Last week I started summarizing the complaints that some environmentalists have against Christianity as presented in chapter 3 of For the Beauty of the Earth, by Steven Bouma-Prediger. In my previous post on this, I presented the first complaint, which was that the Genesis 1:28 mandate that gave humans dominion over the creation leads to …
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We took a break from going through Knowing God by J.I. Packer at the dinner table, but now we are back into it. Chapter 8 is "The Majesty of God." Here are a few good quotes: How may we form a right idea of God's greatness? The Bible teaches us two steps that we must …
Last week I had an image of Toba, a volcano on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia (winner: Ron Schott from The Geology Home Companion). Toba had a colossal eruption 70-75,000 years ago which was probably the largest on Earth in the past several million years; even larger than the eruptions of the Yellowstone Caldera …
Paleo-Future has a collection of paintings from 1910 envisioning what life would be like in the year 2000. Here are a few of my favorites: Go to Paleo-Future for more. Grace and Peace
Welcome to The GeoChristian. Out of over 600 posts on my blog, this one on the Paleomap Project is in the top five in terms of how many people view it. The purpose of The GeoChristian is twofold: 1. To enhance science literacy within the Evangelical Christian community. 2. To present a Biblical Christianity that …
This item was originally posted in September, 2006. It is now part of my blog recycling program. Because I have new readers of The GeoChristian, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my favorite blog entries. There is a version of this video on YouTube that I don't think was available last year. …
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A continuation of my review of For the Beauty of the Earth, by Steven Bouma-Prediger. I'm going through chapter 3, which is "Is Christianity to Blame? The Ecological Complaint Against Christianity." The author discusses four common complaints that environmentalists have against Christianity, starting with: The first is that monotheism in general, and Christianity in particular, …
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Chapter 3 of For the Beauty of the Earth by Steven Bouma-Prediger is called "Is Christianity to Blame? The Ecological Complaint Against Christianity." Among many environmentalists, the strong emotions felt against Christianity is as strong as that which many conservative Christians have against "tree-hugging enviro-wackos." Consider these statements from the Sierra Club's magazine Sierra: To …
At my school, we are having teacher in-service meetings on "worldviews." We're watching a series from The Biblical Worldview Institute, and as part of today's session we watched a video clip about trees, starring people from the radical environmentalist organism organization Earth First! The video can be found here. We are learning about integrating Biblical …
Last week's Google Earth image was Vesuvius, most famous for its 79 AD eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, near modern-day Naples, Italy. Vesuvius has erupted numerous times throughout history, with the most recent eruption being in 1944. The outer rim on the right side of the photo is from a prehistoric catastrophic eruption that …
Back in December, I had a short entry about the Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has an incredible picture from last year's eruption: photo by Patrick Taschler The description from APOD: Explanation: Volcano Tungurahua erupted spectacularly last year. Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows visibly pours down the sides …
It has been a year of mega-earthquakes. From today's US Geological Survey home page: Sumatra Earthquake—Largest in 2007 The magnitude-8.4 earthquake that struck Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sept. 12, 2007, was the largest of four magnitude~8 earthquakes that have occurred worldwide since January. It is also the largest earthquake in Indonesia since the magnitude-8.6 "Nias" earthquake …
Some present biofuels (e.g. ethanol, biodiesel) as the great cure for our energy and environmental problems. After all, if we grow our fuel, we don't have to import it from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Venezuela. Additionally, whatever CO2 is released when the fuel is burned was originally removed from the atmosphere when the plant grew, …
One of my goals when we returned to the States back in 2005 for our "home assignment" was to not go into a regular Christian bookstore. By "regular Christian bookstore" I'm referring to the typical strip-mall bookstore in which you can find a hundred copies of whatever the latest fad book is but cannot buy …
From Lifenews.com: "Why Do Some Environmentalists Think Saving Earth Requires Abortions?" If asked what function the San Francisco-based Sierra Club performs, most of its 1.3 million members would probably reply "protecting the environment," or "raising awareness of endangered species," or words to that effect. Yet, in their 2007 legislative report for Minnesota, the Sierra Club …
The second chapter of For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care is "What's Wrong With the World? The Groaning of Creation." It is difficult to deny that we humans, though given the divine mandate in Genesis 1 to be caretakers of the Earth, have had a serious negative impact on …
Last week: Santorini, the site of the 1600 B.C. eruption that helped wipe out the ancient Minoan civilization in the Agean Sea and the island of Crete. Lois and Sheri submitted the correct answer; I would send them a GeoChristian mug or t-shirt as a prize, but there is no such thing. This week: it's …
Headline: Doctor warns consumers of popcorn fumes My wife (who likes her microwave popcorn!) said this sounds like Super-Size Me. This guy had several bags of microwave popcorn per day for years! Grace and Peace
One way for me to have my faith strengthened is to get in discussions with skeptics. They usually think they know it all and that Christians are a bunch of idiots, but when they speak they expose their ignorance and poor reasoning. Last year I reported on a discussion I had via World Magazine Blog …
Before our ReachGlobal Europe conference in the countryside of France in August, we spent three nights in an apartment in Paris. For a family of six, hotels are not only very expensive, but we couldn't find a hotel that would place all of us in one room. My lovely wife got on the internet and …
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