Samson the Modern Day America

By Stephen R. Williams

Power is the point of envy of those who are weak, and the pride of those who are not. Although power can hold command over the lives of others, it can very much lead to the destruction of the one controlling it. Author Stephen R. Williams discusses the pitfalls of abused power without repentance and guidance in his latest book, Samson the Modern Day America.

Almost everyone is familiar with the story of Samson, the only man to hold incredible strength in the Bible. He was born to dedicate a life of service to the Lord, ordained by God to be a Nazarite, and destined to judge and rule the Philistines. A similar plot leads us to the powerful country of America, which was once a nation of people seeking for a place of worship and service to God. Through time, both Samson and America acquired power that any entity could ever want. However, a common weakness leads them both to destruction.

Discover the cause of a great mans fall and its shocking similarity to the struggle of a powerful country. Backed with Biblical scriptures, Samson the Modern Day America is a book that holds nothing but the key to a struggling countrys redemption.


Book Review:

Samson: The Modern Day America attempts a kind of typological reading of the story of Samson. If ancient and medieval typological readers of the Bible sought to find events in the Old Testament that prefigured the birth of Christ in the New, Williams finds in the story of Samson a way of thinking about the present United States. His story provides an allegory for the ways in which our country has strayed from its vital, Christian beginnings and into a way of being that is sexually immoral, prideful and openly wasteful of its natural resources. Just as Samson put his ego before God in his desire for a woman, Williams writes, the United States has ceased to rule in a way deferent to God, and therefore risks destruction. In presenting its argument, Samson is cleanly written, direct about its claims and occasionally amusing in rhetorical style.

-Kirkus Discoveries

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 27, 2009
• ISBN: 9781465328632

Stephen R. Williams

Stephen R. Williams is a retired electrician with a Doctor of Naturopathy certificate. He began teaching a math class at the age of eleven, won a chess trophy at age thirteen, and won an award for the world’s largest unofficial magic math square at a science fair at age fourteen. He went on to teach a class in number theory at Oral Roberts University in his mid-twenties with two math formulas he discovered. He’s written numerous songs, hymns, and poems. His favorite place to relax is the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove in Asheville, North Carolina.

Book preview

Copyright © 2009 by Stephen R. Williams.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2009903259

ISBN:   Hardcover   978-1-4415-2598-7

   Softcover   978-1-4415-2597-0

   eBook   978-1-4653-2863-2

All rights reserved solely by the author. The author guarantees all contents are original and do not infringe upon the legal rights of any other person or work. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the permission of the author. The views expressed in this book are not necessarily those of the publisher.

Unless otherwise indicated, scripture quotations are taken from the Amplified Bible. Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation. Copyright © 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

All other scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

Rev. date: 01/28/2016

Xlibris

1-888-795-4274

www.Xlibris.com

580309

Contents

Acknowledgement

Introduction

Chapter 1 In the Beginning

Chapter 2 Introduction to the Life of Samson

Chapter 3 The Life of Samson

Chapter 4 The Downfall of Samson

Chapter 5 The Tree of Life

Chapter 6 What Other Men in the Bible Had to Say

Chapter 7 Where Did Samson Go Wrong?

Chapter 8 What Does the Prophet Isaiah Have to Say about Samson and America?

Chapter 9 Obedience = Blessing, but Disobedience = Curse: Repent or Perish

Chapter 10 How Long Is a Football Game?

Chapter 11 Samson, America, and the End Times

Chapter 12 A Little More Comparison

Chapter 13 Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness

Chapter 14 A More Excellent, Better By Far, and Highest Way!

Chapter 15 A Compact Summary and Analysis

Chapter 16 For the Nonbelievers and Unsaved

Chapter 17 A Word to Born-Again Believers

Chapter 18 A Word to the Churches and Pastors

Dedication

To my friend and pastor, the late Reverend Jerry Amstutz, who has gone to be with the Lord Jesus. At the age of ten, I was saved under his preaching, and he was the person who introduced me to Samson when I was a child. I followed him for over forty years and received counseling, spiritual guidance and wisdom, and just some good old friendship from him.

