This week has been nothing but doom and gloom from our friends in the media that the end of the world is upon us. Interesting. Why is the end of the world upon us? Is it because, as Jesus says in Matthew 24:3-8, we hear of wars, rumors of wars, nations rising against nation, famines and earthquakes? (Well, hold that thought on the famines.) No, the thing we have to fear most is, of course, global warming. But lets tack on the part we're really supposed to be upset about so as to feel shame, guilt and America-loathing, man-made global warming.

So I have decided that I am going to start searching the Bible to see if there is any mention of global warming. So far, the closest I can get is the part about famines, and then an interesting line in Luke 21:11 about fearful events and great signs from heaven, which seem like they could be interpreted in a number of different ways. As I said, I haven't fully researched this yet, so if any of you have insight into this, please feel free to share.

My thoughts swirled yesterday when I saw a headline on GMA that said something like, "Will global warming kill us all?" My immediate reaction: where is the headline that says, "Is Mahmoud Ahmadenijad planning to kill us all?" Why wouldn't they post that story? Because the answer is yes. More like yes with an expletive attached. How do we know this? BECAUSE HE IS SAYING IT EVERY DAY. And yet we completely ignore him. Surely he doesn't mean what he says. No one can be that crazy. Hmmm...

So instead of focusing on the real, existential threat that is staring our nation in the face, we sit and fret about global warming. My personal thought, in case you are interested, is that it is very possible that the earth is warming up. If you look at history, this happens on a cyclical basis. Simply pull out the old farmer's almanac and look back at the past couple of hundred years and this will become apparent. Do we have anything to do with this? Not one bit.

Supposedly we are destroying our planet by burning fossil fuels and eating out of styrofoam (although we don't hear much about the ozone layer anymore, do we?) What about the industrial revolution? The amount of pollution emitted from the factories during that time period dwarfed what's going on now, and yet somehow the polar bears survived.

The media is completely manipulating this story with their "unanimous scientific expert consensus." We are not really told who these guys are, just that they are the most important scientists and that they all agree that life is over as we know it. All of the scientists and meteorologists that completely disagree with this theory, and there are a lot of them, are 100% discredited and blown off as political hacks.

This whole thing reminds me of the month or so leading up to 9/11. If you remember, the big story of the day was one we are familiar with, stem cell research. The president was getting all kinds of flack for being against stem cell research, when of course the fact was that he was against federal funding for stem cell research, not a ban on the science. But I digress. The point is, we were all in a tizzy over an important issue, but a fairly insignificant one in light of the fact that a group of terrorists were about to hit us at home and completely rock our world.

We are not living in the dark any more. We know there are enemies out there that intend to do us harm. They are not hiding this fact. Mahmoud Ahmadenijad couldn't be making his intentions any clearer. And yet, because we are a war-weary nation, we are ignoring this very real threat and focusing on something that we can't do anything about.

As a believer, I can read how the end of times is going to play out. And right now I'm not finding anything about penguins and polar bears. But if this gets you thinking about how much we need to do before Jesus comes back, then at least use it to spur you towards making sure everyone you know has heard the truth about the Truth. Yes, there is an end coming. But for those who believe, it will only be the beginning.