BEATING THE BIG BAD BULLIES OF LIFE (2 OF 8)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-30
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Title: Beating The Big Bad Bullies of Life (2 of 8)
Series: The Life of David
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 1 Samuel 18
I - The Furious Foe of David
II - The Flabbergasting Feelings of David (I Sam. 20: 1)
III - The Faithful Friend of David (1 Sam. 18: 1 - 4)
IV - The Fabulous Faith of David (1 Sam. 18: 14)
V - The Favorable Finish of David (1 Sam. 18: 28 - 30)
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Powerful Protection
Nadin Khoury was thirteen years old, five foot two, and weighed, soaking wet, probably a hundred pounds. His attackers were teenagers, larger than Nadin, and outnumbered him seven to one. For thirty minutes they hit, kicked, and beat him. He never stood a chance.
Khoury's mom had recently moved the family to Philadelphia from Minnesota. She had lost her job as a hotel maid and was looking for work. In 2000 she'd escaped war-torn Liberia. Nadin Khoury, then, was the new kid in a rough neighborhood with a mom who was an unemployed immigrant-everything a wolf pack of bullies needed to justify an attack.
The hazing began weeks earlier. They picked on him. They called his mother names. They routinely pushed, shoved, and ambushed him. Then came the all-out assault on a January day. They dragged him through the snow, stuffed him into a tree, and suspended him on a seven-foot wrought-iron fence. Khoury survived the attack and would have likely faced a few more except for the folly of one of the bullies. He filmed the pile-on and posted it on YouTube.
A passerby saw the violence and chased away the bullies. Police saw it and got involved. The troublemakers landed in jail, and the story reached the papers.
A staffer at the nationwide morning show The View read the account and invited Khoury to appear on the broadcast.
He did. As the video of the assault played on the screen behind him, he tried to appear brave, but his lower lip quivered. "Next time maybe it could be somebody smaller than ...
Series: The Life of David
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 1 Samuel 18
I - The Furious Foe of David
II - The Flabbergasting Feelings of David (I Sam. 20: 1)
III - The Faithful Friend of David (1 Sam. 18: 1 - 4)
IV - The Fabulous Faith of David (1 Sam. 18: 14)
V - The Favorable Finish of David (1 Sam. 18: 28 - 30)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
Powerful Protection
Nadin Khoury was thirteen years old, five foot two, and weighed, soaking wet, probably a hundred pounds. His attackers were teenagers, larger than Nadin, and outnumbered him seven to one. For thirty minutes they hit, kicked, and beat him. He never stood a chance.
Khoury's mom had recently moved the family to Philadelphia from Minnesota. She had lost her job as a hotel maid and was looking for work. In 2000 she'd escaped war-torn Liberia. Nadin Khoury, then, was the new kid in a rough neighborhood with a mom who was an unemployed immigrant-everything a wolf pack of bullies needed to justify an attack.
The hazing began weeks earlier. They picked on him. They called his mother names. They routinely pushed, shoved, and ambushed him. Then came the all-out assault on a January day. They dragged him through the snow, stuffed him into a tree, and suspended him on a seven-foot wrought-iron fence. Khoury survived the attack and would have likely faced a few more except for the folly of one of the bullies. He filmed the pile-on and posted it on YouTube.
A passerby saw the violence and chased away the bullies. Police saw it and got involved. The troublemakers landed in jail, and the story reached the papers.
A staffer at the nationwide morning show The View read the account and invited Khoury to appear on the broadcast.
He did. As the video of the assault played on the screen behind him, he tried to appear brave, but his lower lip quivered. "Next time maybe it could be somebody smaller than ...
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