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Global Warming and the Risen LORD

Name: Global Warming and the Risen LORD
Author: Jim Ball
ISBN: 9780982930021

by Jim Ball

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Overview

Global Warming and the Risen LORD moves beyond the old debates about climate change to a new conversation focusing on the tremendous opportunities there are and the biblical and spiritual resources we have been given to meet this threat. Filled with inspirational stories and sobering scientific research, Rev. Ball shows us that global warming is one of the major challenges of our time, but one that can be overcome by following the Risen LORD.

About the Author, Jim Ball

Jim Ball (Ph.D. Drew University) is Executive Vice President for Policy and Climate Change at the Evangelical Environmental Network. The architect of the “What Would Jesus Drive” educational campaign and the key organizer and national spokesperson for the Evangelical Climate Initiative, Jim has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America, Fox, CNN, and NPR. He has been featured in the New York Times, and honored by Rolling Stone magazine as one of their environmental “Warriors and Heroes” and by Time magazine as one of its climate change “innovators.”

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Editorials

Jo Anne Lyon

For me, fighting to overcome global warming is about people I’ve met like Srey from Cambodia or Mutinta of Malawi desperately trying to feed their families. Jim's book tells the stories of many such people and connects them to our story with the Risen Lord. He helps us understand that through the power of the resurrection we can overcome global warming. Inspiring and hopeful!

Bishop George McKinney

Rev. Ball helps us see the tremendous impact climate change will have on the world's poor, and as such it is something all Christians must respond to. But the book's most important contribution is helping us understand the incredible spiritual resources our faith in Christ provides as we work to overcome this challenge.

Roberta Combs

Addressing energy security is essential for maintaining the well-being of our families and nation. In his book my friend Jim Ball discusses how we can make that happen by focusing on clean sources of energy. Highly recommended.

Bishop N.T. Wright

I was delighted to meet Jim Ball and discuss with him and others the Bible’s message about God’s care for the whole creation, and our part in that great work. Jim has taken a courageous stand in explaining and exploring the way in which the current crisis of a changing climate has to be taken seriously by all Christians who live under God’s word. I am delighted to see this book as one further step along a transformative road.

Richard Cizik

Jim Ball has been at the forefront of climate change for nearly two decades, helping to show Christians the way, especially in the area of climate policy. And now he has added to that a book also filled with biblical and spiritual resources to help encourage and sustain us as we fight the good fight. Global warming is a huge challenge, but Jim reminds us that it is the Risen LORD in whom we put our hope. Essential biblical analysis for a troubled planet. An extraordinary accomplishment!