I would also like to extend a big thank you to Reverend Amstutz's wife, Helen, who unselfishly allowed him time

to spend with me.

Acknowledgement

In the fall of 2006, I took a day of vacation. I was listening to the radio, and a man named Charles Swindoll, a great Bible teacher, came on the air. He was teaching about Samson that day.

I listened with great interest while he was teaching. He made this statement about Judges 15:20, It appears that Samson went straight for 20 years without following his fleshy desires.

When Charles Swindoll made this statement, I felt that a light had come on for me regarding all of the information I had about Samson, and it seemed as though I had found the missing link for how to start writing this book.

I want to give you, Charles Swindoll, the credit for teaching God's Word and letting God work through you to help many others and me.

It is amazing how God works through his Spirit to reach and teach others including people we never see.

Thank you again, Charles Swindoll.

I would also like to give a Big Thank You and Appreciation to a Great Man of GOD: A Preacher, a Pastor and a former Pastor, who worked several years with Dr. Billy Graham, and a man whom I considered a Spiritual Daddy Dr. C. B. Hogue, more commonly called Brother Bill. He just up and volunteered to help edit my book and give me guidance on better ways to word some things and what to leave out or change. He was a great encourager! He has since gone on home to be with the Lord, but his loving, understanding, and encouraging spirit is still with me, Thank you again, Brother Bill.

Reviews for

Samson: The Modern-Day America

Stephen Williams has written a book just like the prophets of the Old Testament. He has heard the Word of the Lord our God and has obeyed by writing it out for us, to warn us, to help us. Just like the prophet Ezekiel, who foretold the wrath of God on his chosen people, the Jews, Stephen proceeds to shine light in the darkness. There are those who are still listening for the voice of God.

When we ask ourselves, can one person make a difference? The answer is clear. If that one person has confessed Yes, Lord, he or she has all authority to confess gratefulness and praise to God Almighty for creating a pathway on which the freedoms we hold dear in America can continue. Only a true friendship with Jesus can satisfy this need on a personal and global level. This is possible for you.

Stephen's work is a direct reflection of God's grace in America today. The writing style is simple to comprehend, the appreciation of creation is clear; and the message is repeated throughout the book. Will you choose Jesus, or will you choose yourself? Your blood will not be on Stephen's hands when we all show up at the judgment seat. In what condition will your hands be?

---Teri Lerch

Receptionist, Dr. Joel Robins

Tulsa, OK

Letter to the author:

Dear Steve,

I read your book with great interest, and although I've had a strong feeling that various large segments of our society are abusing people, our laws, and the constitution, it never occurred to me that our current situation comprises a parallelism with the worst phases of Samson's life.

After thinking back to the earlier years of my life and comparing situations, attitudes, and behaviors with the present, I have identified several things that stand out in stark contrast with the 1930s and 1940s. I think that most of the mischief began in the 1960s, and a few of my pet peeves are listed below. They fit in with your thesis.

• Judges that legislate from the bench and introduce changes to our laws, a process that is not condoned by the US Constitution

• Public schools that misinform (teach a false version of our country's history) and fail utterly to produce graduates suited to assume roles as informed citizens

• So-called university scientists who plagiarize shamelessly and rail bitterly when they get caught.

• So-called environmental scientists who fudge data (lie) to make a study's results conform to their personal leanings or politics. I was taught that it was a cardinal, intellectual sin to influence the scientific process and that if one did, he or she was no longer a scientist but a propagandist.

• The demonizing and hazing of Christians, which has become a cruel sport among left-leaning individuals, especially around Christmas time

• The curse of political correctness police (This asinine practice causes airport security people to call aside an eighty-five-year-old woman and subject her to a body search. That really contributes to air travel safety. PC also results in establishing quotas.)

• The craze for the redistribution of wealth. Why is it that it's always someone else's wealth they are talking about?

Thanks,

Bill Pogue

Former Astronaut

Power is the focus of envy of those who are weak and the pride of those who are not. Although power can hold command over the lives of others, it can easily lead to the destruction of the one who holds it. Author Stephen R. Williams discusses the pitfalls of abused power without repentance and guidance in his latest