Archive Page 18: Samuel Worden: A Barrier Between Him and Jesus
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
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🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
When Samuel Worden was 14 his life tragically changed in an instant. It devastated his family and his faith. Why would a good God allow this kind of pain? The hurt, sadness, and anger seemed like an impossible barrier between him and Jesus. But when he desperately needed a father's love, Samuel had an encounter that changed him forever.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 18 of the unfolding is the story of Samuel Worden. |
| 0:04.0 | For two years, I didn't attend church. |
| 0:06.1 | I wouldn't read the Bible. |
| 0:07.4 | I wouldn't listen to worship. |
| 0:08.6 | If you're a Christian, I walk the other way. |
| 0:10.4 | I would have never said that like I was trying to like renounce God, |
| 0:13.2 | but I just, I couldn't believe the good God would let this happen. |
| 0:16.6 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 0:20.0 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 0:22.6 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:29.6 | Another page in the unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:43.6 | When Samuel Warden was 14, his life tragically changed in an instant. |
| 0:49.2 | His family was devastated, and so was Samuel's faith. |
| 0:53.1 | The hurt, sadness, and anger seemed like an impossible |
| 0:56.7 | barrier between him and God. But when he desperately needed a father's love, he had an encounter |
| 1:02.9 | that changed him forever. Just a word of caution, this is a hard story, and it does include some |
| 1:08.7 | violence. Here's Samuel. I grew up in a Christian home in Arkansas, |
| 1:13.5 | and my family was a happy-go-lucky family. My dad was a huge comic. He's just a funny studio meet. |
| 1:19.5 | My mom is beautiful. She's wonderful. My sister, my brother, amazing. And on July 22nd, 2007, |
| 1:26.1 | right after a church service, my dad and I wanted to go get her hair cut. |
| 1:30.2 | How old were you? I was 14, 14 years old. And as a 14, I've always loved fashion. Like, |
| 1:35.8 | fashion, haircuts, like, that was my thing. You were into it? Yeah, I was into it. And my dad was |
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