Are Christians Supposed to be "Green"?

The other day someone asked me what the Bible says about being "Green" or protecting the environment. Actually this is not a small topic considering that today’s society has turned "environmentalism" into a form of idolatry.

It seems that everything we try to do these days is judged not on the good that it brings to mankind, but rather on the bad that it brings to the environment...

Churches are forbidden to build larger buildings so they have to double or triple meetings inside a small cramped building. Power companies are forbidden to build, so rates are increased as they fight to conserve enough power to keep the world running on the limits of existing systems and infrastructure. Oil companies are forbidden to drill, so rates are increased and unsafe standards are imposed on automobiles while cities pretend they can solve the growing demand with mass transit systems that don’t work. Agricultural companies are forbidden from siphoning water out of rivers and streams, so productive farmland is turned into dessert for the imagined saving of a few fish. People are derided for eating meat, while extremists release a bunch of tamed animals into the wild where they are not conditioned to survive.

A proper Christian perspective of the environment requires understanding of only two things...

Psalm 24:1-2 - The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. (NIV)


Psalm 104 -

Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants. He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight; they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them. You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.

He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains. They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches. He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine trees. The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the coneys.

The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens. Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.

How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small. There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there. These all look to you to give them their food at the proper time. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works- he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD. But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more.

Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD. (NIV)

The Earth does not belongs to us. It is not ours to misuse, ruin and abuse. It belongs to God. For a Christian to willfully bring harm to the environment is to desecrate what God has provided for us, and that is wrong.

On the other hand, who are we to think mankind is even capable of harming God’s Earth? Is God such a fool that He would create the world so badly that it is within our power to spoil it?

The worst environmental disaster to ever hit this planet, bar none, was when man brought sin into the world (Gen 3:6). There is nothing we could possibly do to cause more harm to the Earth than that caused, and yet the planet survived. The recent oil spill in the gulf, where so much of the contaminant has simply vanished with no explanation of how, just goes to prove that God knows more about cleaning up the planet than we do.


James :)

Burning the koran

On the radio this morning there was quite a bit of talk about some pastor’s recent proclamation for the burning of the koran.

My response to this is, "Hey STUPID! How many muslim’s are going to be saved by burning the koran?" This is NOT where our efforts should be focused.

In case you are confused, God is not threatened, nor even intimidated by the koran. Burning this compilation of man’s words and the devil’s lies is of no consequence, because God already rendered it null and void 2000 years ago. Making the effort to obtain and then set fire to some symbol for a false religion gives credit where it should not be given, applying meaning and value to something that is senseless and worthless.


Read and understand:

The koran’s message: You must earn your salvation by the sacrifice of your own blood, paid for by the sacrifice of your own life, in order to obtain a superficial reward that the source of the koran’s words, the devil, has no authority to give you. This means that even if you fulfill all of the many requirements written in the koran, you are still doomed to spend eternity in hell.

God’s message: Your salvation is a gift through the sacrifice of His blood, bought and paid for in full by the sacrifice of His own life, so that you can receive the most valuable rewards of eternal life and adoption into the family of God, who is the only One with the ability to give life to anyone. And the only thing you have to do is accept the gift He has already offered freely to everyone.


Burn the koran? hell is already hot enough without making things hotter for the poor lost souls who have fallen into the muslim snare. Wouldn’t it be better to just show them the truth?


James :)