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When a person is faced with a threat (real or perceived), his body undergoes several changes that are designed to enable him to survive including an increased heart rate, the release of adrenalin, and the dilation of the pupils – the “fight or flight” response.  These changes help prepare the body to better handle the need either to engage in physical combat or to escape and evade a danger.  This response is quite handy when dealing with a mugger or a grizzly bear; it is not especially handy when dealing with ethical or social dangers, as the brain often shuts down on any but the two options of fight or flight.  But those two options are not always the best way to deal with dangers of ethics, society, or spirituality.

In the last days of the nation of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar was coming to destroy Jerusalem (as had been foretold).  King Zedekiah was faced with a choice:

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says:  ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live.  But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from their hands.’ ”  King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me.”  (Jeremiah 38:17-19 NIV)

Even after all he had done against God, he was offered a way to keep his life.  But he let the fear of the crowd stop him from doing the one thing that would save him, and so he was captured and had his eyes gouged out after seeing his sons put to death in front of him.

There are numerous examples of people in the Bible failing this kind of test.  Pontius Pilate could have freed Jesus, but he feared upsetting the Jews and thus making him look bad to his superiors.  In the parable of the talents in Matthew chapter twenty-five, the “one talent man” says that he was afraid of the master, and so hid his coin instead of putting it to work.  Peter is often in the grip of this response, such as at the transfiguration when he misspeaks and offers to put up shelters for Moses and Elijah as well as Jesus; and when he cuts off Malchus’ ear in the garden – these show that his brain was turned off as he encountered fear.

We often allow fear to stop us from doing the very things that would save us.  In our jobs, we allow fear to stop us from advancement.  In our marriages, we allow fear to hinder our communication and partnership.  In our spiritual lives we allow fear to stop us from stepping out of the boat to walk on the water as Peter did. 

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.  (Matthew 6:31-34 NIV)

It is to help us combat this fear that Jesus tells us not to worry – he is not trivializing the things that concern us, but rather reminding us that God is watching over us.  It is what Zedekiah forgot, costing him his life and the lives of his sons.  There is only one who is to be feared (God); everything else is to be put into perspective so that we will trust God in all things.  It is only when our fear and our faith align towards God that we can truly be safe.

-Charles Peterson

Christians are today largely ignorant of how many of their beliefs are based on traditions and environment rather than on the Bible.  According to one survey, 65% of Christians have never read the New Testament (http://collegehills.org/302012.ihtml); is it any wonder that many of our people are so easily swayed by false doctrines dressed up to masquerade as truth?   The only thing more disturbing is the ease with which basic principles of biblical truth are discarded.

The apostle Paul says:  “Everything is permissible for me”—but not everything is beneficial (NIV).  He says this not once, but twice (1 Corinthians 6 and 10).  The first quote is from the sixth chapter in which Paul warns the church to avoid sexual immorality (and specifically mentions prostitution); the second quote is from the tenth chapter in which he warns the church that while eating meat (specifically what was offered in sacrifice to an idol) is perfectly fine, doing so with someone who is weaker in the faith (and will thus be spiritually hurt) is not okay.  What do these have in common?  The basic principle that while the old ways of worship (with its endless laws and procedures) were gone, the purpose behind those ways (reverence for God and a need to be holy) is very much alive. 

But therein lies a major problem for the church:  we need to have a reverence for God and to be holy, but how do we know what either of those two things are?  We can only know God through the Bible and we can thus only know what holiness is through the Bible.  Which means that we have to read the Bible in order the know these things.  Sixty-five percent of Christians do not really know Jesus; I fear to know what percentage have never read the Old Testament!

There are hundreds of churches proclaiming to follow the truth; how do we discern which ones are right?  A church is the body of Christ only insofar as it follows the teachings of Christ as found in the Bible.  That means that the true disciples of Christ do not allow others to bind on them what is not bound by Jesus and the apostles.

