We have just had the privilege of buying a new car. But where do we start?
Petrol, diesel, hybrid or electric?
The message of COP26 was that we are heading for disaster if we do not do something radical now to reduce our impact on emissions to the atmosphere and save our planet, so the choice is not easy.
In Weathering Climate Change – A Fresh Approach, astrophysicist Dr Hugh Ross suggests that the climate stability of the last 9,500 years, that has allowed mankind to exist and prosper, has been miraculous but will come to an end.
As a Christian, I believe that this miracle is of God.
“In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land” (Psalm 95).
And as for the end, St Peter, who walked with Jesus Christ, tells us: “The day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed” (2 Peter 3:10).
While we need to do everything we can to stop damaging the environment, we need to focus on getting our lives in order to face the God of creation and “live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:35).
Ian Stewart is a member of Christ Church Wokingham, which meets every Sunday at St Crispin’s School at 10.30am, writing on behalf of Churches Together in Wokingham
