Cornwall Alliance

For the Stewardship of Creation

Of Gardens, Fields, and Good Friday

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Carolyn Adams Roth reflects here on what likely was the plant from which the Roman soldiers plaited the crown of thorns for Jesus. Reading that got me thinking. On this Good Friday—marking the most horrific sin in all history, the murder of God—it is good to reflect on thorns and what they teach us. The Bible’s first mention of them comes in God’s proclamation of judgment on Adam in Genesis 3:17–18: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I … [Read more...]

Progressivism vs. Science

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My new friend Michael Adeney, whom I met while speaking at Seattle Pacific University in late February, just recommended Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left, by Alex Berezow and Hank Campbell (New York: Public Affairs, 2012), a fascinating, sometimes funny, hard-hitting but fair book on the really serious problem of unscientific thinking in the contemporary Progressive movement. I began reading it today. Folks in the movement often accuse … [Read more...]

Ongoing “April Fools” Trick Perpetrated By NOAA

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“April Fools Day” seems precisely the right day to post news unveiling an ongoing “April Fools” trick—intentional or not—by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a trick in which climate alarmists have—again, intentionally or not—participated. AGW alarmists, perhaps frustrated by the failure of Earth’s atmosphere to warm as predicted (or projected, or simulated, or whatever you want to call it) by the global climate models, have in recent years turned increasingly to claims that … [Read more...]

We Pray for the Thousands of Americans Who Suffer from Fuel Poverty

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Heavenly Father, I pray for the thousands of Americans who are suffering from fuel poverty, like Sharon Garcia, a single mom in Pueblo, Colorado, whose home doubles as a daycare center—the source of her meager income. Because Colorado’s lawmakers decided to fight global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, Pueblo’s electricity provider replaced inexpensive coal-fired power plants with more expensive gas-fired plants, and passed on the costs to customers. Sharon’s monthly electric bill … [Read more...]

We Pray for Religious Leaders to Understand the Science and Economics of Climate Change and Energy Policy

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Heavenly Father, I pray for religious leaders like Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, who with the best of intentions are urging their followers to embrace global warming alarmism, thinking that by so doing they will help protect the poor. Lord, please open their eyes to the strong scientific evidence that natural forces far outweigh human forces in determining Earth’s temperature and that reducing fossil fuel use will have little or no effect on temperature, … [Read more...]

We Pray for the Honorable Scientists Who Are Being Attacked for Speaking Truth

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Heavenly Father, Your Law clearly commands us not to bear false witness against our neighbors. Right now eight courageous people weigh heavily on my mind—eight climate scholars targeted by a politically motivated and baseless attack on their personal integrity because they are so intrepid as to stand against a powerful tide driven by enormous political and financial interests. Father, please vindicate Dr. Robert C. Balling of Arizona State University, Dr. John Christy of the University of … [Read more...]

We Pray for the Pastors, Scientists, Theologians, and economists Who Co-Labor With Us

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Heavenly Father, thank You for the cooperation of all the many pastors, theologians, scientists, economists, and other scholars and leaders who have co-labored alongside the Cornwall Alliance in the nearly ten years since our founding. These men and women have given generously of their time and expertise, without payment, writing articles for us, answering technical questions, speaking on our behalf for churches, schools, conferences, and radio talk shows, even testifying as expert witnesses … [Read more...]

God of Creation

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I will always remember my first trip through the Rocky Mountains, when I was ten years old. The rugged, towering mountains were beautiful, but their impact on our family was heightened by our repeated cries of “Oh! Look at that! Isn’t it beautiful!” and “Look! Look! Have you ever seen anything so awesome?” Had each of us kept his thoughts to himself, we might all have forgotten that drive by now. Instead, not only the vistas but also the original excitement remained forever imprinted in our … [Read more...]

Oppressing the Poor In the Name of Fighting Global Warming

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"No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change." So said President Barack Obama in his State of the Union message last week. That he spent under 5% of the speech on the subject—about one-ninth as much as on the economy, one-fifth as much as on our need to overcome cynicism, and a little less even than on affordable college education—and tucked it away in a section about two-thirds of the way through suggests that the President doesn't really believe it … [Read more...]

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