Super Bowl champion stages prayer event in Boston: A question every American should ask
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR JUNE 15, 2020
Benjamin Watson is a Super Bowl champion and outspoken Christian. Today's podcast tells the story of "Boston Pray," an event he sponsored yesterday at Boston Common. Then we examine a biblical text Watson quoted, applying its three imperatives to our lives and culture today.
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| 1:02.3 | ministry with you each day. Boston Common is one of my favorite places in America. Founded in |
| 1:09.1 | 1634, it is the oldest park in the United States. Colonial |
| 1:14.0 | militia mustered there for the revolution. George Washington came to the park to celebrate |
| 1:19.5 | our nation's independence. In the 1860s, the park was used for Civil War recruitment and |
| 1:25.7 | anti-slavery meetings. Victory Gardens sprouted during World |
| 1:29.6 | War I. Most of the Commons' iron fencing was donated to the war cause during World War II. |
| 1:36.4 | I remember vividly my visit to the Commons some years ago. Everywhere I looked, history looked |
| 1:42.4 | back. Yesterday, however, the common looked forward with a message |
| 1:47.1 | every American needs to hear and a question every American needs to ask. |
| 1:55.2 | Benjamin Watson played tight end in college. Upon graduation, his Wonderlich score, measuring math, vocabulary, |
| 2:03.3 | and reasoning, tied for the third highest in National Football League history. He was drafted |
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