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”  (Matthew 28:18-20 NIV)

If we are the disciples of Jesus, we will follow the teachings of Jesus, not what men have told us about them – and the only way to know the difference is to read for ourselves, examining everything by the light of the scriptures.  Throughout the history of the church dangerous heresies have popped up.  Concepts such as the denial of the divinity of Christ and a complete rejection of the concept of a wrathful God have been with us from the beginning.  In recent times, newer versions of these (and other) ancient heresies have been given a makeover and paraded as fresh and insightful.  Some think themselves wise to call the truth “allegorical.”  Others respond to the world by loosing dangerous and cultist ideas – such as those who respond to modern feminism by stripping women of any responsibility or godliness and making of them mere chattel to be used in any godless manner. 

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. (2 Peter 2:17 NIV)

The true disciples of Jesus, however, reject such lies and know them for what they are by examining them by the light of the Word.  Unlike those ruled by human laws and manmade tradition, mature Christians “set their hearts on things above” (Colossians 3:1 NIV).  If we are to be the people of God, then we must know who he is and who he wants us to be!  You see, we do have permission to honor God with our lives, conducted in true reverence and holiness; and if God has opened the door to his kingdom, can any man close it?

-Charles Peterson

There was a news story* that came out last month (April, 2008) that detailed the suicide of a fourteen-year-old Japanese girl.  The story revealed that Japan, the world’s third largest economy (based on GDP – behind the US and China), has an alarmingly high suicide rate (the ninth highest in the world).  The article went on to show that Japan’s government was spending $220 million on anti-suicide programs.  What was not mentioned was that Japan’s population was 96% Buddhist.

Now, I know of no study that links Buddhism with the suicide rate, and as far as I know there is no particular link.  But what I find interesting is that Japan, the only really ultramodern and technologically sophisticated society that is also overwhelmingly non-Christian, has an unusually high suicide rate.  This is, I think, another example of how man cannot have prosperity without God:  even when man flourishes, if God is not being honored then man will become degenerate.

Look at all of the socialist nations that have any sort of modernity:  China, Russia, and India come to mind.  They all have horrible crime rates, are bastions of religious and social persecution, and have a large percentage of their populations living in abysmal conditions.  Man cannot achieve greatness without God. 

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain.  Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.  In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.  Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.  Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth.   Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.  They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate. (Psalm 127:1-5 NIV)

This is true for nations, and it is true for individuals.  How many stories have we heard about Hollywood stars that have “everything going for them” and throw it away by either suicide or unintentional drug overdose?  How many political leaders destroy their marriages?  How many business leaders forever tarnish their reputations by eschewing integrity in favor of illicit profit?  How many religious leaders promote ungodly agendas for personal gain?

Whenever man stops honoring God, destruction and despair are his only options.  But when man honors God, God proves his faithfulness and delivers man from a meaningless existence to incomparably glory.  God gave man dominion over the earth.  But when man refuses to acknowledge God’s dominion over man, man ends up serving the earth.  Look at our role on this planet; the environmentalists view mankind as a plague infesting “Mother Earth” and thus see their role as promoting the health of the planet above that of people.  This twisted view even distorts their view of God. 

In her April 22 Earth Day news release, [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi] said, “The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, ‘To minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.’ On this Earth Day, and every day, let us pledge to our children, and our children’s children, that they will have clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and the opportunity to experience the wonders of nature.” **

This is, of course, not in the Bible.  In fact, the idea runs absolutely against God:

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.  Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.   (Romans 1:21-23 NIV)

Whether it is the emptiness of Buddha, or the insanity of the environmental movement, idolatry only leads to a world without God.  And without God in our lives, there is no hope – but with God in our lives, we can look forward to the brightest of dawns!

-Charles Peterson 

* http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352404,00.html

**http://hotair.com/archives/2008/04/24/pelosi-clings-to-and-misquotes-her-bible/

Mankind has often struggled with the problem of navigation.  For land navigation, maps are especially helpful because they display prominent features (such as mountains) that can help travelers get their bearings; the development of common trade routes stems from the inability of mapmakers to develop helpful maps of certain areas (such as the great deserts) that do not have many fixed recognizable features.  For maritime navigation, sailors often depended on their land navigation skills to follow coastlines; the exceptions to this were those seamen who could navigate across open oceans by using the stars.  In fact, this was the state of maritime navigation until the 12^th century and the invention of the mariner’s compass. 

