I WON'T BACK DOWN (5 OF 7)
Scripture: Daniel 6:1-28
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I Won't Back Down (5 of 7)
Series: Being Politically Incorrect
Donald Cantrell
Daniel 6: 1 - 28
I - Daniel's Excellent Designation (1 - 3)
II - Daniel's Evil Detractors (4 - 5)
III - Daniel's Enemies Decree (6 - 9)
IV - Daniel's Earnest Decision (10 - 11)
V - Daniel's Evident Demise (12 - 15)
VI - Daniel's Extraordinary Deliverance (16 - 23)
VII - Daniel's Emotional Dignitary (24 - 28)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Standing strong when the government says's otherwise''
I Won't Back Down
Before recording Full Moon Fever, an arsonist burned down Tom Petty's house while he was in it with his family and their housekeeper. They escaped and spent much of the next few months driving between hotel rooms and a rented house, but Petty was badly shaken.
It was on these drives that he came up with many of the songs for the album, and the fire was a huge influence, especially on this song. Petty felt grateful to be alive, but also traumatized since someone had tried to kill him.
This song was his way of reclaiming his life and getting past the torment he said that writing and recording the song had a calming effect on him.
The arsonist was never caught, which made Petty's plight even more challenging. As for motive, there was no direct connection made, but 11 days earlier, Petty won a lawsuit against the B.F. Goodrich tire company for $1 million. Goodrich wanted to use Petty's song ''Mary's New Car'' in a TV commercial, and when he wouldn't let them, their advertising agency commissioned a copycat song that the judge felt was too similar.
This is perhaps Tom Petty's most personal song. In a 2006 interview with Harp, he said, ''That song frightened me when I wrote it. I didn't embrace it at all. It's so obvious. I thought it wasn't that good because it was so naked.
So I had a lot of second thoughts about recording that song. But everyone around me liked the song and said it was r ...
Series: Being Politically Incorrect
Donald Cantrell
Daniel 6: 1 - 28
I - Daniel's Excellent Designation (1 - 3)
II - Daniel's Evil Detractors (4 - 5)
III - Daniel's Enemies Decree (6 - 9)
IV - Daniel's Earnest Decision (10 - 11)
V - Daniel's Evident Demise (12 - 15)
VI - Daniel's Extraordinary Deliverance (16 - 23)
VII - Daniel's Emotional Dignitary (24 - 28)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''Standing strong when the government says's otherwise''
I Won't Back Down
Before recording Full Moon Fever, an arsonist burned down Tom Petty's house while he was in it with his family and their housekeeper. They escaped and spent much of the next few months driving between hotel rooms and a rented house, but Petty was badly shaken.
It was on these drives that he came up with many of the songs for the album, and the fire was a huge influence, especially on this song. Petty felt grateful to be alive, but also traumatized since someone had tried to kill him.
This song was his way of reclaiming his life and getting past the torment he said that writing and recording the song had a calming effect on him.
The arsonist was never caught, which made Petty's plight even more challenging. As for motive, there was no direct connection made, but 11 days earlier, Petty won a lawsuit against the B.F. Goodrich tire company for $1 million. Goodrich wanted to use Petty's song ''Mary's New Car'' in a TV commercial, and when he wouldn't let them, their advertising agency commissioned a copycat song that the judge felt was too similar.
This is perhaps Tom Petty's most personal song. In a 2006 interview with Harp, he said, ''That song frightened me when I wrote it. I didn't embrace it at all. It's so obvious. I thought it wasn't that good because it was so naked.
So I had a lot of second thoughts about recording that song. But everyone around me liked the song and said it was r ...
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