From the highly acclaimed author of "The Preservationist" and "Fallen" comes another unique and astonishing biblical retelling.

“You are a man who has vowed to protect his family, even at the cost of your own life. So you have no other choice. . . . You must fight, Samson. You must.” The year is 1941, and Samson Abrams makes a life-or-death decision that lands him, and his entire family, in the notorious concentration camp Auschwitz. When Samson is recognized by Dr. Josef Mengele and Commandant Rudolf Höss as a former boxing champion, he is ordered box for their entertainment. A win means extra rations, but the penalty for losing is death in the gas chambers. One question haunts Samson as he and his family face one atrocity after another: Where is God in the face of such evil? An unexpected friendship between the Jewish Samson and the Polish Catholic priest Maximilian Kolbe challenges Samson to examine what little is left of his faith, but will it give him strength when he needs it most? Based on true stories, Samson: A Savior Will Rise blends Shawn Hoffman’s thorough research with a compelling narrative that provokes questions about faith, hope, and love.

It has been said that Samson was unintelligent, reckless, and immoral... HE WAS NOT! Unstoppable, this Judge in Israel (leader of the armies and the spiritual leader) protected his people single-handedly, finally laying down his own life so that Israel could become free from death and bondage. This extraordinary servant, sent to earth as God's Destroying Angel, wielded unsurpassed power in every stroke. No one has looked into the life of Samson with so much depth, detail, and insight until now! Discover the journey of a tender child becoming God's Destroyer! Terrible? Yes! Inspiring? Absolutely! "For the Destroyer did begin to deliver Israel with his life, but behold, the Holy One, shall deliver Israel with his life." "Oh Sam, bless your heart. It was very well written, I couldn't tell what was the actual scripture!" --George Durrant, author

Chip Henderson offers six ways we can waste our lives if we're not focused on our God-given purpose. Hot-button cultural issues from dishonesty and anger to daddy-issues and sex are discussed.

The story of Samson in the Bible is told in just four chapters of the Book of Judges, but the story of his life is composed of a mosaic of events. This book examines many aspects of the unique figure of Samson: Samson as the chosen of God, who is destined to save the Israelites from Philistine oppression, and who ultimately dies with the Philistines; Samson, who appears on the stage of history as a promising leader but whose leadership fails; Samson the dissolute Nazirite; a powerful man who rips apart a lion as though it were a lamb, who uproots the gates of the city of Gaza and pulls down a pagan temple - but at the same time he succumbs to his women and is ruled by them. This book invites the reader to contemplate Samson's highly contradictory personality, to take up moral issues, and to reflect upon love and betrayal, life and death, family and society - subjects that have concerned people from antiquity to the present.

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