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- European
Seminary Prioritizes Creation Care, Sustainable Development (07-21-08):
International Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Prague, Czech
Republic, has prioritized the environment in word and deed, providing
a model for global Baptists.
- Gore
Issues Energy Challenge: Carbon-Free Electricity Within 10 Years
(07-18-08): Noble Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore on Thursday
issued a "moon shot"-style challenge for the United States
to set a goal of producing 100 percent of its electricity from non-carbon,
renewable energy resources by 2018.
- To
Bee or Not to Be (06-09-08): Rising food and fuel prices are on
the minds of much of the world. These realities exist hand in hand.
It takes lots of energy for the massive food production needed to sustain
(and in many cases, fatten) over six billion human residents on this
orb. Thus, it is futile to think the cost of one will be unrelated to
the other. Alongside these very noticeable realities, though, there
is another busy contributor to food production. It is the honey bee.
- Climate-Change
Bill Fails in Senate (06-09-08): Senators on Friday blocked a bill
aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions linked to global warming.
- Economic
Extremists Air Ads Opposing Climate Change Senate Bill (05-30-08):
A right-wing economic group with an anti-government philosophy is attacking
a bill in the U.S. Senate aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions
linked to global warming.
- It's
Not Easy Building Green (05-21-08): My husband and I recently built
a new house. We had aspirations of being as ecologically responsible
as possible, but we were thwarted at almost every step.
- We
Need Unbiased Data About Climate Change (05-20-08): Being from Texas,
I am a hunter. I am also by nature fairly conservative. I am not an
"environmentalist wacko" or "tree hugger," but I
do care deeply about nature. .
- Christian
Right Leaders Push Back Against Concern for Global Warming (05-16-08):
A group of conservative religious leaders and politicians on Thursday
unveiled a new campaign aimed at getting 1 million supporters behind
a so-called "biblical" view of the environment that downplays
concerns about human-induced global warming.
- How
to Save the Planet Without Busting Your Budget (05-14-08): Instead
of buying more products, consumers need to look at ways to use current
resources more wisely. Happily, such choices are easier on the pocketbook
as well as the planet.
- Baptist
Conscience Awakening About Creation Care, Baptist Leader Says (05-13-08):
Baptists have throughout history largely lagged behind other Christians
in theological and practical discussion concerning the environment,
but there are signs the Baptist conscience is awakening to the issue
of creation care, a European Baptist leader told a recent gathering
of British Baptists.
- LEEDing
By Example (04-30-08): Curiously, churches have lagged far behind
institutions of higher education and corporations in paying attention
to environmental responsibility and sustainability in constructing buildings.
In some conservative Christian circles, the recent obsession with creation(-ism)
has led to a great deal of talk but very little walk in creation care.
In some liberal circles, environmentalism has become a new creedalism,
but with little or no impact on the design and construction of church
facilities.
- Baptist
Leaders Urge Senate to Pass 'Strongest Possible' Bill on Climate Change
(04-28-08): More than 140 Baptist leaders from 25 states and the District
of Columbia endorsed a Baptist Center for Ethics letter sent today calling
on the U.S. Senate to pass climate-change legislation.
- Environmental
Racism: Another Inconvenient Truth (04-28-08): There exists an inconvenient
truth within the present environmental movement. The greatest levels
of environmental derogation exist where people of color live.
- Should
Christians Be Concerned About Our Carbon Footprint? (04-25-08):
Scientists are in wide agreement that global warming is real. Carbon
dioxide and methane gases have increased in our atmosphere over the
years and scientists believe these are mostly to blame for the warming
phenomena which are causing more frequent extreme weather, disappearing
glaciers and ice cover in both the Arctic and Antarctic Sea regions,
and a rise in the ocean's temperatures. Even so, some prominent Christians
don't believe the evidence and use their influence to slow the efforts
of America to go green.
- It
Ain't Easy Being Green (04-24-08): In some Christian circles it's
not easy being green. That's because as soon as you start talking about
the climate crisis and global warming, which are the heavy environmental
topics of the day, some Christians start thinking "vast left-wing
conspiracy."
- 10
Ways You Can Be More Green (04-23-08): As we focus on how to be
better stewards this Earth Day, I thought it might be helpful to share
some practical ways to get started with your "Green" lifestyle.
