“The skeptics engage in some curious theological acrobatics to try to appeal to Christians. There are some who seem to imply God made the world like a childproof bouncy castle that we couldn’t harm if we tried. At the same time, Christians have to be cautious about uncritically adopting secular environmentalist perspectives. As salt and light in the debate, we can bring a voice of hope to a conversation that’s been dominated by doom-and-gloom.”
Rusty Pritchard
National outreach director for the Evangelical Environmental Network, speaking about human-induced global warming (BP)
“Our response has not been as compassionate and loving as it should be. We are single-minded in saving the souls of individuals, but not as opened-minded in terms of saving that person’s life.”
Stephen Thurston
President of the National Baptist Convention of America, who took an HIV test in front of his congregation, noting black churches are becoming more outspoken about testing and education on HIV/AIDS (Chicago Tribune/RNS)
“I’ve collected 370 different hot sauces traveling the globe. The hotter the better. I don’t just believe in hell, … I eat it.”
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Rick Warren
Pastor/author in a tweet (RNS)
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