"We should be contending for truth in every area of life. Not for power or because we are taken with some trendy cause, but humbly to bring glory to God. For this reason, Christians should be the most ardent ecologists. Not because we would rather save spotted owls than cut down trees whose bark provides …
Category: Nature
Earth First scream therapy
The following item was originally posted in September 2007. I have added it to 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. I love trees, but... Here is a video clip featuring Earth First! people mourning the loss …
Rattlesnake
I went for a hike in Deer Creek Canyon, southwest of Denver, this afternoon. I almost stepped on this young rattlesnake; I looked down and my shoe was about six inches from its head. Fortunately, it was stretched out full-length and unable to strike. The pattern doesn't seem quite right for a western diamondback, but …
Hike — Deer Creek Canyon
The family took a hike in Deer Creek Canyon, at the southwest corner of the Denver metro area last week. This was before it turned cold and rainy/snowy. The trail has a mixture of grassland, scrub brush, and forest (Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, scrub oak, aspen, and others). Click on images to enlarge. Grace and …
Seeing God in nature
According to the Bible (for example Romans 1; Psalm 19), nature should point us to God. Author Philip Yancey writes about this in Christianity Today: A Whole Good World Outside: Opening our blinds to the prevailing wonder of creation. Here's a quote: It was this whole good world outside as much as anything that brought …
Evangelism or the environment?
From The Wonder of Creation: Evangelicals, evangelism, and the environment. As an evangelical who writes and speaks on the wonder of creation and the care of creation, I’ve often been asked the question, “Isn’t evangelism—saving human souls—more important than caring for the earth?” This issue is probably number 1 in calling into question the validity …
Francis Schaeffer — 25th anniversary of his death
Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Christian author, philosopher, and pastor Francis Schaeffer. Schaeffer is highly regarded in the Evangelical Christian world for his defense of the faith, his advocacy of pro-life political action, and leadership of the l'Abri community in Switzerland. Francis Schaeffer was also an advocate of environmental protection. HT: …
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Nature’s enduring value is not in what it can provide us
I saw two bumper stickers on a truck this morning. One read: Earth First! We'll mine the other planets later The other one read: Strip mining prevents forest fires. There were other bumper stickers on the truck: NRA, Ducks Unlimited, and a few others I couldn't read (I was driving after all). It would not …
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Chukar
We saw a couple of Chukars near our apartment yesterday. I thought they were quails at first, but they had no head plumes. We have a tattered Peterson's Field Guide to Western Birds in our car, that aided in the identification. If you like field guides, then you should be aware of enature.com, which has …
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