In a relatively short passage, Judges 15:1-17, we see Samson avenge himself three different times. Samson was not acting as a deliverer for God’s people, who had been oppressed by the Philistines for more than forty years (Judges 13:1), even though God was using him in that way (Judges 14:4). Instead, he was acting out of his own selfish and vengeful desires. Every single time, death and destruction were the result. Before we cast stones at Samson, however, we need…