{"id":36025,"date":"2023-01-27T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/passengers-sing-after-unruly-woman-removed\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T12:41:00","slug":"passengers-sing-after-unruly-woman-removed","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/passengers-sing-after-unruly-woman-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers Sing After Unruly Woman Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal law enforcement officers were dispatched to the Gold Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia after a drunk, disorderly woman refused to follow the crew&rsquo;s instructions. Jetstar Airlines explained the situation in a brief statement afterward. &ldquo;The safety of our customers and crew is our number one priority and we have zero tolerance for disruptive behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>The woman, who one TikTok user referred to as a &ldquo;drunk Karen,&rdquo; clearly wore out her welcome among the nearby passengers who had to endure her belligerent behavior. On the posted TikTok video, police can be seen entering the plane and forcibly removing her from the aircraft, while onlookers began chanting the chorus to a 1969 hit from the band Steam. &ldquo;Na na nahhh na, na na nahh na, hey hey hey &hellip; goodbye.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-article-subhead2\">Possible Preaching Angle:<\/h2>\n\n<p><em>In the words of the ancient African American proverb: &ldquo;God don&#39;t like ugly.&rdquo; While we&#39;re not to seek vengeance because it belongs to God, it&#39;s natural to be relieved when wrongdoers experience the consequences of their actions.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[411],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3372,3404,3477,3672,3677,3802,3831,4181,4282,4315,4316,4546,4556,4791,4984,5012],"tax_ctp_topics":[395,396],"class_list":["post-36025","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-accountability","tax_ctp_tags-alcohol","tax_ctp_tags-behavior","tax_ctp_tags-confusion","tax_ctp_tags-consequences-of-sin","tax_ctp_tags-disobedience","tax_ctp_tags-drunkenness","tax_ctp_tags-human-nature","tax_ctp_tags-irresponsibility","tax_ctp_tags-justice","tax_ctp_tags-justice-of-god","tax_ctp_tags-news-that-illustrates","tax_ctp_tags-offenses","tax_ctp_tags-rejoicing","tax_ctp_tags-singing","tax_ctp_tags-social-media"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Passengers Sing After Unruly Woman Removed - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/passengers-sing-after-unruly-woman-removed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Passengers Sing After Unruly Woman Removed - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Federal law enforcement officers were dispatched to the Gold Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia after a drunk, disorderly woman refused to follow the crew&rsquo;s instructions. 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