–– Lennox Kalifungwa

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Rumor has it that carbon emissions have boldly escaped the grip of God, as though the Almighty misplaced His sovereignty. Further whispers suggest that winds and waves now answer to climate scientists and global summits rather than their Creator, while trillions of dollars and human ingenuity scramble to fill the supposed vacuum in divine governance. In this narrative, God is relegated to a footnote: powerless, apathetic, or perhaps altogether absent. The cosmos, once orchestrated by His will, is now a tempest to be both feared and appeased. Humanity, formerly bearing His image, must clean up the mess of its own rebellion, while divine promises are relegated to myth.

If God is dead—and the alarmists’ gospel tacitly preaches this—then, by all means, let us fear. Fear that the sky might fall, the poles might melt, or the oceans might consume us. Fear is the natural religion of a world that denies its Creator. Those who do not fear God will inevitably fear everything else.