{"id":10787,"date":"2020-01-16T13:42:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T13:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?post_type=word_world&#038;p=10787"},"modified":"2020-01-27T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T11:00:16","slug":"is-there-hope-for-creation","status":"publish","type":"word_world","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/journal\/is-there-hope-for-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there hope for creation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2010, a learned professor at the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania cross-examined the case for global warming argued by what he called \u2018the climate establishment\u2019 led by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He charged that the IPCC and \u2018the climate establishment\u2019 showed \u2018a systematic tendency \u2026 to oversell what is actually known about climate change while concealing fundamental uncertainties and open questions regarding many of the key processes involved in climate change\u2019. [1] He seemed to argue that \u2018virtually every claim advanced by global warming proponents fail[s] to stand up to scrutiny\u2019.[2]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such views were not isolated. Just ahead of the UN conference on climate change in Cancun, Mexico 2010, a special report, the so-called \u2018Consensus Buster\u2019, claimed that \u2018More than 1000 international scientists dissent over man-made global warming claims\u2019. The 321-page special report was supposed to \u2018further chill UN Climate Summit in Cancun\u2019. Climate skeptics and deniers who produced the report argued that the IPCC reports have (a) distorted the scientific evidence, (b) induced \u2018climate fear\u2019, and (c) caused a scandal in the climate science community referred to as \u2018Climategate\u2019.[3]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overwhelming scientific evidence <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, a decade later, the world is\nalarmed by the overwhelming scientific evidence and existential realities of global\nwarming. A \u2018climate emergency\u2019 has been declared. Evidence of significant\nenvironmental disruptions is everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>97% of the world scientists now agree that the planet earth, its land, skies, and oceans, is rapidly and dangerously warming at a faster rate than normal.<br><\/li><li>Current realities like extreme weather events are occurring more frequently with more intensity, resulting in more destructive floods, prolonged droughts, massive wildfires, etc. <br><\/li><li>Increased environmental impacts from population growth, urbanisation, industrialisation, energy consumption, and carbon      emissions, affect air quality, increased risks of public health pandemics, and threaten losses in biodiversity. <br><\/li><li>Vanishing rain forests and decreases in global agricultural output have increased fears of global food shortages and increasing flows of climate refugees. No community is out the reach of climate change.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Should we despair? <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I see it, the debate over the state of the earth and the future of the environment is causing some despair. Questions abound. Is the current vulnerability of the earth caused by natural or anthropogenic forces? Is the global ecological crisis cyclical, irreversible, and beyond repair? Is our civilization, as we know it, on the verge of extinction?[4] Is there enough political and moral will to combat the impending and inevitable disaster that is before us? Is there hope for creation?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the perspective of Scripture and the biblical worldview, the answer is emphatically yes, there is hope. Christian hope is rooted in the God who is the owner of the planet and the biblical mandate for creation care and human responsibility. This perspective helps us avoid Christian fatalism that suggests we can do nothing to avert or overcome the overwhelming challenge posed by global warming and climate change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is creation care? <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my view, creation care is <strong>Awareness<\/strong>,\n<strong>Analysis<\/strong>, and <strong>Action <\/strong>(Triple A) towards everything in the world\naround us. That includes the air we breathe, the food we eat, the clothes we\nwear, the home we live in, the transportation we use, etc. We should be paying\nattention to everything in our space that supports life and health. Jesus\ncalled attention to creation as an object lesson about life, liberty, and\npursuit of happiness. \u201cLook at the birds of the air and the flowers of the\nfield\u201d, he said, \u201cthey do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your\nheavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?\u201d (Mathew\n6:26). God cares about everything in his creation, human and non-human. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A reminder of God\u2018s care for creation is in the hymn that sings, <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is my Father&#8217;s world,<br>The birds their carols raise,<br>The morning light, the lily white,<br>Declare their maker&#8217;s praise.<br>This is my Father&#8217;s world,<br>He shines in all that&#8217;s fair;<br>In the rustling grass I hear him pass;<br>He speaks to me everywhere.[5]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The psalmist also drew attention to creation as an object of awareness, \u201cWhen I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?\u201d (Psalm 8:3-4).