World News Through the Third Lens

NEW GLOBAL WARMING OFFICE: THANKS BUT SNOW THANKS! (From the Family Research Council, 2/9/10)

In what can only be described as bad timing, the administration announced yesterday it was creating a new agency to study global warming. Of course, no one was in town to hear the news since the federal government has been closed for two days following the worst blizzard in half a century. Interestingly enough, the President was careful not to use the words "global warming" in the title, and instead calls it the "NOAA Climate Service," which points to a major shift in environmental strategy. As the research loses its credibility, more scientists are trying to disassociate themselves from the "global warming" movement - which is growing more unpopular by the snow storm. Despite the controversy, President Obama still insists on chasing this phony science ---with your tax dollars. As more families struggle to make ends meet, I think we would all agree: the last thing America needs is another unnecessary government office.

THE THIRD LENS: Global warming is coming, but it is not the kind which phony science is predicting. Phony science lines up with phony religion and both are referred to in Scripture, right before we are told what will really happen to good old planet Earth.

"First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, 'Where is this coming he promised? [The Second Coming of Christ] Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation. But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. [Creation, not evolution!] By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. [The flood, which explains so many things we see in the natural world] By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire [There's your global warming, which man can do nothing to stop], being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:3-7; I suggest reading the rest of the chapter)

SEX EDUCATION: IT'S ELEMENTARY (From the Family Research Council, 2/9/10)

Most third and fourth graders barely know what sex is, let alone have any desire to try it. Unfortunately, that's what the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is advocating in a new report, "Stand and Deliver." As part of a global push, IPPF "demands" that children 10 and older have access to "comprehensive sex education" that defines sexuality as a "positive force for change and development, as a source of pleasure, an embodiment of human rights, and an expression of self." Of course its no secret why IPPF would advocate for early sexual involvement. What better way to advertise for abortion than encourage young people to have sex? The most troubling part of the study is that it purposefully squeezes parents out of the equation. What children learn (or don't learn) about intimacy SHOULD be up to parents, not the government...and certainly not planned Parenthood.

THE THIRD LENS: Scripture makes it clear that the responsibility for a child's moral upbringing belongs to the parents. "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." (Deuteronomy 6:6-7) And Scripture, through the words of Jesus, gives a harsh warning to anyone who would lead children astray. "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea." (Matthew 18:5-6) Let us be reminded that Planned Parenthood performs about 25% of all the abortions in this country, and receives about one third of it's annual budget of over a billion dollars from government sources. This has missed the attention of most of the Tea Parties.