Weekly meetings available to you are as follows:

Tuesday at 6:30 PM, Truitt Baptist Church - Pearl. Call Matt Flint at (601) 260-8518 or email him at matthewflint.makes@gmail.com.

Wednesday at 6:00 PM, First Baptist Church Jackson - Summit Counseling Suite - 431 North State St. Jackson. Call Don Waller at 601-946-1290 or email him at don@wallerbros.com.

Monday at 6:30 PM , Vertical Church - 521 Gluckstadt Road Madison, MS 39110. Mr. Roane Hunter, facilitator, LifeWorks Counseling.

Wednesday at 7:00 PM, Crossgates Baptist Church. Brandon Reach out to Matthew Lehman at (601)-214-4077 for further info.

Sunday night at 6:00 PM, Grace Crossing Baptist Church - 598 Yandell Rd. Canton. Call Joe McCalman at 601-201-5608 or email him at cookandnoonie@gmail.com.


Saturday, July 18, 2020

Samson Society Meetings Are No Place For Incessant, Extremist Political Rhetoric

During a Samson Society after-meeting, I can recall a Samson man telling me his wife was an extremely vocal Flat-Earther, and this incited extreme bouts of anger within him as her husband.  

I remember pitying this man and wanting to help, but overall I felt so powerless to do anything.

That same feeling is where I'm at this morning.  

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Samson Society meetings are unique in that every man who attends has an opportunity to allow the Holy Spirit to speak in and through him relative to the suggested topic or otherwise, and the point of this is for guys to come away feeling encouraged, loved, challenged, etc.  But, you'll note here that I didn't include the word powerless.

There should never be a point in time where someone steps away from a Samson meeting and feels this way, especially whilst taking our Christian faith into consideration.  But, incessant, extremist political rhetoric effectively seeds that powerless feeling within other men most every time, and this is why it should have no place within our community of men.

If Samson Society had a different purpose, obviously I wouldn't be writing this particular post.  

If you don't agree with me here, I would ask that you do one of two things.

    1.  Take a break from attending Samson Society meetings.
    2.  Leave our community entirely in order to find somewhere else whose focus is on topics that fall in     line with your desire to spew incessant, extremist political rhetoric.

Thanks so much.  

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