunking along on the piano. Not until halfway through testimony time did I ...
... took requests, and we sang our way through the first and last verses of “In the Garden,” “The Old Rugged Cross,” and “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” with Sister Rogers clunking along on the piano. Not until halfway through testimony time did I ...
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... took our meals in the college cafeteria, went to church in the college chapel, and met for Sunday school in college classrooms. We even went to school on campus, since—in an arrangement unthinkable today—the local school district ...
... took our meals in the college cafeteria, went to church in the college chapel, and met for Sunday school in college classrooms. We even went to school on campus, since—in an arrangement unthinkable today—the local school district ...
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... took a construction job in Pennsylvania, about an hour from the hospital where Mom was being treated. He rented an old house in the country, and when school started again in the fall, he brought us five older kids there to live with him ...
... took a construction job in Pennsylvania, about an hour from the hospital where Mom was being treated. He rented an old house in the country, and when school started again in the fall, he brought us five older kids there to live with him ...
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... took a job as an aerobics instructor in a women's health club. We didn't own a car at the time, but the club was within walking distance of our apartment. One night after work, Allie rushed into the apartment wide-eyed and breathless ...
... took a job as an aerobics instructor in a women's health club. We didn't own a car at the time, but the club was within walking distance of our apartment. One night after work, Allie rushed into the apartment wide-eyed and breathless ...
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... took it. Now reasonably secure in a second career, I set about becoming a responsible Christian layman. Allie and I had joined a church after leaving the ministry, but reentry into civilian life proved harder than I expected. Sitting in ...
... took it. Now reasonably secure in a second career, I set about becoming a responsible Christian layman. Allie and I had joined a church after leaving the ministry, but reentry into civilian life proved harder than I expected. Sitting in ...
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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