What Tongan Christians can teach us about tsunamis and faith
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 9 February 2022
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The recent volcanic eruption in the South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga was hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according to NASA scientists. As Morgan Lee reports in Christianity Today, the blast generated waves that reached estimated heights of fifty feet. Yet they are returning to normal, and Tongan Christian leaders have relayed their thanks for the world’s prayers. In The Daily Article for February 9, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison encourages Christians to remember that “we are all children of one Father, all members of one family.”
Author: Dr. Jim Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Jim Denison has taught the Bible in the Holy Land on dozens of trips over the years, |
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| 1:22.1 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 1:32.3 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim |
| 1:37.2 | Denison. |
| 1:38.6 | The recent volcanic eruption in the South Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga was hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb, |
| 1:47.8 | according to NASA scientists. |
| 1:50.2 | As Morgan Lee reports in Christianity today, |
| 1:53.3 | the blast generated waves that reached estimated heights of 50 feet. |
| 1:58.9 | Coastline villages and resorts were swept away, rushing water buried roads |
| 2:04.3 | under boulders and debris. Yet only three people died, and despite the ash that covers large |
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