Hi, I'm Jim Denison, and this is the Daily Article for Wednesday, October 3, 2018.

If you live in the United States, you'll receive an unprecedented text on your cell phone today.

In 2016, President Obama signed a law requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency

to create a system allowing the President to send cell phone alerts regarding public safety emergencies.

The wireless emergency alert system has now been created as a result.

Americans can opt out of natural disaster or missing children alerts, but we're not able to

avoid the presidential alert system. The president has sole responsibility for determining

when such alerts are to be used.

But don't read your text expecting to hear President Trump's opinion on Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation

process or other news. The presidential alerts can be used only for national emergencies.

Today's text will state, this is a test of the national wireless emergency alert system. No action is needed.

These 15 words have drawn national attention all out of proportion to their size and urgency.

In other news, the FBI could finish its probe of Judge Brett Kavanaugh today.

The White House authorized the agency to interview anyone it deems

necessary. However, even an expanded process would include only a few of the multiplied thousands of

people Kavanaugh has met and worked with over his life. The FBI investigation is partially the

result of a now viral conversation between Senator Jeff Flake and two women in an elevator after last Thursday's confirmation hearing.

Their repeal played a role in his decision to request the FBI probe before moving forward with the process.

Here's my point. Small things can make a big impact for bad or for good. When the news makes us feel discouraged and powerless, we can remember that one person can change the world, and we can decide to be that person to the glory of God.

If you're like me, two priests named Zadok and Abiathar are not on your list of favorite biblical heroes, but their courage

altered the course of human history. In 2 Samuel 5, Absalom staged a coup that drove his father,

King David, from Jerusalem. Two chapters later, Absalom's forces were set to pursue and kill the king,

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