As climate change negotiations, which are presently being deliberated at Copenhagen continue, it is interesting to see that church leaders are now being brought in to provide some moral authority and encouragement for what has been a whole lot of hot air to date… and excessive consumption. After all, these church individuals would not be leading the masses astray!

Here is what this article affirms…

Church leaders handed a petition with half a million signatures to the United Nations and prayed for climate justice, while hundreds of demonstrators marched through the city centre for a second day to remind world leaders of the huge public pressure for a successful deal at the December 7-18 talks. 

“We are telling them: Hey you, you who are sitting there making the decisions, the world is waiting for a real agreement,” South African Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu told a crowd in the city centre.

Yes, I am waiting, but the content of that agreement that CN:NZ would like to see may look very different from what you are affirming Archbishop Tutu!

Here is another one…

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, called for political courage at a service in Copenhagen’s cathedral, attended by Danish royalty, which was followed by a bell ringing for the climate in churches around the world. 

“We have not yet been able to embrace the cost of the decisions we know we must make … but we have an obligation to future generations,” Williams told the congregation.

Let me frame our perspective by other “leaders” on this issue, but ones who would have not been invited to these deliberations at Copenhagen. From a document that EVERY thoughtful Christian should read, here are some words that are significant for the Bible Believing follower of Christ.

Here they are…

The providence and promises of God inform a Christian understanding of creation stewardship, helping to avert irrational or exaggerated fears of catastrophes—fears that are rooted, ultimately, in the loss of faith in God. Those who do trust God are able to assess and respond to risks rationally. God’s wisdom, power, and faithfulness justify confidence that Earth’s ecosystems are robust and will, by God’s providence, accomplish the purposes He set for them.

This is on page 3 in a document titled, A Renewed Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor, an evangelical declaration looking at the Theology, Science, and Economics of Global Warming, produced by the Cornwall Alliance.

Who is the Cornwall Alliance?

The Cornwall Alliance is a coalition of clergy, theologians, religious leaders, scientists, academics, and policy experts committed to bringing a balanced Biblical view of stewardship to the critical issues of environment and development. The Cornwall Alliance fully supports the principles espoused in the Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship, and is seeking to promote those principles in the discussion of various public policy issues including population and poverty, food, energy, water, endangered species, habitat, and other related topics.

The document, A Renewed Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor, is 76 pages in length and can be downloaded on-line!

Christian and otherwise, you should read this document!

IF you click HERE, you will be downloading it to your computer!

Seriously, be informed!

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The providence and promises of God inform a Christian understanding of creation

stewardship, helping to avert irrational or exaggerated fears of catastrophes—fears that are

rooted, ultimately, in the loss of faith in God. Those who do trust God are able to assess and

respond to risks rationally. God’s wisdom, power, and faithfulness justify confidence that Earth’s

ecosystems are robust and will, by God’s providence, accomplish the purposes He set for them.The providence and promises of God inform a Christian understanding of creation stewardship, helping to avert irrational or exaggerated fears of catastrophes—fears that are rooted, ultimately, in the loss of faith in God. Those who do trust God are able to assess and respond to risks rationally. God’s wisdom, power, and faithfulness justify confidence that Earth’s ecosystems are robust and will, by God’s providence, accomplish the purposes He set for them.