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awareness of creation involves not just curiosity. It is taking an interest in environmental standards set by the community in which we live. Each citizen should know what is expected of them as they inhabit and share common space. Do we know what the anti-litter laws are, how to manage our garbage, how to take care of common spaces, our recreational parks, beaches, nature trails, mountain slopes, and specially protected areas? Awareness extends to global policy agreements that aim to protect planet earth, our common home. For example, do you know what the Paris Agreement in 2015 is, agreed by 194 member-countries of the UN?[6]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is one thing to be observant, to be aware. It is another to know the facts, to analyze. Climate sceptics and deniers profess to be agnostic about the facts agreed by the majority of climate scientists. \u2018Nobody really knows\u2019, they say.[7]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We cannot ignore the brutal facts of global warming and climate change. If we do, it is to our peril. The realities demand immediate action, adaptation, mitigation, conservation, preservation, and prevention of environmental abuse and degradation. The integrity of the earth demands justice. Doing justice requires action, including advocacy for environmental care and protection and prosecution for environmental crimes such as the wanton and extensive destruction of the Amazon rainforest.[8]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why should we care? <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christians care about the environment for three major reasons. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obedience to Christ<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus said, \u201cif you love me, keep my commands\u201d (John 14:15, NIV). Obedience to Christ is foundational to our Christian ethic. As Chris Wright points out, \u2018trashing someone else\u2019s property is incompatible with any claim to love that other person\u2019.[9] As the Cape Town Commitment says, \u2018We care for the earth, most simply, because it belongs to the One whom we call Lord\u2019 who created it and loves it.[10]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A gospel to proclaim<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gospel is for the whole creation, human and non-human. The whole creation \u2018groans\u2019 and longs for redemption (Rom. 8:18-22). In Christ, \u201cGod was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross\u201d (Col. 1:19-20).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A gift to cherish<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lausanne Movement\u2019s Cape Town Commitment offers clear guidance on what Christian responsibility is toward the environment. \u2018Such love for God\u2019s creation demands that we repent of our part in the destruction, waste and pollution of the earth\u2019s resources and our collusion in the toxic idolatry of consumerism. Instead, we commit ourselves to urgent and prophetic ecological responsibility\u2019.[11] \u2018Urgent and prophetic ecological responsibility\u2019 means taking bold and decisive action to safeguard the well-being of the environment without regard to vested interests and&nbsp;countervailing forces. Bold, prophetic actions in the current global ecological crisis reveal how much we cherish and honor the Lord of creation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does creation care fit with evangelical mission? <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creation care fits squarely in the mission of God. As\nCreator of heaven and earth, God establishes his creation to reveal who he is,\nto offer avenues of praise to him, and to declare his glory to the \u2018ends of the\nearth\u2019, so that the earth is filled with the\nknowledge of the glory&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Lord\n\u2018as the waters cover the sea\u2019 (Habakkuk 2:14). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evangelical missions have a critical role to play in creation care. Like medical missions or Missionary Aviation Fellowship, creation care is crucial. The scale of the global environmental crisis is enormous and multi-dimensional. It affects the world\u2019s population that now exceeds seven billion people. That is why when over 4,200 global evangelical leaders from 198 countries gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010 for the Third Lausanne Congress, creation care was high on the agenda. Lausanne\u2019s first post-Cape Town global consultation was on \u2018Creation Care and the Gospel\u2019, and I was among its senior leaders. That consultation, held in Jamaica in 2012, drew 57 global participants from 26 countries as diverse as India, Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Kenya, Uganda, Singapore, the UK, the USA, and Canada. Their collective resolutions, known as the \u2018Jamaica Call to Action\u2019,[12] spawned a very active global Creation Care Network that is leading a global campaign for creation care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can we do? <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As individual students, faculty, staff, and graduates, and collectively in our fellowships and organizations, there are many things that we can do to affect directly the present and future ecological challenge that confronts us. Actions include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Paying attention to the trees around you. At every opportunity, plant a tree. <br><\/li><li>Start or join an environmental club in your neighborhood, college or congregation.<br><\/li><li>Become a conservationist (if you are not one already). Conserve energy, water, food waste, forests, and more.<br><\/li><li>Reduce your energy bill. Seek alternative energy sources. Apply technology innovation for new fuels, electricity, etc. Eliminate dependence on fossil fuels.