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Benjamin Watson: Walking Humbly With God

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Watson says about 18 million children have been displaced and up to 150,000 children killed in Nigeria.

1. Livin' The Bream with Shannon Bream centers on Benjamin Watson and his wide-ranging work on family, justice, sports, and faith. 2. Watson appears as a Super Bowl champion, 16-year NFL veteran, Fox football analyst, bestselling author, and father of seven. 3. The episode asks what it looks like to “walk humbly with your God” while handling family, public advocacy, and football. 4. Watson describes a week in Guatemala with Compassion International, his wife, and all seven children. 5. He says Colt McCoy invited his family to join the trip and that the two families went together. 6. Watson explains that Compassion International works through churches and other organizations to address child poverty. 7. He says the trip helped his children play and laugh with local children despite a Spanish-language barrier. 8. Watson says the family met children and parents, entered homes, and shared food with people there. 9. He says the visit led his family to sponsor a child they will follow as she grows up. 10. Bream says she also sponsors a child and describes receiving updates, pictures, cards, birthdays, and Christmas greetings. 11. Watson says the Guatemala trip gave his family a direct view of humanity across language and national lines. 12. He links that experience to generosity and to Jesus touching and engaging people who were different from him. 13. Watson turns to Nigeria and says the issue has been building for decades. 14. He says he first learned more about the crisis in 2018 after Boko Haram abducted schoolgirls. 15. On The Just Life, he spoke with Steven Inyata, who runs International Committee and serves widows and displaced children. 16. Watson cites about 18 million displaced children and estimates of 100,000 to 150,000 children displaced or killed. 17. He says violence is concentrated in northern Nigeria and targets Christian minorities, with the government failing to protect citizens. 18. Watson says Hebrews 13 and Micah 6:8 shape his view that believers should remember the persecuted, advocate, and provide help. 19. The conversation is an interview with a familiar, conversational pace and several sidebars into sports and family life. 20. It will appeal to listeners interested in faith, religious freedom, family priorities, and college football.

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A warm, values driven interview that ties football, family life, and religious freedom together.

Benjamin Watson turns a familiar mix of sports, family, and values into something calmer and more grounded. Shannon Bream lets the conversation move at an easy pace, from the family missions trip to Guatemala to religious freedom, football, marriage, and the day to day work of…

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For a faith-and-football conversation about family, freedom, marriage, and priorities at home.

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