Environment

Guests: Dan Janzen, Doug Sharp, Rich Geer Description: Climate change is widely recognized as a global challenge with significant negative impacts, such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and threats to biodiversity. However, some researchers and experts have identified a few potential benefits that may arise in certain regions or sectors due to changing climate conditions. It is important to note that these benefits do not outweigh the overall risks and consequenc

What does it mean to control/subdue (manage/steward), reign/rule, exercise dominion over in Genesis 1&2 (also in chapter 9–it could not be more clear), and what does it mean in chapter 2:5&15 “abad” to (work, till, cultivate, “dress”–KJV, and the next word “shamar” commonly translated as keep or watch over, maintain or guard? Should “abad” rather be translated as “serve” as the environmentalists and some newer translations have us believe? And why does that neither fit the

Utila is the smallest of the Bay Islands of Honduras in the Caribbean with a population of about 10,000. The other two islands are Roatan and Guanaja. Utila is a scuba diving destination and has beautiful beaches and a jungle overgrowth. The people of Utila are of African, English, and Dutch descent. Life in Utila is pretty laid back. There are only a few trucks on the island, a main street, and a few side streets. People get around on mo-peds, scooters, motorcycles or take a

The Green Evo-Eco Gospel and Creation Care has consequences.The elements that are not in agreement with the Bible, when they run their full course, will bring oppression to the world. Falsehood and sin and wrong worldviews always in the long run produce oppression. Here are the litmus test questions…. Are you more concerned about savings “species” than about the issue of abortion? Do you prefer to use such expressions as “Mother Nature”, “Nature knows best”, “ask Nature for

Steve Sharp talks about the success of the reintroduction of the wild turkey in Michigan in 1954 and how the habitat has changed after the lumbering days. It went from pine forest that was lumbered to grasslands that were good for quail and pheasant, scrub brush that was good for woodcock and as the forest matured, it provided habitat for wild turkey. He demonstrates the difference between spring and fall turkey hunting and which calls are appropriate for either season. He al

This is an on-line reunion of our friends who hosted us in South Africa. In 2005 and 2012, Doug and Rich visited Johannesburg, Pretoria, Centurion and Durban. The trips included Kruger National Park, Sterkfontein Caves, Elephant Sanctuary, Rhino and Lion Park, and the Dlinza Forest in Eshowe.

The Ice Age is postulated to have occurred shortly after Noah’s flood, caused by weather patterns set up from warm oceans after the flood piling up snow in the interiors of the continents but causing temperate climates at the edges of the continents. Climate changes occurring while the earth was drying out accounts for features of geomorphology like drumlins, kames, eskers, moraines to be left behind by glaciation.

Dan Janzen, as a missionary in South Sudan, observes that non-government agencies such as relief organizations, however well-intentioned, can intensify problems in a developing country by giving handouts. They believe that trying to improve the environment will result in a natural tendency toward the good. The opposite is true, people become dependent upon the relief efforts and become lazy, unable to extricate themselves out of theis dependent mode. This is another evolution

During the Little Ice Age in the 1600’s and 1700’s the population of Germany was looking to the Prince Bishops who presided over Bamberg and Wurzburg for answers why disease famine and crop failure was occurring. They finally decided that witchcraft was responsible, and demanded that they do something. This created a mass hysteria where people were tortured to confess to witchcraft and told to name others who were involved. Almost 1,000 people in these two cities were torture

Beauty is a spiritual quality, and it is something that is difficult to measure and define scientifically. Some of the limitations of science are in the areas where the spiritual is dominant such as in the fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. Beauty is often measured using the Golden Ratio where the porportion of sizes seem to fit a pattern. Symmetry, perspective, color also appeal to the eye, but mo

Dr. Jerry Bergman is updating his book about vestigial organs, the concept that there are organs evolution left behind in its development that are no longer useful. Around 1900, there was a list of 180 such organs that were considered vestigial. Now, due to modern research, there are none left. All are functional and those functions are known.

While we were demonstrating the incredible design of the filaree seed and the wild oat seed at a conference, a farmer came up and said, “You know, these are weeds!” That presented the question, why would God create “weeds” with such unique design features? That led to a little research into plants that are considered to be weeds, but actually are good for you and have medicinal properties. These include pigweed, kudzu, stinging nettles, milk thistle and burdock. All of these

On of the first commands given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was the responsibility to take dominion of the resources that God placed in the garden. That is why Christians should take seriously the responsibility to care for the environment. That is in contrast to what extreme environmentalists propose, and many of the things they fight for are irresponsible and cause much more harm than good.