Why a man bought 100 generators: The urgency of true community
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 9 September 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
The popularity of football tells us something important about our individualistic culture. Today's podcast explores the need for true community and invites us to make four commitments that will change the world.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.7 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.3 | A man walked into a cost-co store in Florida and bought 100 generators. |
| 0:24.6 | It cost him $450 each. |
| 0:27.6 | Why would one person need 100 generators? |
| 0:30.6 | He wouldn't, but people in the Bahamas would. |
| 0:33.6 | He sent them there by boat, but that's where the story ends. He doesn't want to be named, |
| 0:39.7 | asking that people focus on helping those affected by Hurricane Dorian. Meanwhile, a six-year-old |
| 0:46.0 | boy in South Carolina was saving up for a trip to Disney World when Hurricane Dorian struck the U.S. |
| 0:52.1 | He decided to use the money to feed evacuees instead. |
| 0:55.0 | While the storm is expected to finally dissipate tomorrow, its effects will be felt for years, |
| 1:01.0 | as will the goodwill of those who chose to serve those in need. |
| 1:05.0 | When we extend our community to hurting people, we change their world and ours. The National Football League kicked off its |
| 1:15.8 | first Sunday games yesterday. The college football season continued the previous day. NFL games |
| 1:22.1 | are watched by nearly 16 million viewers. College football is watched by more than 15 million fans as well. |
| 1:29.5 | The U.S. Open tennis finals were played over the weekend as well, with Serena Williams losing |
| 1:34.7 | to Bianca and Drescue in an upset on Saturday, and Rafael Nadal edging Daniel Medvedev |
| 1:41.2 | to win his 19th Grand Slam title on Sunday. This year's women's final |
| 1:46.0 | drew 3 million viewers. The men were watched by 2 million. Nearly 18 million Americans play tennis, |
| 1:53.4 | while there are just over 1 million football players of all ages in the U.S. And yet, football |
| 1:59.5 | dwarfs tennis as a spectator sport. I think I know one reason why. |
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