Monograph 2: Is There Hope for Planet Earth?

An Ethical Response to Climate Change

by Bruce Nicholls
Price US$5

The increase in floods, cyclones, droughts and tsunamis, the ozone hole over the Antartic, melting ice, warming oceans and the increase of carbon dioxides in the air cannot be denied. But the greater danger, according to Bruce Nicholls, are the human factors–an exploding global population, greed, selfishness, corruption and collapsing moral values. These result in the unethical destruction of primal rain forests, uncontrolled mining, and the pollution of air, land and sea, threatening the future of planet Earth. The poor are the first to suffer.

Many churches are indifferent to the ecological crisis, while those who are involved are fragmented. The author appeals to the God-given universal human conscience for moral support, but this too is corruptible.Ultimately his hope is in God’s direct intervention now and on the last Day. He argues that the Bible alone provides a work ethic to sustain creation, and emphasizes the Sabbath rest for renewal and reflection on the wonder of God’s world. God will hold his people accountable for their
stewardship of this beautiful planet entrusted to their care.