Should global warming change how we live?

To question we get on occasion, and this time from a podcast listener named Timothy,

the question for Pastor John, who joins us again over Skype, Hello Pastor John, in a day

and age where we are bombarded with strong environmentalism and save the Earth propaganda

and green ideas.

What should be the proper response of a Christian to all these pressures?

Should we assume that climate change is caused by humans?

How do we find a proper balance in ecological concerns when we are faced by so many things

that seem like extremes, eliminating plastic straws, demonizing fossil fuels, and the rise

of couples who refuse to have children because of the quote impact on the environment.

If it feels like the culture really is worshiping the creation instead of trusting the creator.

So how should a follower of Jesus care for a creation that will one day be destroyed

by fire, Pastor John?

What would you say to Timothy?

Let me start by saying that I hope I don't disappoint too many folks here.

I don't know the answer to the question is global warming mainly or only caused by human

behaviors like the use of fossil fuels.

So answering that specific question is not what this episode of Ask Pastor John is about.

I wish I knew more and had greater wisdom on that.

But given my limitations in what I can attend to and study and get clarity on, I don't.

And you'll need to do your own work to get what I can't provide.

The reason I'm willing to say anything at all in response to this question is because

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