Episodes
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
181 • Legislating Morality
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
Tuesday Sep 20, 2016
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Thursday Sep 01, 2016
180 • The Afterglow of After the Miracle
Thursday Sep 01, 2016
Thursday Sep 01, 2016
The guys gather to discuss the outcome of "After the Miracle", the first National Samson Society retreat.
Then we answer a question from a brother pirate who is concerned about how to keep your group safe for all members and how to squelch rumors.
Wednesday Jul 13, 2016
179 • The Love of Christ and the Hope for Your Marriage
Wednesday Jul 13, 2016
Wednesday Jul 13, 2016
This edition of the podcast was recorded on May 18, 2016 and first published on July 13, 2016
To keep you informed, you must know what a bunganut is before you have a great burger and play a game of pool at The Bunganut Pig.
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Wednesday Jul 06, 2016
178 • Handing a Scalpel to a Fellow Pirate
Wednesday Jul 06, 2016
Wednesday Jul 06, 2016
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Wednesday Jun 22, 2016
177 • Who are the Samson Society? Is Everyone a Sex Addict?
Wednesday Jun 22, 2016
Wednesday Jun 22, 2016
Wednesday Jun 15, 2016
176 • You Are There featuring Robert Campbell
Wednesday Jun 15, 2016
Wednesday Jun 15, 2016
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2016
175 • Questions About Porn
Tuesday Jun 07, 2016
Tuesday Jun 07, 2016
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Wednesday May 11, 2016
174 • A Couple of Regular Guys
Wednesday May 11, 2016
Wednesday May 11, 2016
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One of the most commonly asked for additions to the podcast line up is: "Can we hear from other Pirate Monks?" Today on the podcast, we sit down with two Samson brothers who have never met Nate.
Paul Maxwell (@paulcmaxwell) is a PhD student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and philosophy professor at Moody Bible Institute. He writes more at his blog, and pretends to like coffee. Paul wrote the article "Seven Things to Do After Watching Pornography" for Desiring God and included a shout out to Samson Society.
He was first invited to Samson Society by his friend Ryan Gibson. Ryan started his professional life in ministry as a youth minister. He received an undergrad in theology and pursued an MDiv at Westminster Seminary where he met Paul Maxwell. He didn't complete his MDiv, instead pursuing a new career in web development and has been doing that for the past five years. He has done a lot of traveling since then, starting or joining Samson Society groups in each new location. He's currently living in Fishers, Ind. with his wife and two kids. He is currently meeting with other brothers in the local Fishers Samson Society group which meets at Christ's Community Church on the corner of 131st and Allisonville Rd. Most importantly, though, is that he's a diehard Cubs fan and doesn't miss a game.
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Friday Mar 25, 2016
Episode 173 • Soul Architecture featuring Aaron Porter
Friday Mar 25, 2016
Friday Mar 25, 2016
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Friday Mar 18, 2016
Episode 172 • Embarassment, Guilt, and Shame
Friday Mar 18, 2016
Friday Mar 18, 2016
ANNOUNCING: Nate Larkin is hosting a national Samson Society weekend intensive focused on positive sobriety. Interested? Click here to provide your email address. You'll be the first to know all of the details when price and schedule are announced. All of the podcast Buccaneers will be there. Click here to sign up for information.
Certified marriage & family therapist and author Ramon Presson takes us into the darkest days of his life and helps us all look out the window at God's answer for guilt and shame.
Our Guest
Ramon Presson is a clinically certified marriage and family therapist for over 20 years and the founder of LifeChange Counseling and the Marriage Center of Franklin. From 1989 to 2004 Presson also served as an ordained minister and assistant pastor in churches in North Carolina South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee.
A native of North Carolina, a teenage Ramon first met Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, at Chapman's Winston-Salem church. After graduating from Wake Forest University with a degree in psychology and later from Florida State University with a Master’s in Counseling, Presson returned to serve on the staff in the church’s counseling center and there renewed his relationship with Dr. Chapman. Many years later, in 2002, they would collaborate on the Love Talks trilogy of books for couples and families. “I thank Dr. Chapman and I credit the co-authorship of those books for opening many of the subsequent doors of writing and publishing opportunity I’ve enjoyed. I’m quite honored that Gary agreed to write the foreword for When Will My Life Not Suck.”
Ramon lives with his wife, Dorrie, and teenage sons, Trevor and Cameron, in Thompson Station, Tennessee, a pleasant drive into the country south of Nashville.
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Ramon's Books
When Will My Life Not Suck?: Authentic Hope for the Disillusioned
Is this as good as it gets?
Personal crises and disappointments have led many to the pessimistic conclusion that "my life sucks." Underneath the contemporary slang are universal and timeless questions about the human condition. People of every age, in every kind of circumstance have wondered to themselves and others: Will my life ever be better than this? Is this as good as it gets? This book is an honest and compassionate look at the real struggles we face in a broken world where bad things do happen. Dr. Ramon Presson, a licensed marriage & family therapist for 30 years, describes his own significant personal struggles, including hospitalization for depression. Using the letter that Paul wrote to the Philippians from prison, Presson shares that hope and joy are possible even when life disappoints. Full of practical suggestions for how you can live with purpose and meaning right in the middle of your everyday struggles, this revised and updated edition of When Will My Life Not Suck? is a hopeful treatment of human suffering from someone who has personally lived it and counseled others through the wilderness. [Paperback] [Kindle]
Recovering from Divorce? [Paperback]
Love Talks for Families [Paperback]
My Coaching Journal [Paperback]
My Counseling Journal [Paperback]
The Roles of a Lifetime [Paperback]
Music Used
Our fellow Pirate Monk, Dan Hasletine, and his band Jars of Clay present "Work".
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We'd love to hear from you. Please take a few minutes and answer questions on our listener survey. You'll be entered for a drawing for a free, autographed copy of Nate Larkin's book, Samson and the Pirate Monks.
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Please tell us what you think by leaving a comment below, leaving us a voice mail via Speakpipe, or calling (615) 807-0476.