Within a couple centuries the magnetic mariner’s compass had become a fixture on most large ocean-going vessels, with the navigator being one of the most (and at times the most) important positions on board a ship.  Only those who were properly trained knew how to correctly guide the ship; for most of the sailors, the compass operated by magic.  In fact, many crewmen had tremendous reverence for the compass, being afraid to touch it and thus upset the forces that made it work.  For most of us, this idea seems silly, but we have to remember that seamen of this time were especially superstitious. 

Many Christians live their lives this way with regards to the Bible.  While they have great reverence for the Bible, many even finding prominent places for storage and display, they rarely open the book up and read its contents.  Many people who would be outraged at using a Bible to prop up a table practice the worst abuse of all:  neglect.  What, after all, is the purpose of the Bible?  To give to man some holy relic to be enshrined in our houses?  No, but rather to give us the word meant to be enshrined in our hearts, written by the one who wants to be the foundation of our lives. 

“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’  You blind fools!  Which is greater:  the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?  You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’  You blind men!  Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?  Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.  And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.  And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it. ”  (Matthew 23:16-22 NIV) 

Jesus said that the temple makes the gold sacred, and that the altar makes the gift sacred.  So what is sacred about the Bible?  Is it the book itself, or rather the words within?  If you say that it is the words within that make the book sacred, do you read them?  If it is the words within, do you listen and heed the message? 

The Bible is sacred indeed, but not because it is old, beautifully bound, or perched in a place of honor.  The Bible is sacred because it is our source for the words of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Let’s honor him properly and wear out our Bibles through diligent study, persistent reading, and joyful sharing.  After all, the only way to properly chart your course is to open up the compass, read it, and then apply its message to your heading.  

-Charles Peterson

On Saturday, April 19, 2008, the Pope spoke to an audience of 25,000 at a youth rally in New York.  One of the topics was freedom.  He argued that freedom flows from the truth, not in opposition to it.

“Some today argue that respect for freedom of the individual makes it wrong to seek truth, including the truth about what is good … But what purpose has a “freedom” which, in disregarding truth, pursues what is false or wrong? How many young people have been offered a hand which in the name of freedom or experience has led them to addiction, to moral or intellectual confusion, to hurt, to a loss of self-respect, even to despair and so tragically and sadly to the taking of their own life?” *

America is called “the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave” because it is the champion of freedom throughout the world and is often the only force against tyranny and injustice.  This was the view of the Founding Fathers, who saw that America was to be founded on Godly principles, and as such had to be committed to freedom.  Our Declaration of Independence boldly proclaims all men to be equal, and that God endowed man with rights that cannot be lawfully taken away by the government.  In short, all men are supposed to be free.  The Founding Fathers saw freedom as a state of self-determination, not as an anarchist protest against religion.

In America today, however, many are led to believe that our country was founded by enlightened social reformers who were escaping the clutches of religious oppressors.  These are very often the same people who believe that the Constitution is a living document, that a lie told to cover up personally embarrassing and destructive behavior is perfectly justifiable, and that a man who rapes a little girl should be protected from the cruelties of prison life but that a unborn child is an affliction that should be eliminated.  These morally relativistic humanists likewise believe that the Constitution protects the State from the Church, an that they have the right to say any despicable thing that they want, but that we should be limited in our expression of religious beliefs.

The Bible is not silent on the topic of freedom:

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”  (Luke 4:18-19 NIV)

For the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.   (Romans 8:21 NIV)

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.   (1 Corinthians 8:9 NIV)

“Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive.   (1 Corinthians 10:23 NIV)

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.   (2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV)

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.   (Galatians 5:1 NIV)

You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.   (Galatians 5:13 NIV)

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.   (Ephesians 3:12 NIV)

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.   (James 1:25 NIV)

Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,   (James 2:12 NIV)

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.   (1 Peter 2:16 NIV)

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.   (2 Peter 2:19 NIV)

You see, true freedom comes only from Jesus; the world would have you believe that freedom is living anyway that you want, but that is an absolute lie!  All of the problems of the world come down to human refusal to acknowledge the Almighty God and to obey Him.

