Three things the previous version of this review got wrong or left out, and all three affect what you should buy.
There is a second author. Warrior: Equipping Men for Spiritual Victory is credited to Lance Ingram and Rick Burgess. Burgess, of the nationally syndicated Rick and Bubba radio show, is named on the listings and was omitted entirely.
The linked ASIN is the audiobook. The old post described reflection questions, study guides, and easy navigation for small groups, none of which you can use in an audio edition. The print edition is linked below.
There is a separate Leader’s Group Guide. If you are running this with a group, the guide is sold on its own and you will want it.
What it is
A ten-chapter study built as a men’s small-group curriculum. Lance Ingram founded Warrior United around it in 2017, and the book has sold in the tens of thousands across print, ebook, and audio.
The premise is recapturing an identity as warriors for Christ, and the treatment is deliberately no-nonsense, aimed at men handling the ordinary weight of being a father, a husband, and a son.
Honest assessment
The strength is that it was built for groups from the start rather than adapted into one. Ten chapters is a workable term, and there is a ministry and a leader’s guide behind it, which matters when a group needs structure and not just a book everyone reads separately.
Warrior framing is well-worn ground in men’s ministry at this point, and the honest question is whether a man needs another book telling him he is in a battle. If your group has been through several of these, this will feel familiar.
Worth naming: warrior language is genuinely biblical, but a man whose entire picture of the Christian life is combat can be left with nowhere to put weakness, grief, or a season where he is simply not winning. Use the framework, and do not let it become the only category available.
Honest notes
The old review claimed reflection questions and study guides inside the book and cited a review team whose group conversations it sparked. There was no team. The study features may well exist in the print edition, but I could not verify them, and they certainly are not in the audiobook the post linked. Check the format before ordering.
Who should use it
A men’s group leader who wants a ten-week curriculum with a leader’s guide behind it. Churches building a men’s ministry that needs a defined starting point. Men who respond to direct, plain teaching over nuance.
Buy print, not audio, if the group is working through it. Skip it if you have already done several warrior-themed studies, or if you want something quieter.