Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. The murder of Kitty Genevies became a

dark symbol of the national character of America. Kitty's neighbors were too indifferent, too frightened, and too self-absorbed to get

involved. If you had been at the crime scene, would you have been as passive? In today's episode,

Paul Tripp challenges you to resist passivity in your life as we continue to listen through an old

radio series called Survival Skills.

Check out the show notes to see where you can find in the first seven episodes.

Now, here's Paul with Resist Passivity.

A red fiat rolled slowly through the darkness into a parking space adjacent to the Long Island Railroad Station in Q Gardens.

The young woman behind the wheel emerged from the car and locked it. She began the 100-foot walk toward her apartment house at 8270 Austin Street. But then she spotted a man standing

along her route. Apparently afraid, she changed direction and headed toward the intersection of Austin

and Leverts Boulevard, where there was a police call box. Suddenly the man overtook her and grabbed

her. She screamed. Residents of the nearby apartment houses turned on their lights and threw

open the windows. The woman screamed again. Please help me. The man in the window shouted,

let that girl alone. The attacker walked away,

apartment lights went out, and the windows slammed shut. The victim staggered toward her apartment,

but the attacker returned again. I'm dying, she cried. The windows opened again. The

attacker entered a car and drove away. Windows closed, but the attacker soon came back again. This time he killed her.

It was not until 3.50 that morning that a neighbor of the victim called police.

Officers arrived two minutes late and found the body. They identified the victim as Kitty Genovese.

She had been returning from her job.

Kitty Genovese, it was a name that

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