Caring for Creation: The Evangelical's Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment

by Paul Douglas, Mitch Hescox

Overview

Faith-Based Solutions to Caring for the Earth

Climate change is a confusing and polarizing issue. It may also prove to be the most daunting challenge of this century because children, the elderly, and the poor will be the first to feel its effects. The issue is all over the news, but what is seldom heard is a conservative, evangelical perspective.

Connecting the dots between science and faith, this book explores the climate debate and how Christians can take the lead in caring for God's creation. The authors answer top questions such as "What's really happening?" and "Who can we trust?" and discuss stewarding the earth in light of evangelical values. "Acting on climate change is not about political agendas," they say. "It's about our kids. It's about being a disciple of Jesus Christ." Capping off this empowering book are practical, simple ideas for improving our environment and helping our families and those around us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764218651
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/04/2016
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Mitch Hescox leads the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), the largest evangelical group dedicated to creation care (www.creationcare.org). He has testified before Congress, spoken at the White House, and is quoted frequently in national press. Prior to EEN, he pastored a church for 18 years and worked in the coal industry. Mitch and his wife live in Pennsylvania.

Paul Douglas (www.pauldouglasweather.com) is a respected meteorologist with 35 years of TV and radio experience. A successful entrepreneur, he speaks to community groups and corporations about severe weather and climate trends, and appears regularly on national media outlets. Paul and his wife live in Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Introduction: An Unlikely Cause 11

1 An Accumulation of "Coincidences" 19

2 It's Not About Polar Bears 35

3 A Healthy Dose of Skepticism 55

4 We Are… Easter People 71

5 A Place for Faith and Science 89

6 "Fear Not, for I Am With You" 99

7 Silver Buckshot 125

8 We Can Do It-With Gods Help 141

Acknowledgments 167

Notes 171