Fears of “overpopulation”—because it allegedly causes resource depletion and environmental degradation through pollution—have roots deep in history, and they continue today. About ten generations after Noah, when the whole world’s population might not have been much over 5 million, Abraham and his nephew Lot parted ways because they were convinced that the land God had…
General
Population Bomb? People Pollution? Not Hardly!
Are you, your kids, and your grandkids a threat to planet earth? “Surely you jest!” might be your reply. But lots of environmentalists, and lately especially lots of climate-change alarmists, think so. I don’t. Unlike most environmentalists, I consider every human being as made in the image of God and full of potential. Rather than…
General
Is Fighting Climate Change Really Fighting Pollution?
This is the second in a series of posts answering a popular way of defending drastic efforts to reduce global warming that I encountered recently on social media. The second point “Bob” made was this: “Whether you think climate change is manmade or not, I don’t know a single person who likes pollution. Everyone I…
Kira Welcenbach
My Very Own Christmas Angel
This Christmas Eve, my Grandma Mae peacefully passed on to a new life. She held on to life through some pain and discomfort to wait for my brother and I to arrive from our homes on different coasts to say goodbye. Finally, she passed away on her favorite day of the year. Though she may…
Steven Welcenbach
A Long Anticipated But Unexpected Christmas Treasure – Part II
The Amazing MaeAthene MaeAthene Marie Welcenbach began life in the small town of Wabeno, WI, 50 miles from the Michigan border in Forest County. Born at home to her parents Earl Charlton and Marie Zahringer on July 2, 1927, she was the middle child of three, her brother Earl being a year older and her brother…
Riley J. Hood
Post Modern Prejudice
“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” John 7:24 I have a friend from my school days, who is in worse shape than I am in, and when he was limping into a gas station to buy some gas, he held the door open for a lady, who rewarded him by calling him…