Archive for the 'environment' Category
The NYTimes has an interesting piece on a movement among Southern Baptists to take more action on climate change an advocate for the environment. A quote:
“I learned that God reveals himself through Scripture and in general through his creation, and when we destroy God’s creation, it’s similar to ripping pages from the Bible,” Mr. Merritt […]
The Roman Catholic church has added seven more “deadly” sins to the prior seven. Among the new deadlies are genetic engineering, social injustice that causes poverty, and excessive accumulation of wealth.
“You offend God not only by stealing, blaspheming or coveting your neighbour’s wife, but also by ruining the environment, carrying out morally debatable scientific […]
Tonight the PBS NOW program focused on God and Politics in 2008. Surprisingly, this piece was even-handed, demonstrating both the socially progressive and politically charged expressions of faith in Evangelicalism. Pastors from across Kansas were interviewed, revealing disturbing to encouraging stances on the role of faith and politics. An interesting quote (as best as I […]
According to research done by Barna group, Evangelical voting concerns are quite different than the rest of the American population. In fact, the numbers are disconcerting…
Evangelicals’ top concern - by a wide margin - was abortion (94%). This was followed by the personal debt of Americans (81%), the content of television and movies (79%), homosexual […]
Eco-friendly products are often a sham. According to a study by TerraChoice, many manufacturers are committing the Six Sins of Green Washing, upwards of 1018 products! Here are the sins:
1. The Sin of the Hidden Tradeoff is committed by suggesting a product is “green” based on a single environmental attribute (the recycled content of paper, […]
Here are a couple Green Tips I got from Member Mission.
#1Stop junk mail before it gets to your mailbox. Each year the average US household receives about 1-112 trees’ worth of junk mail. Register with the Mail Preference Service to reduce the amount of junk mail that you get.
Cost: $1.00
Where to register: www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglist
#2 […]
Forbes magazine just released a list of the Greenest cities in the U.S. According to the article, states were ranked according to their performance on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s energy efficiency scorecard. This includes six categories: carbon footprint, air quality, water quality, hazardous waste management, policy initiatives and energy consumption.
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Boundless just put out a great line-up of articles on Francis Schaeffer, addressing cultural engagement, social action and worldview issues:
A CHRISTIAN MANIFESTO
A CALL TO EVANGELICAL SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
SCHAEFFER’S MANIFESTO: A REVOLUTION REALIZED
“Every good gift and perfect present is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or moving shadow.”
Thoughts? What is the Christian response? We are here to cultivate the creation project, and it is going somewhere. Without us, earth would be a mass of disordered life. Genesis tells […]
Looks like the Vatican is leading out in ecclesiastical environmentalism. This NYTimes article documents the Vatican’s attempt to justify its carbon output by planting trees in on the Tiza River in Hungary. The Vatican climate forest will allow the small city/country in Italy to be the first carbon-free state.
Will Evangelicals jump on board?!