-Charles Peterson

*Portion of transcript obtained electronically from

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042108/content/01125113.member.html

Although it is commonly held that “an army marches on its stomach,” a quote attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, an army actually marches on its footwear.  No, I am not trying to be obtuse; rather, I am relating something very important that every infantryman can appreciate:  you are only ready to move out if your feet are ready to carry you.  Throughout history, man has improved on clothing technology, and more than a little attention has been spent on footwear.  Advances range from the purpose (keeping the feet dry or protecting from cutting trauma) to the fashion (long-pointed toes or a high platform sole) to the composition (leather, wood, rubber, etc.).  Military footwear has also advanced from the hobnail-soled Roman caligae (sandals) to modern combat boots.  But the purpose of these types of footwear is singular:  to enable the soldiers wearing them to more quickly and effectively enter the fight. It is with the military purpose of fighting the enemy in mind that Paul says to us:

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.  (Ephesians 6:14-15 NIV)

Notice that no matter how well protected the soldier is, if his feet are bare he will not get very far.  And what is it that enables a Christian to be ready?  Readiness comes from the Gospel of Peace.  It would seem then that the more conversant a person is with the Bible, to more ready that person is to stand firm as a Christian.

But what sort of footwear should a soldier choose?  Does he choose rugged boots that are tailored for hiking and the outdoors, dress shoes that go well with a professional suit and tie, comfortable athletic shoes, or flip-flops?  Notice that each one has a specific purpose, and the particular form suited best for that purpose?  Each one is also used by modern soldiers.  Depending on what the activity is, the appropriate footwear is chosen:  boots for the field environment, dress shoes for the office/parade environment, athletic shoes for physical training, and flip-flops for barracks wear (especially in the shower area). 

But what sort of footwear should a Christian choose?  Do you realize that how you approach the Bible and implement its teachings determine your spiritual growth?  How many Christians only ever wear one type of footwear?  Some grab onto the outdoors, saying that you only experience God when hiking on a mountain (boots).  Some say that only by sitting in church will you come to know God (dress-shoes).  Some say that you have to get out and meet people, pounding the pavement and being involved with activities; that is how you find God (athletic shoes).  And some say that you have to go live among the poor, tending to their needs and eschewing normal concerns of politics and economics; that is when you will meet God.

And they are all partly right!  Your spiritual wardrobe should have all of these shoes.  You should appreciate the wonders of God when you go hiking, fishing, or traveling.  You need to put on your spiritual dress shoes and enter the church, knowing that forms and traditions connect and unify the members in worship and fellowship.  You should put on your spiritual running shoes and be an ambassador of Christ, wherever you go and in whatever you do.  And you do need to be mindful of the poor, and put on the flip-flops of Christ that remind us that nothing that we have in this world is permanent or worthwhile except for our status as the priesthood of God, and that we should order our priorities around that knowledge.

We really need to have more than one pair of shoes in our spiritual lives; but more important than that is that we make very sure that all of our shoes are bible-centered, just as Paul said.  And if you wonder why all the talk about shoes, remember that the Romans had sandals made for their mission; those little sandals conquered the ancient world.  What do you think Jesus wants us to do?

-Charles Peterson

In the opening scene of the 1991 movie Other People’s Money, the main character Larry (played by Danny DeVito) tells us his guiding philosophy:

“I love money.  I love money more than the things it can buy.  There’s only one thing I love more than money.  You know what that is?  OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY.” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102609/quotes)

Larry is a corporate raider (or shareholder activist, depending on your point of view) who takes control of companies and restructures them for a higher share value.  He is very successful at this and is very rich.  This quote epitomizes what many Americans believe about successful people – their main concern is money, and that they will do anything to get more of it.

There is a myth in modern America that says that success comes at the price of everything good in a person’s life.  We hear stories about athletic superstars who wreck their health with steroids, stories about politicians who make shady deals to gain power, and stories about business giants who break the law and swindle millions.  Of course some of this goes on, but in reality these stories make the news more because of the rarity of the incidents than if these issues were the norm.  Most successful athletes combine natural talent with dedication and discipline.  Most politicians do not have freezers of cash or their signature in the guest registry of a Washington DC brothel.

Most millionaires do not fit their stereotyped mold either.  Thomas J. Stanley reported in his book The Millionaire Mind that the top five guiding principles for the 733 millionaires surveyed were:  integrity, self-discipline, social skills (getting along with others), a supportive spouse, and hard work.

