I Sure Called This One

Today the headline on AOL (along with a picture of Pastor Rick Warren) reads "Evangelicals Split with Bush". Pardon me for gloating, but I sure nailed this one in my piece yesterday on the sudden embrace of global warming theology by evangelical pastors (Pastors Taking Political Stands on Something About Which They Know Nothing).

Others have written about it as well, including this gem from Steven Hayward:

With all of the current talk about the “Death of Environmentalism,”[1] it should not come as a surprise that some environmentalists are reaching out to people who specialize in resurrections.

And I really like this one from Iain Murray at National Review:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears

And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. — 2 Timothy 4: 3-5


The Evangelical Climate Initiative today issued a brief report entitled “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action.” It calls for Evangelical Christians to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and is signed by 86 evangelical leaders. Sadly, these good men and women have allowed their itching ears to listen to fables. Their claims are based on half-truths and unsound logic.

Read it all - it's good.

There's another piece on the subject from John at Blogotional, and for a somewhat dissenting view, check out Mark Daniels.

As John said, this is not going to come out well.

Tags: Evangelical, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Global Warming