WHAT GOD EXPECTS FROM US (4 OF 9)
by Tony Thomas
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:8-13
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What God Expects from Us (4 of 9)
Series: Living in the Last Days
Tony Thomas
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Mickey Cohen was an underworld figure who controlled most of the west coast mob for over thirty years. He was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in the Bronx, and his father died when Cohen was an infant and his mother moved west.
At the age of six, Cohen sold newspapers on the streets of Los Angeles. As a teenager he began fighting in illegal prizefights, and petty crime landed him in jail until he was released at the age of fifteen.
Upon his release, Cohen moved to Cleveland, OH where he began to train to become a professional boxer. He fought his first professional match at the age of seventeen. Two years later, Cohen challenged the world featherweight champion and he suffered a TKO in the first round.
Cohen became entangled with members of the underworld in Cleveland, New York, and Chicago. He met Al Capone and became his enforcer. He ran illegal card games for the mob, wore out his welcome, fled to Los Angeles, joining forces with Bugsy Siegel.
Mickey Cohen dabbled in gambling in Las Vegas, became a bookie at the horse tracks, skimmed money from Bugsy Siegel's accounts, and ran with a long list of gangsters. Eventually, he was convicted of tax evasion.
In the late 50s, one of his associates attended a Billy Graham Crusade and he was converted to Jesus Christ. Before he left the mob, that associate attempted to share his faith with his boss. He arranged for a personal visit with Billy Graham and he was interviewed by Mike Wallace on TV.
But Cohen struggled to understand why he, a Jew, needed a Savior. ''I'm very high on the Christian way of life,'' he told Wallace. Billy Graham challenged him to accept Jesus Christ and Cohen replied, ''Why not? There are Christian football players, Christian cowboys, and Christian politicians. Why not a Christian gangster?''
Obviously, Billy Graham did not succeed in leading Mickey Cohen to a genuine fai ...
Series: Living in the Last Days
Tony Thomas
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Mickey Cohen was an underworld figure who controlled most of the west coast mob for over thirty years. He was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in the Bronx, and his father died when Cohen was an infant and his mother moved west.
At the age of six, Cohen sold newspapers on the streets of Los Angeles. As a teenager he began fighting in illegal prizefights, and petty crime landed him in jail until he was released at the age of fifteen.
Upon his release, Cohen moved to Cleveland, OH where he began to train to become a professional boxer. He fought his first professional match at the age of seventeen. Two years later, Cohen challenged the world featherweight champion and he suffered a TKO in the first round.
Cohen became entangled with members of the underworld in Cleveland, New York, and Chicago. He met Al Capone and became his enforcer. He ran illegal card games for the mob, wore out his welcome, fled to Los Angeles, joining forces with Bugsy Siegel.
Mickey Cohen dabbled in gambling in Las Vegas, became a bookie at the horse tracks, skimmed money from Bugsy Siegel's accounts, and ran with a long list of gangsters. Eventually, he was convicted of tax evasion.
In the late 50s, one of his associates attended a Billy Graham Crusade and he was converted to Jesus Christ. Before he left the mob, that associate attempted to share his faith with his boss. He arranged for a personal visit with Billy Graham and he was interviewed by Mike Wallace on TV.
But Cohen struggled to understand why he, a Jew, needed a Savior. ''I'm very high on the Christian way of life,'' he told Wallace. Billy Graham challenged him to accept Jesus Christ and Cohen replied, ''Why not? There are Christian football players, Christian cowboys, and Christian politicians. Why not a Christian gangster?''
Obviously, Billy Graham did not succeed in leading Mickey Cohen to a genuine fai ...
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