- BCE
Launches 'The Green Bible' Web Page (04-22-08): TheGreenBible.org
is now online. The site, from Baptist Center for Ethics and EthicsDaily.com,
is a warehouse of information on the biblical mandate to care for the
environment--and what people of faith can and should do.
- Recycling
Our Witness (04-22-08): I recently preached a sermon on environmental
stewardship based on the familiar John 3:16 passage.
- Link
Between Global Warming and Poverty Focus of Earth Day Sunday (04-18-08):
Each year the National Council of Churches' Eco-Justice Working Group
focuses on a particular environmental theme and highlights a number
of ways individuals and congregations can celebrate and protect God's
creation. This year's emphasis is on the link between global warming
and poverty
- Churches
Use 'An Inconvenient Truth' as Teaching Tool (04-16-08): There's
a valuable teaching tool for pastors and religious educators willing
to take a little political risk: Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth,"
say two congregational leaders who have shown the film in Baptist churches.
- Corporate
America Goes Green, Will Pulpits Follow? (04-14-08): On the eve
of Earth Day 2008, CEOs and politicians are all reaching for the championship
green jacket. Will pulpits follow their leadership? Pro-environmental
preaching among evangelicals, Southern Baptists and other conservative
Protestants has been a minor note, if one at all.
- Dobson
Is Troubled by McCain's Opposition to Torture and Global Warming
(04-07-08): How did Sen. John McCain's commitment to addressing global
warming and advancing human rights become sources of opposition from
Christian Right leader James Dobson?
- Questions
for Global-Warming Deniers (04-07-08): Robert Parham at EthicsDaily.com
recently posted an article about Al Gore's interview on "60 Minutes"
discussing the "toxic partnership" between religious fundamentalists,
who deny global warming in an effort to protect a hyper-literal reading
of the Bible, and free-market ideologues, who deny it to protect their
financial interests.
- Al
Gore Launches Campaign to Engage Public on Global Warming (04-01-08):
Former Vice President Al Gore is launching a bipartisan three-year campaign
this week aimed at building grassroots support to address global warming.
With a $300 million price tag, the Alliance for Climate Change's "We"
campaign is one of the largest and most expensive public advocacy campaigns
in history.
- Gore
Challenges Global Warming Deniers (03-31-08): Knowing the truth
about the global warming deniers can help to set good church folk free
to do the right thing--care for God's creation.
- Australian
Baptists Support Earth Hour 2008--Will Others Join In? (03-24-08):
Australian Baptists announced last week that they support Earth Hour
2008, an initiative launched last year in Sydney that focuses on global
warming and has spread across the globe, signing up individuals, corporations
and cities to reduce their greenhouse emissions.
- Climate
Expert Challenges Southern Baptist Leader's Global Warming Claims
(03-24-08): A leading scholar on global warming says a letter sent last
week to all 100 United States senators urging defeat of a measure to
reduce greenhouse-gas emissions is factually wrong.
- SBC
Leader Claims Earth Not Getting Hotter But Colder (03-17-08): Southern
Baptist Convention leader Richard Land apparently thought he had good
reason for refusing to sign a recent statement by fellow Southern Baptists
calling for action on global warming. He believes the Earth is getting
colder.
- Organizers
Defend Environmental Statement (03-12-08): Organizers of the Southern
Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative defended their statement
released Monday urging Southern Baptists to take better care of the
environment and fight climate change.
- Headlines
Mislead Public About SBC Shift on Global Warming (03-11-08): Untruth
anywhere harms truth everywhere. Misleading headlines misdirect public
opinion. False charges cover up flawed documents. No matter how noble
the cause, wrongful means damage the desired goal.
- Southern
Baptist Leaders Release Environmental Statement (03-10-08): Nearly
50 Southern Baptists leaders are issuing a declaration today urging
Southern Baptists to take care of the environment and fight climate
change. The Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative released
its environmental statement entitled "A Southern Baptist Declaration
on the Environment and Climate Change," which cites Scriptures
and the Baptist Faith & Message of 2000 to support its environmental
message.
- Letter
to New Baptist Covenant's Next-Step Planners, Meeting Wednesday
(03-10-08): Climate change's impact on church ministries and missions
must be a top drawer issue for the North American Baptist leaders, who
will meet at the Carter Center on Wednesday to discuss next steps for
the New Baptist Covenant.
