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Post-Conference Materials
Post-Conference Materials
Following the conference a number of materials were shared by participants. You'll find those below. If you have anything to add, send it to coordinator@lcrss.ca
from E. Calvin Beisner:
"People often ask us for recommendations of things to read or view to help them grasp the arguments over global warming.
For instance, “What would be the best book/article which critiques the global warming hysteria?” Or “What’s a good short, simple thing to read about climate change?” Or “What should I give to my scientist friend that will show that serious climate scientists question the idea of catastrophic, anthropogenic global warming?”
Many resources come to mind. Below are some recommendations under various categories. I should note that, aside from former Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman John Houghton’s Global Warming: The Complete Briefing (which I include because it is perhaps the most level-headed of the more “mainstream” treatments of the subject, and because its explanation of the physics and chemistry of the “greenhouse effect” is pretty objective and helpful), all of these sources present more or less skeptical views. Why the imbalance? Because most academic reading lists and the mainstream media offer only works by “true believers,” so those are easy to find. These are more difficult to find.
I’ve provided hyperlinks to those available from the Cornwall Alliance and, because they are so significant, to the reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC)."
By Ted Van Raalte
Examining Tim Keller’s white paper Creation, Evolution, and Christian Laypeople
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Tim Keller’s trusted place among Reformed and Presbyterian folk is well-earned, but not when it comes to his views on evolution. In a discussion paper of some years ago for the Biologos Foundation he provided Reformed scientists with a theologian’s suggestions about how one might apparently help others keep the faith and accept evolution. His 13-page white paper, entitled Creation, Evolution, and Christian Laypeople, has been referenced favorably by scientists and theologians in conservative Reformed churches.(1,2)
In his paper, Keller explores the critical questions of concerned Christians and deals with them head-on. While his forthrightness is commendable, most of his answers are not. ... Read more
Conference by the Cornwall Alliance for Churches, Schools, or other Groups
Agrarian poet Wendell Berry wrote, “The ecological teaching of the Bible is simply inescapable: God made the world because He wanted it made. He thinks the world is good, and He loves it. It is His world; He has never relinquished title to it. And He has never revoked the conditions, bearing on His gift to us of the use of it, that oblige us to take excellent care of it.”
At the Cornwall Alliance, we believe Biblical earth stewardship is central to the Christian life. But what exactly is “Biblical earth stewardship?” How do we navigate the seemingly conflicting claims of nature and human welfare? How can we care for the earth while caring most of all for the earth’s poor, made in the image of God? These questions and more are at the center of our conversations. In an age of increasing political polarization and paranoia, we want to help Christians understand climate science, energy economics, and common-sense public policy.
By listening to experts on these topics who orient their lives and work through the lens of Scripture, attendees will be able to think critically about environmental policy and how it affects those in underdeveloped countries. Please join us as we ask good questions and think Biblically about how to answer them.
To inquire about having this conference at your church, school, or other organization, email Stewards@CornwallAlliance.org.
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