Lord, We thank you for the wisdom embodied in the Cornwall Alliance group and leadership. Please save the world from the deceptions that we mankind must control the earth, but rather remind us that we are simply stewards to use your resources to spread the Word through travel, technology, and education of the peoples. Protect us from those men that would us coronavirus to increase governmental controls, poverty, and waste with all their corruptions. In fact we ask you to strengthen … [Read more...]
Father, We Praise You For This World You Have Given To Us!
This prayer was submitted by a friend of the Cornwall Alliance. Heavenly Father, we praise you first of all for your work of redemption — for delivering us from the punishment that we deserve for our self-centeredness and for our failure to consistently translate your concern for the poor into action. We thank you Father for giving us forgiveness as a free gift, for we could never earn it. And as we look at your creation, we thank you that you have also given us the use … [Read more...]
A Prayer for the Health of World
Dear Father in Heaven, We come to you in the midst of a global crisis. Lord, we pray that you will, by Your sovereign control, put an end to this pandemic. We pray for the healthcare workers, the policy makers, the law enforcement agencies, and many others who are at the front lines of this battle against coronavirus. We especially pray for the elderly and vulnerable who are in high risk category. We pray that You, Lord, will heal many, both Your children and those who are not in … [Read more...]
Prayers Based on The Biblical Perspective of Environmental Stewardship
In 2013 the Cornwall Alliance, at the request of the International Church Council Project, developed a summary, in 30 pairs of affirmations and denials, of how Biblical worldview, theology, and ethics provide a foundation for environmental stewardship. The result was The Biblical Perspective of Environmental Stewardship: Subduing and Ruling the Earth to the Glory of God and the Benefit of Our Neighbors. What follows are seventeen prayers based on that statement. We hope you’ll find them useful … [Read more...]
Cooped Up at Home? You’re Invited!
Every year on March 25 the Cornwall Alliance hosts a Day of Prayer for the Environment and the Poor. This year, with the Coronavirus bringing suffering to millions all over the world, we really need to pray. Here are some broad, general ideas to guide you. First, begin with praise and thanksgiving to God for His wisdom, power, and love displayed in all of creation;His faithfully preserving all of creation;His just judgments in creation for man’s sin;His plan to … [Read more...]
What do “The Man Who Fed the World,” And the Cornwall Day of Prayer Have in Common?
What do Norman Borlaug, and the Cornwall Alliance Day of Prayer have in common? A day. March 25th is the birthday of Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Norman Borlaug. Dr. Borlaug worked to extend crop yields and relieve hunger and poverty around the world. In addition to the Nobel Peace Prize, he received The Presidential Medal of Freedom, Vannevar Bush Award, Public Welfare Medal, National Medal of Science, Congressional Gold Medal, and the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian honor. The … [Read more...]
What Is ‘Prudent Prudence’ in Response to the Coronavirus?
This is a long article. I hope you’ll read it all anyway. If you’re staying home to help reduce the spread of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), you may have more time on your hands anyway! I’ve prayed and pondered long and hard what to say about the pandemic, wanting to encourage simultaneously both prudent care and fearless confidence. Unsurprisingly, many in the media and politics exaggerate the danger. Both have strong incentives to do so. The media incite fears to increase audience, … [Read more...]
Katharine Hayhoe strikes again
Earlier this week someone sent me a link to Katharine Hayhoe's column "I'm a Climate Scientist Who Believes in God. Hear Me Out," published in the New York Times October 31. In it Hayhoe, whose Ph.D. is in atmospheric science but who teaches in the political science department at Texas Tech University, criticizes the thinking of fellow evangelicals who disagree with her about the causes, magnitude, consequences, and appropriate responses to climate change/global warming. Referring to … [Read more...]
When Wolves Infiltrate the Sheepfold: Discerning Climate Truth From Falsehood in Churches
In recent decades, environmental issues have emerged as a major source of concern for our society. Churches, except for a small percentage, have largely remained silent on how Christians should approach and even help overcome the environmental challenges. As a result, Christians have remained susceptible to being deceived by unbiblical principles that demand subscription to radical environmental viewpoints, often antithetical to the biblical doctrines on our relationship with the … [Read more...]
When Christians get Entangled in Climate Idolatry
The climate school strike movement grabbed the spotlight lately, with students across the world protesting against inaction towards the “climate crisis.” The movement’s leader, Greta Thunberg, has found supporters even in the global church leadership. However, in recent years, the church’s support for the climate movement seems to be morphing into a social justice issue that is void of sound Biblical doctrine. Over the past year, Greta’s climate strike movement has drawn huge support … [Read more...]
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