https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/SR15_TS_High_Res.pdf
This paper is a curious representation of the credibility crisis that has infested mainstream science. Contained within this technical summary is not one line of science that I could find. There was no description of the methodology used to arrive at the results, no description of the measurements taken, no assessment of the biases inherent in the methodology or any assumptions made to arrive at the results, no procedure that would allow this report to be reproduced independently.
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/11-steps-to-structuring-a-science-paper-editors-will-take-seriously
It seems to me that they do not want this report to be reproduced, and that they merely wish to cry foul and harp on their particular view of the world in order to peddle influence and force people to adhere to their narrow view of what is happening.
This is not science. This is political dogma wrapped in a scientific robe. Congratulations, environmentalists, you have destroyed science.
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
A New Year of Power
I am writing this open letter in the hopes that this new year will be a year of rebirth for Christians, for those of us who truly believe and hold fast to the Word. God has been teaching and convicting me of my complacency. We, as Christians, are soft. We are weak. We do not rely on the power that stretched out the universe, even though He has made it available to us when we obey Him. We let sin lie when we should be hunting it. We let it live when we are called to gouge it out of our lives. We choose not to obey, and as a result we weaken our faith and deny the power that God makes manifest.
As this world grow increasingly dark, it becomes ever more important that we cling to the light, that we follow and obey the Word with all of our passion and will. Jesus calls us to be salt and light. He calls us to be hallowed. He desires that we should be set apart for Him, that we should be holy. But it is more than a suggestion. It is more than a request. It is a command. Over and over in the Bible, God says to us: "Be Holy as I am Holy," and "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, I plead that you would take this command to heart in 2019. Be holy.
Christians need to recognize the value of judging sin in our lives and in the lives of our brothers. As Jesus says, "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother." This process must happen in the church if we are to get serious about being holy. We cannot bury our heads in the sand and let our body perish. If we want God's power and blessing in our lives, we must judge sin in our each other's lives with the love and grace fitting for our station. "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not forsaking meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." It specifically says 'spur' to imply that this process is not without pain, any less than excising a cancer from our physical bodies involves pain yet is necessary for life. As it is written, "the wounds of a friend are sweeter than the kisses of an enemy."
But what about, "judge not lest ye be judged!" you ask? Dear brother, we are not called to judge with our judgement. We are called to judge with God's judgment, as it is written, "it is mine to avenge, says the LORD," and "judgment is mine." Fortunately, for us, dear brother, we have God's word, and we can compare His word to our actions and the actions of our brothers. Do not judge on your own discernment, judge with God's judgment. Compare your brother's actions to God's word. See where they differ and go and plead with your brother or sister to remove that sin from their life.
It is my prayer that those of us who are called by His name will seek to be holy and be open to the wounds of your friends and brothers. Be willing to wound your friends, for their spiritual life depends on it! "But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses." And, likewise, "anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?"
God is serious about our holiness! Seek out your brother and convict them of sin. God will not give us His power if we do not seek to be holy.
As this world grow increasingly dark, it becomes ever more important that we cling to the light, that we follow and obey the Word with all of our passion and will. Jesus calls us to be salt and light. He calls us to be hallowed. He desires that we should be set apart for Him, that we should be holy. But it is more than a suggestion. It is more than a request. It is a command. Over and over in the Bible, God says to us: "Be Holy as I am Holy," and "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, I plead that you would take this command to heart in 2019. Be holy.
Christians need to recognize the value of judging sin in our lives and in the lives of our brothers. As Jesus says, "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother." This process must happen in the church if we are to get serious about being holy. We cannot bury our heads in the sand and let our body perish. If we want God's power and blessing in our lives, we must judge sin in our each other's lives with the love and grace fitting for our station. "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not forsaking meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." It specifically says 'spur' to imply that this process is not without pain, any less than excising a cancer from our physical bodies involves pain yet is necessary for life. As it is written, "the wounds of a friend are sweeter than the kisses of an enemy."
But what about, "judge not lest ye be judged!" you ask? Dear brother, we are not called to judge with our judgement. We are called to judge with God's judgment, as it is written, "it is mine to avenge, says the LORD," and "judgment is mine." Fortunately, for us, dear brother, we have God's word, and we can compare His word to our actions and the actions of our brothers. Do not judge on your own discernment, judge with God's judgment. Compare your brother's actions to God's word. See where they differ and go and plead with your brother or sister to remove that sin from their life.
It is my prayer that those of us who are called by His name will seek to be holy and be open to the wounds of your friends and brothers. Be willing to wound your friends, for their spiritual life depends on it! "But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses." And, likewise, "anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?"
God is serious about our holiness! Seek out your brother and convict them of sin. God will not give us His power if we do not seek to be holy.
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