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Whatever Happened to Samson?
This novel with a fierce intelligence should resurrect him.
John Wilson
Okay, okay, my informal poll of CT editors and designers doesn't have the scientific rigor of a study from Barna Research. Still, the results are suggestive. "When did you last hear a sermon about Samson?" Some CT staffers said never; others said not since they were very young (and then in Sunday school rather than in a sermon proper). Not a single respondent recalled hearing a sermon or lesson on Samson since childhood.
Pastors of America, shut down your laptops for a minute.
Seminary professors, take five.
Samson! Is there a more gripping figure in the entire Old Testament? Where did we go off the rails? How did we lose our stories?
A clue may be found in The Book of Samson (St. Martin's), a novel by David Maine. This is Maine's third novel with an Old Testament base, following The Preservationist (Noah's Ark) and Fallen (Cain and Abel and the Fall). I don't know what he believes or doesn't believe today. Since 1998, he has lived in Lahore, Pakistan, with his wife, the novelist Uzma Aslam Khan. He inhabits biblical stories and wrenches them into fiction with a fierce intelligence and a cunning wit...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... 7.101.html
Christianity Today Poll
When was the last time you heard someone teach about Samson?
I can't remember ever having heard someone teach about Samson.
14%
It's been decades.
34%
Within the last few years.
24%
Within the last year.
27%
Does seeing a Samson action figure count?
1%
Total Votes: 431
Discuss
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/features/poll.html
Ian
This novel with a fierce intelligence should resurrect him.
John Wilson
Okay, okay, my informal poll of CT editors and designers doesn't have the scientific rigor of a study from Barna Research. Still, the results are suggestive. "When did you last hear a sermon about Samson?" Some CT staffers said never; others said not since they were very young (and then in Sunday school rather than in a sermon proper). Not a single respondent recalled hearing a sermon or lesson on Samson since childhood.
Pastors of America, shut down your laptops for a minute.
Seminary professors, take five.
Samson! Is there a more gripping figure in the entire Old Testament? Where did we go off the rails? How did we lose our stories?
A clue may be found in The Book of Samson (St. Martin's), a novel by David Maine. This is Maine's third novel with an Old Testament base, following The Preservationist (Noah's Ark) and Fallen (Cain and Abel and the Fall). I don't know what he believes or doesn't believe today. Since 1998, he has lived in Lahore, Pakistan, with his wife, the novelist Uzma Aslam Khan. He inhabits biblical stories and wrenches them into fiction with a fierce intelligence and a cunning wit...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... 7.101.html
Christianity Today Poll
When was the last time you heard someone teach about Samson?
I can't remember ever having heard someone teach about Samson.
14%
It's been decades.
34%
Within the last few years.
24%
Within the last year.
27%
Does seeing a Samson action figure count?
1%
Total Votes: 431
Discuss
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/features/poll.html
Ian