Climate Change Is Real. What Are The Implications For Christians?

"Too often my environmentally concerned friends are right. But as so many species slide closer to extinction, the rare species known variously as Christianus environmentalis or Disciplos verde is making a comeback. As songwriter Bruce Cockburn said, 'May their gene pool increase.' I don't doubt that this love for creation will be a hallmark of the emerging generous orthodoxy. My friend Melanie Griffin, national program director of the Sierra Club, says it like this: 'In the past few years, we've seen a big increase in the number of Christians involved in actively protecting creation. They are leading stream cleanups, giving sermons about creation care, and jumping into the public policy arena. Christians bring a special energy and spirit to environmental work.'"

- Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy

Let's be frank. Climate change is real.

I've heard all the arguments against there being an increasing dangerous level of climate change. (And if I hear one more joke about global warming on cold days in church, I might go insane. People, global warming is a dead phrase.) The fact is, we as humans are disrupting our environment. We humans through "progress" are polluting our world, destroying our forests, killing our animal species, and more.

More and more reports are coming out of scientific communities concerning climate change. You can read about the latest report here.

So, it's not really debatable. So stop arguing against the facts, and start thinking about what you can do!

And what is the Christian response? Can we as Christians look past the political ramifications of deciding to do something about climate change?

If you believe - as I do - that one of the responsibilities God has given to humans - going all the way back to Genesis - is to take care of the earth and what's on the earth - shouldn't our response be to fight climate change? Shouldn't it be to do our best to reduce our carbon footprint in the world, to choose carefully what we drive or purchase, to lead the charge to care for creation? After all, we are the ones who believe God is the one who created everything. Let's stop arguing whether or not climate change is happening, and let's start doing something about it.

To learn more how you can help take care of creation, go to the Creation Care website.

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I'm glad I heard that the blogging world is blogging about this today.