At one time, I posted four or five times a week. I post much less now, not because of a lack of material, but because I feel like I’ve said everything five or six times, and I have a deeply ingrained aversion to repeating myself. But once in a while one or two things come […]
Category Archives: Economic Impacts
The Last Days Are Coming Into Focus
posted by Planet In Distress
Whether we like it or not, and whether we are ready or not, we live in extraordinary times. We live, in fact, in end times – the last days of this earth. For millennia Christians have anticipated these very last days. Or more accurately, they have keenly anticipated the return of Jesus and have acknowledged […]
When Will the Phosphate Rock and Potash Run Out?
posted by Planet In Distress
This post is the second in a series of articles dealing with resource constraints. If you read these introductory paragraphs for the first article in the series (“When Will the Water Run Out?”), then skip past these italicized paragraphs. While I covered resource constraints in my book, Planet In Distress, I did not try to place the depletion of various […]
Past the Tipping Point: Haiti and Syria
posted by Planet In Distress
The link between sin, environmental degradation, and societal disruption that fulfills prophecy is just becoming apparent. As with almost any emerging trend or event, it has to be pointed out and explained before it is apparent but, after that, it is relatively easy to detect. It is important to be able to see the connection between sin […]
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