Kansas City Chiefs overcome three “curses” to win Super Bowl LVII
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The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 13 February 2023
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As winners of Super Bowl LVII, the Kansas City Chiefs had to overcome three “curses.” Plus, there are fascinating parallels between watching American football and participating in American religion.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Jim Denison wrote our Linton Devotional, titled Empowered, |
| 0:05.0 | to provide biblical, practical steps to the abundant life of Christ. |
| 0:10.0 | As Romans 837 reminds us, we are meant to be more than conquerors through Him who loved us. |
| 0:18.0 | But the business and busyness of life can thwart our best intentions. |
| 0:23.6 | All too often we leave too little room, if any at all, for the Holy Spirit to direct our days. |
| 0:30.6 | But it doesn't have to be that way. Visit daily article.org today and request your copy of Empowered, a guide to experiencing |
| 0:40.6 | the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:47.3 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Monday, February 13th, 2023. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:58.0 | The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in yesterday's Super Bowl, overcoming |
| 1:04.0 | three quote-unquote curses to do so. |
| 1:07.0 | First, their quarter pack, Patrick Mahomes, won the NFL's most valuable player award |
| 1:12.9 | again this season. Since 1999, nine other MVPs made it to the Super Bowl. None won it. |
| 1:20.6 | Second, Canadian rapper Drake bet $700,000 on the Chiefs, but nearly all his large sports bets in recent years have failed. |
| 1:31.4 | Third, Chiefs fans have been placing team apparel on the Rocky Balboa statue in Philadelphia. |
| 1:37.5 | When fans did this in the 2015 and 2018 playoffs, their team lost to the Eagles. |
| 1:44.4 | In more serious news, Chiefs fan, John Gladwell, donated a kidney to Eagles fan, Billy Welsh, more than two years ago. |
| 1:53.4 | The pair met more than 20 years ago when they both served in the Marines. |
| 1:58.3 | They sat together yesterday at the game, but Welsh was worried about a Chief's |
| 2:02.9 | victory since he has a Chief's kidney. I don't know how my body will react if the Chiefs win. |
| 2:09.2 | There is no news so far on his medical response. The rest of us might be concerned about the |
| 2:14.9 | outcome for a different reason. Over the previous 56 Super |
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