Great God Almighty, Please forgive me of my sins, for they stand multiplied before You. Nothing that I do escapes Your watchful eye, Oh Lord, so please let me stand humbly as a redeemed sinner before Your holiness and glory. Let me honor You with my life and please cover my dishonor through Christ’s blood. Hear my prayer and my heart’s cry, Oh Lord. Fill the gaps of my mind where I cannot speak clearly and hear the intent of my heart as I approach You. Oh God, you have changed the course … [Read more...]
We Pray for the Unborn
Dear Father You are beautiful beyond description and the heavens declare Your glory. Though marred by our sin, I am still in awe of earth’s amazing beauty and fascinating creatures. I love to walk with You in the silence of the forest and see finite visible manifestations of Your invisible and infinite attributes. I see Your Life, Your Provisional, Your Powerful, and Your Relational “thumbprints” all around me. Thank You for making Yourself so well-known. I long for the Day when You will … [Read more...]
We Pray for Creation
Heavenly Father, You cause Your sun to shine and Your rain to fall on the just and the unjust. You show Yourself immensely loving to all Your creatures—people of every tribe and tongue and nation, animals and plants of all sorts, Earth and Sun and Moon and all planets and stars in the heavens. Indeed, You call every one of the hundreds of billions of stars by name! Your understanding is infinite, Your patience amazing, Your grace abounding, Your justice perfect. We praise and glorify You for all … [Read more...]
Testimony delivered before the U.S. Senate
Download the Annotated Testimony or the Short Version (pdf) Oral Testimony of Dr. E. Calvin Beisner to the Environment and Public Works Committee of the United States SenateWednesday, October 20, 2006 Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, and distinguished guests, thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. Having never before this year been significantly involved in politics other than to vote in elections, it is strange to find myself here. But my moral convictions as a … [Read more...]
A Theological Framework for Evaluating Genetically Modified Food
The public debate regarding genetically modified (GM) food has for the most part been driven by practical considerations. For those on the side of GM food, the economic and social benefits far outweigh any possible negative consequences (if there even are any). In this vein, Reason magazine science correspondent Ronald Bailey points out, “With biotech corn, U.S. farmers have saved an estimated $200 million by avoiding extra cultivation and reducing insecticide spraying. U.S. cotton farmers have … [Read more...]
Dominion and Stewardship: Believers and the Environment
“Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul. The other things on the face of the earth are created for man to help him in attaining the end for which he is created. Hence, man is to make use of them in as far as they help him in the attainment of his end.” St. Ignatius of Loyola A welcome development of the past thirty years has been the emergence of less-utilitarian attitudes towards the environment by believers and non-believers alike. No … [Read more...]