<br><\/li><li>Stop littering the community with garbage. Plan your garbage disposal carefully. Join the plastic ban.<br> <\/li><li>Fight against deforestation. Advocate for protection and preservations of our mountains, rivers,&nbsp;watersheds, wetlands, coral reefs, coastlands, and green spaces. <br><\/li><li>Mobilize neighborhood education and action campaigns (eg. tree planting, banning of bush fires, better garbage disposal, and protection of wildlife).<br><\/li><li>Be concerned about food security and the poor. The UNFAO warns of severe food shortages&nbsp;caused by fuel prices, droughts,      floods, new extreme and severe weather patterns. <br><\/li><li>Advocate for proper human settlements and better shelter policy. (Avoid watersheds, river courses,&nbsp;swamp lands, and vulnerable and fragile environments.) <br><\/li><li>Support and ensure appropriate public transportation policies to cut emissions, improve efficiency, improve&nbsp;air quality, and create a healthier public. <br><\/li><li>Support poverty alleviation projects like potable water, micro-enterprise, and job creation.<br><\/li><li>Make sure your own environment, your household, your church, your workplace, your lived&nbsp;community, is green, energy-efficient, healthy, and life-affirming. <br><\/li><li>Engage in the debate on economic development vs. environmental protection that came to the fore in the 1992 Rio Earth&nbsp;Summit. Try to understand the issues. <br><\/li><li>Make sure that your local planners and policy makers also understand the issues. <br><\/li><li>Make sure everyone understands the urgent need for a low carbon economy and a healthier society by reducing CO\u2082 emissions and other greenhouse gases.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this time of climate emergency, everyone must take\nheed and act. We must not reject science, especially\nclimate science, without careful assessment of big, peer-reviewed global\nscientific data. Let us reject so-called \u2018alternative facts\u2019 of\ndubious&nbsp;scientific opinion that are disguised forms of political ideology\nor economic expediency. Too much is at stake. Humanity is suffering. Hope is\nneeded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us read Scripture through an environmental lens. Scripture\nteaches so much about environmental care and human responsibility. Join the creation\ncare movement. As God works through us, let us help save our planet and save\nlives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-acf-ifesbutton\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <a id=\"btn-block_5e1868ac0c34c\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ifes.world\/wordandworld8\" class=\"btn btn--cta-link\">\n        <span>\n                    <span class=\"icon\"><svg class=\"icon\"><use xlink:href=\"#chevron-circle-right-solid\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n        Download Word &amp; World Issue 8 (PDF)        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Questions for discussion <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Pray or sing through Psalm 8. What attitude toward God and God\u2019s creation does this psalm suggest to you?<\/li><li>Read the Jamaica Call to Action. What appeals most to you? What actions can you support?<\/li><li>Look at the list under the heading \u2018What can we do?\u2019 What will you do \u2013 as believers and as students \u2013 to care for creation?<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested reading: <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bell, Colin. <em>Creation Care and the Gospel: Reconsidering the Mission of the Church<\/em>. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2016.<\/li><li>Bloomberg, Michael, and Carl Pope. <em>Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet<\/em>. New York: St. Martin\u2019s Press, 2018.<\/li><li>Brown, Edward R. <em>Our Father\u2019s World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation<\/em>. 2nd ed. Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Books, 2008.<\/li><li>\u201cCreation Care and the Gospel: Jamaica Call to Action.\u201d St. Ann, Jamaica: The Lausanne Movement, 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/statement\/creation-care-call-to-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/statement\/creation-care-call-to-action<\/a>.<\/li><li>\u201cEl Cuidado de la Creaci\u00f3n y el Evangelio: Llamado a la Acci\u00f3n.\u201d Santa Ana, Jamaica: El Movimiento de Lausana, 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/es\/declaracion-de-la-consulta\/cuidado-de-la-creacion-llamado-a-la-accion\">https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/es\/declaracion-de-la-consulta\/cuidado-de-la-creacion-llamado-a-la-accion<\/a>.<\/li><li>\u201c\u00c9vangile et Protection de l\u2019environnement\u202f: Appel \u00e0 l\u2019Action.\u201d St. Ann, Jama\u00efque: Le Mouvement de Lausanne, 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/fr\/mediatheque\/compte-rendu-de-consultation\/evangile-et-protection-de-lenvironnement-appel-a-laction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/fr\/mediatheque\/compte-rendu-de-consultation\/evangile-et-protection-de-lenvironnement-appel-a-laction<\/a>.<\/li><li>\u201cGlobal Warming of 1.5<sup>o<\/sup>C.\u201d United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/sr15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/sr15\/<\/a>.<\/li><li>Hescox, Mitch, and Paul Douglas. <em>Caring for Creation: The Evangelical\u2019s Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment<\/em>. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2016.<\/li><li>\u201cThe Cape Town Commitment.\u201d The Lausanne Movement, 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/ctc\/ctcommitment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/ctc\/ctcommitment<\/a>.