I find this fascinating, in that these five principles that millionaires credit with their ability to become wealthy are so in line with principles laid out for us in the Bible.  It just makes perfect sense that only by living by these principles will we ever achieve success, either in our careers, our families, our finances, or (most importantly) in our spiritual growth.  The Bible has many examples of successful men and women that demonstrated these principles in their lives:

INTEGRITY:  The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.  (Proverbs 12:22 NIV) – Job was known as a man of integrity, keeping it even when afflicted by the Devil for no good reason; Joseph kept his integrity by not sleeping with Potipher’s wife; Jesus preached that Satan is the father of lies, and that real truth is with God.

SELF-DISCIPLINE:  For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.  (2 Timothy 1:7 NIV) – Daniel and his friends kept to their Godly ways, even when it would have been easy to give them up; Paul wrote often about the need to train ourselves as athletes and soldiers do; Jesus spoke about keeping our priorities right (seeking the Kingdom first).

SOCIAL SKILLS:  “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”  (Matthew 7:12 NIV) – Esther gained the favor of the King’s Eunuch Hegai; Phillip spoke easily with the Ethiopian Eunuch; Jesus worked among the people. 

A SUPPORTIVE SPOUSE:  A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.  (Proverbs 12:4 NIV) – Sarah, Ruth, and Mary the mother of Jesus are all great examples.

HARD WORK:  All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.  (Proverbs 14:23 NIV) – Noah worked on the Ark for 100 years; Jacob labored 14 years for his wives; Jesus worked tirelessly, healing and teaching the crowds even when he was worn out and distressed by the news of John’s beheading.

The secret to success lies with the following:  with God all things are possible.

-Charles Peterson

America’s religion of the elite, environmentalism, reached a new low point this last week when Billionaire Ted Turner announced that the world would soon (within 30-40 years) descend into mass starvation and cannibalism if the agenda of the environmentalists was not implemented immediately.  This apocalyptic message joins the prophecies of former Vice President Al Gore’s message of ten years until the Earth burns up (as of this writing, we only have 7 years and 9 months left).  These words of warning join those of the past (Newsweek ran an article on April 28, 1975 titled The Cooling World) that seem to be in conflict – global warming as opposed to global cooling – but are really about one thing:  nature is supreme and the only morality is that which is imposed by man.

The environmentalist movement is not really about the environment so much as it is an anti-Christian movement.  If it were about the environment, then its adherents would not accept leaders who fly abroad in highly fuel-inefficient private jets and who live  lifestyles with “carbon footprints” that dwarf those of the people to whom they preach “use one sheet of toilet paper”.  This hypocrisy is tolerated by the environmentalists because the movement is about amassing power; this power is not the power to clean the planet, but the power to force others to change their lives and beliefs (especially Christian beliefs).

So, what do we do about it?  As Americans, we should be very worried about the political, social, and economic  upheaval that these people are causing (not to mention the grave national security concerns).  But what about us Christians?  There’s not much we really have to be worried about.  Why?  Because there is a God who created the universe and who is watching over us.

Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?  The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One.  “Let us break their chains,” they say, “and throw off their fetters.”  The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.  Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, “I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill.” (Psalm 2:1-6 NIV)

Like all others, these environmentalists plot and conspire, figuring that if they can remove Christianity from our national identity, then they will be able to remake this land like what their kind did to Western Europe.  But like all others, only God decides when rulers rise up and when they fall, and only God determines when a nation will stand and when it will fall.  There is only one permanent kingdom, and its King rules from on high – Jesus Christ.

When the Earth burns up, it will not be from too many SUV’s on the road, or because the US didn’t raise the fuel efficiency standards high enough, or because of a hole in our ozone.  The Earth will burn, but because the LORD will cause it:

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.  The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. (2 Peter 3:10 NIV)

That is not a tale of global warming, but rather a tale of global redemption because Peter goes on to tell us that there is a new heaven and earth – he calls it the “home of righteousness”.  You see, this is the biggest difference between the Christian and the environmentalists.  When they hear statements such as 2 Peter 3:10, all they can think about is a need to reduce carbon emissions and trust in the planet to heal itself.  When I read 2 Peter 3:10, all I think about is that I need to be ready, because my Lord and Savior has not forgotten me, but is coming back to bring me home.

When you read 2 Peter 3:10, are you afraid for the Earth, or are you looking forward to the one who made the Earth?

-Charles Peterson