Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Dennis Informed, and this is the Daily Article for Thursday, September 13, 2018.

Normally, Apple's fall launch of a new iPhone and other products would be leading the news.

The feature that helps users limit their iPhone use is getting special attention, along with some ridicule.

However, today is not a normal day. A National Weather Service

meteorologist calls Hurricane Florence the storm of a lifetime for portions of the Carolina

coast. He's warning of, quote, the potential for unbelievable damage from wind, storm surge,

and inland flooding with this storm. More than 10 million people are under storm watches and

warnings this morning. Yesterday, we discussed the theological implications of natural disasters like Florence.

Today, let's turn to practical biblical principles. The storm calls on us to respond in two

significant ways. First, let's consider God's call to solidarity. As I was watching the news

coverage of Florence yesterday, the thought occurred to me, I'm not monitoring this crisis as though

someone I love is experiencing it. If members of my family lived on the Carolina Coast, I would be

much more emotionally engaged in this unfolding tragedy.

Most of us are the same way. We're concerned for those who experience a disaster.

Then we go about our day, subconsciously grateful this isn't happening to us.

In the case of Florence, we might even congratulate ourselves for not living in an area

susceptible to hurricanes, though inland regions

deal with tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides, and other natural disasters. So let's shift the narrative.

If you had family living in the path of the storm, how would you feel? Well, the fact is,

you do. We're all descended from the same identical parents, all members of the same human race.

If you live in America, you're part of the United States. In addition, you likely have family or friends

who have family or friends in the path of the storm. It doesn't take much imagination to assume that

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