![]() And while they certainly believe that God is capable of intervening in any part of this world, thinking Christians don’t see God’s hand in every storm or lightning bolt or hurricane (or quiet sunset or peaceful afternoon breeze, for that matter). Most thinking Christians can quite easily accept that the weather works all on its own, without any miraculous intervention from the Creator (To be fair in my reporting, I must say that some don’t and claim that God does indeed control every weather event – see here for Donald de Young’s book, “Weather and the Bible”). Now, obviously, I am being deliberately facetious in asking these questions in this way. So, why are conservative Christians comfortable watching the weather channel, which so clearly uses science to show weather systems and patterns and make predictions based on a Godless scientific view? And why are they comfortable with their children learning about the water cycle in school? This scientific vision of the world’s weather patterns presents a picture of a world in which there is no need for God or God’s agency – the weather just works because it is a complete, integrated system on its own. And, of course, Jesus stopped a storm dead in its tracks (see Mark 4:37-41 also see Ps. It is God who sends storms (see Jonah 1:4), sometimes to punish people (Job 37:13). ![]() ![]() God controls the “storehouses” of rain, snow and even the lightning (see Deut. ![]() The Bible makes it abundantly clear that God is in control of the weather. Here’s something you conservative Christians should be teaching at church: stop watching the Weather Channel. ![]()
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