- Timidity
on Global Warming Comes from Lack of Special Revelation (03-07-08):
Unless a 21st century Moses comes down from Stone Mountain with a new
commandment about global warming, don't expect the majority of Southern
Baptist clergy to tackle the issue of human-induced climate change.
Scientific consensus simply isn't enough to trigger responsible moral
action for those who demand the absolute certainty of divine revelation.
- Baptists
Must See Crisscrossing of Race, Poverty and the Environment (02-13-08):
Prior to the highly successful Al Gore luncheon on earth stewardship,
a perceptive Euro-American Baptist pastor shared his concern about whether
African-American Baptists would really attend the luncheon. Embedded
in his concern was the notion that the environment was really a "white"
issue.
- Gore
Delivers Most Important Baptist Address in 30 Years (02-04-08):
Former Vice President Al Gore delivered the most energetic, substantive
and potentially transformative speech made by a Baptist to a Baptist
audience in 30 years.
- Gore
Urges New Covenant Baptists to Take Up Mantle of Creation Care (02-01-08):
Former Vice President Al Gore challenged 2,500 fellow Baptists at a
Thursday luncheon with prophetic zeal to take up the mantle of reversing
global warming.
- Urgent
Invitation to 'An Inconvenient Truth' Screening at New Baptist Covenant
(01-25-08): Unpublicized is a jewel of an opportunity for Baptists concerned
about the environment. If you want to know more about global warming
and what you can do, then attend one of two special screenings of "An
Inconvenient Truth" during the New Baptist Covenant gathering next
week in Atlanta and interface with two Baptist ministers who have shown
the documentary in their churches.
- Attend
Lunch with Nobel Laureate (01-04-08): Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore
will speak at a luncheon scheduled for Jan. 31, 2008, from noon to 2
p.m., in Atlanta, in the Thomas Murphy Ballroom at the Georgia World
Congress Center.
- Baptist
of the Year: Al Gore (12-28-07): Al Gore is EthicsDaily.com's pick
as Baptist of the Year for 2007. He has pressed for the global good
with a compelling message about the danger of climate change and a clear
call for moral responsibility, knitting together science and faith,
reason and passion. He has refused to be distracted by the character-assassins,
the fear-mongers, the science-deniers and the merchants of short-term
gain. He has remained faithful to his mission of protecting the earth
and its inhabitants.
- Gore's
Peace Prize Lecture Tethered to Moral Authority (12-11-07): Al Gore
delivered this morning an intensely brilliant lecture bathed in prayer
and tethered to his moral heritage as a Baptist. He quoted the Bible,
valued truth-telling, uplifted responsibility for neighbor, confessed
human sinfulness and placed moral authority at the tip of the needed
plan for planetary redemption. He acknowledged that human beings have
purpose, refused to make Providence responsible for human inaction and
voiced respect for the global community's diverse, interdependent cultures.
His address was profoundly Christian without being offensively so.
- Jesus'
Moral Manifesto in Luke 4 Includes Call for Earth Care (12-03-07):
Pro-environmentalism is embedded in Jesus' moral manifesto found in
Luke 4:18-19, a note long ignored among Baptists who consistently water
down, spiritualize or privatize this text.
- Southern
Baptist Leader Attacks Gore, Says Christians Should Save Souls, Not
the Earth (10-15-07): The environment is a second-tier concern for
Christians--in part because the Bible teaches that the world is coming
to an end, anyway--and the church's top priority is saving souls, according
to a Southern Baptist Convention leader.
- Gore
Becomes Third Baptist to Win Nobel Peace Prize (10-12-07): Al Gore
became the third Baptist to win the Nobel Peace Prize, joining Jimmy
Carter in 2002 and Martin Luther King in 1964.
- Gospel
Jubilee (Luke 4:19): Bible Commentary for the New Baptist Covenant
(08-17-07): It might seen odd to begin a commentary celebrating new
Baptist beginnings with a quote from a Catholic. Yet Pope John Paul
II said something quite remarkable in "Centessimus Annus,"
the papal encyclical he issued in 1991.
- Gore
Film on Environment Nominated for Two Oscars (01-24-07): Former
Vice President Al Gore said he is "thrilled" that his documentary
film on the perils of global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth,"
was honored with two Oscar nominations.
