Emphasis Preaching Journal

If there's one biblical character who's most often associated with strength, it's the hero, Samson. This man is the living embodiment of that old adage: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." Samson's not much of a role model. He's brave, sure enough -- but he's also foolish, spectacularly arrogant, self-centered, and even cruel. He flies into a rage at the least provocation, and he can't keep his hands off the ladies. About the only thing he's got going for him is that, for some inexplicable reason, he has the Lord's favor -- at least,