There Are No Strong People

by Jeff Lucas

A book about the fact we are all fragile and in a mess. available also in e Book / KINDLE

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2012

About the author

Jeff Lucas is a Christian author, speaker, life coach, and broadcaster. He holds a pastoral teaching position at Timberline Church in Fort Collins, Colorado. He provides life coaching through Paterson Center. He is a columnist for Premier Christian magazine and for Sorted Magazine he has published 32 books, and he broadcasts a weekly radio show, Lucas on Life. He writes a column of daily bible reading notes, "Lucas on Life Every Day".

Reviews

[Calum Mackenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting dive into the story of Samson. Lucas takes the familiar and teases out learning points, supported with cultural and language insights.

I didn’t necessarily think it was life-shaking or earth shattering but a solid, good, enjoyable read.

Recommend

[Dirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read dissection of Samson's life. Annoying changes of typeface, font and indentation distract from contents.

[Olivia Prowse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book....really interesting study of Samson with some life lessons thrown in too.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic easy to read book by Jeff Lucas that clearly explains the story and relevance to us today

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really interesting study on Samson. I learned a lot.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thoughts and observations about the infamous 'strong man' of the Bible, Samson. Jeff Lucas paints a picture - some of it inferred from Scripture, some from knowledge of ancient history, some of it guesswork - of this strange man who had a calling, yet made so many mistakes. It’s not a pleasant image; Samson comes across as boorish, greedy, immoral and violent.

There are ‘lessons’ throughout the text, outlined in chapter headings, such as: secrets can make us sick; dissatisfaction is likely to lead us into temptation; anger can be inflammable; even the strongest can fail. They make good points although few of them were relevant to me.

While it’s not a bad book, I found the style a bit annoying; the sentences are mostly quite short, and there is enormous text on most pages that looked as if it should be section headings, but was so big that it was disturbing. Moreover, the book lacked Lucas’s usual dry humour and is almost devoid of anecdotes.

Not up to his usual standard, in my opinion.

[Adrian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is just out, I confess I went to the book Launch in Central London along with many hundreds of others. As usual Jeff challenges the perceived view,comes up with honest appraisal that has to make you think. I could imagine that some will have a problem with this one, participially his basic understandingly of the sexual innuendo of the story. I think though some of the head in the sands approach really need the challenge. Read it.

[Steve Visel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read. I always thought of Samson as a great hero of God, but He was a real knucklehead: blessed by and dedicated to God, he threw his life away on arrogance and Philistine hookers. What do we do with the blessings and commission of God. Are we any better than or different from Samson? Yet was included among the heroes of faith in the book of Hebrews.

[Gemma · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like Jeff Lucas, I enjoy listening to his Pod Casts and find his reflection books good. I wasn't so keen on this one though, so it has taken me a long time to finish it. If you are interested in the story of Samson it's worth a read.

[Chris Arnold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome look at Samson, understanding our faults, problems and hopes for the future through this oft mis-understood character. A great read.