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Articles
- 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
- Climate of Fear
Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence
By Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. (April 12, 2006)
How can a barely discernible, one-degree increase in the recorded global mean temperature since the late 19th century possibly gain public acceptance as the source of recent weather catastrophes? And how can it translate into unlikely claims about future catastrophes? CA
- Climate Change in a Nutshell
Scientific, moral and theological implications of climate policy
(February 28, 2006)
Few issues in recent years have fueled public debate as has global warming.... Global warming certainly involves fierce debates over how to interpret complicated and incomplete scientific data, and whether computer models can competently analyze complex weather and climate systems and cycles that still are not well understood. But it also features equally fulsome discussions about energy costs and the protocol’s many significant implications for nations, families and industries.
Today, another dynamic is also beginning to receive increasing attention. It is the emerging assessment of the moral and religious implications of climate change policy. CA
- Appeal Letter to the National Association of Evangelicals on the Issue of Global Warming
Leading evangelicals ask NAE to refrain from taking a position on climate change issue
(January 31, 2006)
We respectfully request...that the NAE not adopt any official position on the issue of global climate change. Global warming is not a consensus issue, and our love for the Creator and respect for
His creation does not require us to take a position.
We are evangelicals and we care about God’s creation. However, we believe there should be room for Bible-believing evangelicals to disagree about the cause, severity and solutions to the global warming issue. CA
- An Examination of the Scientific, Ethical and Theological Implications of Climate Change Policy
(November 21, 2005)
Few issues have permeated or fueled public debate like the topic of global warming.... There is [a new] dynamic to this topic that is beginning to receive increasing attention – namely, the emerging assessment of the moral and religious implications of climate change policy. CA
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