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Articles
- Testimony delivered before the U.S. Senate
By E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D. (September 20, 2006)
On Wednesday, September 20th, National Spokesman Dr. E. Calvin Beisner was invited to testify on the ethical implications of environmental policy before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. CA
- An Open Letter to the Signers of “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action” and Others Concerned About Global Warming
(July 25, 2006)
An open letter, signed by more than 170 scholars, theologians, scientists, economists, and other leaders, endorsing the Cornwall Alliance’s “Call to Truth” and challenging the “Call to Action” of the Evangelical Climate Initiative. CA
- A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor
An Evangelical Response to Global Warming
(July 25, 2006)
As evangelicals, we commend those who signed the Evangelical Climate Initiative’s “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action” for speaking out on a public issue of ethical concern.... That very concern compels us to express our disagreement with their “Call to Action” and to offer an alternative that would improve the lot of the poor more surely and effectively. CA
- ISA announces launch of Cornwall Network at Senate luncheon - Driessen
(April 19, 2006)
Thank you for coming to this important event. I am here today not only as a representative of CORE, the civil rights organization that James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were working for when they were brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1964. I’m also here as an Eagle Scout, outdoorsman, Earth Day organizer – and former Sierra Club member and environmental activist. I say former, because (based on long personal experience) I have concluded that today’s environmental movement is too focused on distant, theoretical problems like global warming … pays too little attention to real, immediate, life-or-death… CA
- ISA Announces Launch of Cornwall Network at Senate Luncheon - Weitz
(April 19, 2006)
My name is Ralph Weitz, Stewardship Pastor for Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, VA. I have a degree in Forest Technology and a degree in Forest Management. As an evangelical pastor I take seriously the issue of God’s command to subdue and rule over the earth. It is a divine responsibility – a stewardship. That word reflects a responsibility of management. The religious community needs environmentally aware study materials that are sound scientifically and biblically insightful. We need to avoid guilt-driven, emotional manipulation that centers on a political agenda verses personal responsibility.… CA
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