- Will
Baptists Step Up to Take on Global Warming as Moral Issue in 2007?
(01-08-07): Three days after Christmas the Bush administration backtracked
on global warming when it proposed under a court-ordered deadline to
place the polar bear on the threatened-species list due to the rapid
loss of Arctic ice.
- 'An
Inconvenient Truth' (07-19-06): Fifty-six minutes into “An
Inconvenient Truth,” I was ready for the documentary to shift from
the scientific evidence for global warming to a political and personal
agenda for warding off global disaster.
- Gore
Speaks about Clergy, Politics (06-27-06): Evangelical clergy are
breaking with the Bush-Cheney view on global warming, said Al Gore in
response to a question on Friday from EthicsDaily.com.
- Gore
Stresses Moral Imperative on Global Warming in Interview (06-26-06):
Scientific truth about global warming carries a moral imperative for
action, former vice president and presidential candidate Al Gore said
Friday in an interview with EthicsDaily.com.
- Reading
the Green Bible (06-16-06): The Bible is God's green book, staking
out the divine imperative for earth care.
- Many
Christians Still Don’t ‘Get’ Environmentalism (03-15-04):
I still haven’t forgotten a casual remark made by a Baptist pastor
friend of mine about 10 years ago. He wanted to communicate to me how
“environmental” issues can get out of hand, how “enviros”
can go overboard.
- Oceans:
Vast But Not Invincible (02-19-04): Nearly all human beings live
on land. This leads to a tendency to forget about the oceans. Out of
sight, out of mind. But when we stand before them or float upon them
they seem vast and limitless and invincible. We have sayings that highlight
this feeling, such as “just a drop in the ocean.”
- Computer
Disposal Creates Dilemma (08-14-03): Have you ever thought about
what is inside your computer screen? According to the Environmental
Protection Agency, it’s some pretty toxic stuff: lead, chromium,
cadmium, mercury, beryllium, nickel, zinc and brominated flame retardants.
- WWJDrive
Tour Confirms That Message is Sound (07-31-03): My wife and I recently
completed an 11-city, eight-state “What Would Jesus Drive?”
tour of the Bible Belt that began at the First Baptist Church in Austin,
Texas, and ended at Riverside Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
- Couple
Making ‘What Would Jesus Drive?’ Tour (06-09-03): Six
months after launching a media campaign asking “What Would Jesus
Drive?” the Evangelical Environmental Network is taking its message
on a barn-storming tour of the South.
- Second
Gulf War Takes Toll on Creation (04-07-03): I’ve never been
there. But as a spiritual descendent of Abraham, I find it disquieting
that the land of his birth is the scene of this current war in Iraq,
the Second Gulf War. Ur, Abram’s hometown, was located close to
the Euphrates River, and not too far from the Persian Gulf. Marines
and British soldiers are engaging Saddam’s fedayeen there now.
- Embrace
Hydrogen and Reduce Oil Dependence—Now (02-10-03): What’s
the big deal about hydrogen? It has the highest energy content per unit
of weight of any known fuel. When powering a fuel cell, its only waste
is pure water.
- “What
Would Jesus Drive?” (10-14-02): While growing up I never thought
of driving as a moral issue. It was not until I was in graduate school
and began learning about the harm pollution from cars and trucks causes
that I began to reflect upon it.
- Evangelicals
Address Global Warming at Oxford Conference (08-05-02): Evangelical
Christians from the United States and Great Britain and many of the
world’s leading climate experts recently gathered at Oxford University’s
St. Anne’s College for a three-day conference on global warming.
- Practicing
the Three Rs (07-01-02): When people ask me what simple things they
can do as individuals and as families to care for God’s creation,
something I suggest is that they practice the Three Rs: reduce, reuse,
recycle.
- Indoor
Air Pollution Is Unknown Threat (06-03-02): Indoor air pollution
poses a problem, and it’s one that has been around for a while.
- Creation
Sunday: Celebrating Christ’s Reconciliation of All Creation
(04-08-02): Does “environmentalism” have any place in a Christian
worship service or in Sunday School? Some say no, others yes. This question
is really a red herring from a biblical perspective.
- Creation-Care:
Three Women Pioneers (03-12-02): Women’s History Month is a
fine time to highlight three women who impacted creation-care in the
United States.
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