Planet in Distress: Environmental Degradation and the Great Controversy

by Scott Christiansen

Overview

There's no denying it-our world just isn't what it used to be. Natural disasters happen more often and with great magnitude. Our oceans have been polluted and overfished. Our lands have been deforested, saturated with potent chemicals, and abandoned to erosion when they are no longer productive. Our atmosphere is fully of greenhouse gasses, and climate change is a deadly reality. Water is increasingly in short supply worldwide.

Why exactly have these things happened-and so quickly? What are we, as Christians, supposed to do about them now? How does the current condition of our world fit with the events Jesus described in Matthew 24:6-8?

Scott Christiansen explores scientific evidence concerning the rapid decline of global systems (climate, food production, water, energy, finance, etc.) and blends it with what the Bible and inspired writings have to say about the end of time. His findings are a wake-up call.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780828026604
Publisher:	Review & Herald Publishing Association
Publication date:	04/28/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Prologue 9

Chapter 1 In the Beginning 16

Chapter 2 Sin and the Destruction of the World: Tracing the Arc From Beginning to End 25

Chapter 3 For God So Loved the 33

Chapter 4 The Decay of Our Global Food Production System 38

Chapter 5 The Decay of Our Global Climate System 53

Chapter 6 The Decay of Our Oceanic Systems 65

Chapter 7 The Decay of Our Freshwater Systems 76

Chapter 8 The Decay of Humanity's Energy and Financial Systems and the Fragility of Complex Societies 86

Chapter 9 Global System Decay in the Context of the Great Controversy and the Time of Trouble 99

Chapter 10 Preparation and a Ministry for Everyone 107

Chapter 11 It's Not What Is Coming; It's Who Is Coming That Matters 117