If there’s anything that almost universally describes today’s environmental movement, it’s fear: fear of global warming, fear of sea-level rise, fear of rapid species extinction, fear of dead zones in the oceans, fear of topsoil erosion, fear of running out of oil, fear of finding and burning too much oil (or coal or natural gas), fear of nuclear waste, fear of deforestation, fear of overpopulation—the list could go on and on. The common denominator is fear. Yet the most common command in the … [Read more...]
Is There Hope for a World Slipping Back into Pagan Nature Worship?
Some of today’s environmental movement is clearly a revival of ancient pagan nature worship, exemplified inthis video of Earth First members crying out, speaking not only of but to trees, and referring to the forest as a “tabernacle.” Isaiah 1:29–31 contains a sobering warning for those who worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25). Speaking of the idolatrous people of Judah and Jerusalem shortly before God sent them into exile in Babylon, the prophet Isaiah said, “… … [Read more...]
