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Ours is the First Generation to be Able to Chart and Graph the Fulfillment of Prophecy

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For some two thousand years, generation after generation of Christians have waited for the return of Christ.  These generations have faithfully studied the Scriptures, noted the way-marks outlined in prophecy, and watched for the return of Christ – just as He instructed (Mark 13:32-37). Many among these generations have lived in the expectation that they would see […]

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Tipping Point for Global Food Supply?

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Regular readers will know that I bang on quite a bit about food supply and food prices, and for good reason:  Increases in food prices rapidly bring down weak societies, which leads in turn to war (or internal conflicts), sickness, forced migration, etc.  Global food prices are our best single indicator of the relative peace, […]

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When Will All The Fish Be Gone?

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This is the third article in a series examining specific resource depletion and calculating – roughly – when the depletion of specific resources will result in societal conflict.   In the previous two blog posts we examined the timeline for the depletion of water (aquifers) and phosphorous rock.  This post looks at the depletion of […]

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When Will the Phosphate Rock and Potash Run Out?

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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 […]

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When Will the Water Run Out?

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This is the first in a series of articles dealing with resource constraints.  While I covered these issues in my book, Planet In Distress, I did not try to place the depletion of various resources on a timeline.  This I will attempt to do now, with the caveat that data on some issues and areas […]

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Past the Tipping Point: Haiti and Syria

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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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From Sin to Environmental Degradation to Societal Disruption and the Fulfillment of Prophecy – How it Works

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The link between sin, environmental degradation, and societal disruption that fulfills prophecy is not obvious.  But as with almost any emerging trend or event, once it is pointed out and explained, it is easy to detect. To build the case for linkage and causation between sin and environmental degradation we have to go back to […]

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Is There a Biblical Case for Climate Change?

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The ongoing discussion (if it can be called that) on climate change is almost entirely political.  Or at least, it is here in the US.  This means that most people, instead of evaluating perspectives and theories and data, make up their mind in accordance with their political beliefs and ignore or dismiss information that runs […]

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Increasingly Frequent Disasters and the Fulfillment of Prophecy

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Take a good, careful look at the chart below.  The chart, courtesy of Emdat (www.emdat.be/natural-disasters-trends) reflects the number of reported disasters from the period of 1900 to 2010.  Unfortunately, Emdat does not yet have the data up for 2011, a year full of very expensive disasters, so we have to work with what we’ve got. […]

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