<\/li><li>Wright, Christopher J. H. <em>The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible\u2019s Grand Narrative<\/em>. Nottingham: InterVarsity Press, 2006.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opportunities for collaboration<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A Rocha: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arocha.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.arocha.org\/en\/<\/a><\/li><li>Lausanne\/World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network: <a href=\"http:\/\/lwccn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/lwccn.com<\/a> <\/li><li>John Ray Initiative\/Churches Together UK: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jri.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.jri.org.uk<\/a> <\/li><li>100 Cities: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainablecitiescollective.com\/david-thorpe\/1006481\/100-cities-sign-climate-change-adaptation-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.sustainablecitiescollective.com\/david-thorpe\/1006481\/100-cities-sign-climate-change-adaptation-program<\/a>      <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Footnotes<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jason Johnston, \u2018Global Warming Advocacy Science: A Cross Examination\u2019, <em>Faculty Scholarship at Penn Law<\/em> 315 (2010): 1, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/scholarship.law.upenn.edu\/faculty_scholarship\/315. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.law.upenn.edu\/faculty_scholarship\/315.\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/scholarship.law.upenn.edu\/faculty_scholarship\/315.<\/a><\/li><li>Lawrence Solomon, \u2018Legal Verdict: Manmade Global Warming Science Doesn\u2019t Withstand Scrutiny\u2019, <em>Financial Post<\/em>, 6 June 2010, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/opinion\/legal-verdict-manmade-global-warming-science-doesnt-withstand-scrutiny. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/opinion\/legal-verdict-manmade-global-warming-science-doesnt-withstand-scrutiny.\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/opinion\/legal-verdict-manmade-global-warming-science-doesnt-withstand-scrutiny.<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018More than 1000 International Scientists Dissent over Man-Made Global Warming Claims: Scientists Continue to Debunk Fading \u201cConsensus\u201d in 2008 &amp; 2009 &amp; 2010\u2019 (Climate Depot, 8 December 2010), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2010\/12\/08\/special-report-more-than-1000-international-scientists-dissent-over-manmade-global-warming-claims-challenge-un-ipcc-gore-2\/. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2010\/12\/08\/special-report-more-than-1000-international-scientists-dissent-over-manmade-global-warming-claims-challenge-un-ipcc-gore-2\/.\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2010\/12\/08\/special-report-more-than-1000-international-scientists-dissent-over-manmade-global-warming-claims-challenge-un-ipcc-gore-2\/.<\/a><\/li><li>Guardian Launches New Series The Age of Extinction\u2019, <em>The Guardian<\/em>, 18 September 2019, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/gnm-press-office\/2019\/sep\/18\/guardian-launches-new-series-the-age-of-extinction. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/gnm-press-office\/2019\/sep\/18\/guardian-launches-new-series-the-age-of-extinction.\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/gnm-press-office\/2019\/sep\/18\/guardian-launches-new-series-the-age-of-extinction.<\/a><\/li><li>Maltbie Davenport Babcock, 1901.<\/li><li>\u2018The Paris Agreement\u2019 (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2015), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process-and-meetings\/the-paris-agreement\/the-paris-agreement. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process-and-meetings\/the-paris-agreement\/the-paris-agreement.\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/unfccc.int\/process-and-meetings\/the-paris-agreement\/the-paris-agreement.<\/a><\/li><li>Carline Kenny, \u2018Trump: \u2018Nobody really knows\u2019 if climate change is real,\u2019 CNN.com, December 12, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/12\/11\/politics\/donald-trump-climate-change-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/12\/11\/politics\/donald-trump-climate-change-interview\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Tom Phillips, \u2018<em>Chaos, Chaos, Chaos\u2019: a journey through Bolsonaro\u2019s Amazon Inferno\u2019. <\/em>The Guardian, September 9, 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/sep\/09\/amazon-fires-brazil-rainforest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/sep\/09\/amazon-fires-brazil-rainforest<\/a>.<\/li><li>Christopher J. H. Wright, <em>The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible\u2019s Grand Narrative<\/em> (Nottingham: InterVarsity Press, 2006), 414.<\/li><li>\u2018The Cape Town Commitment\u2019 (The Lausanne Movement, 2011), Part 1, 7a, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/ctc\/ctcommitment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/ctc\/ctcommitment<\/a>.<\/li><li>\u2018The Cape Town Commitment\u2019, Part 1, 7a.<\/li><li>\u2018Creation Care and the Gospel: Jamaica Call to Action\u2019 (St. Ann, Jamaica: The Lausanne Movement, 2012), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/statement\/creation-care-call-to-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.lausanne.org\/content\/statement\/creation-care-call-to-action<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version\u00ae, NIV\u00ae Copyright \u00a91973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.\u00ae Used by permission. 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