Created to Reign

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. Cal Beisner and Dr. David Legates discuss the idea of costly goods, whether economic development degrades the earth, and the trend of "Christian socialism." Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen-to-our-podcast-created-to-reign/ Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit ...

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. Cal Beisner and Dr. David Legates consider how the Bible defines "pollution" and what that means for us today. In addition, they consider the morality of cost-benefit analysis, taking risks, and solving competing problems in priority order. Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen-to-our-podcast-created-to-reign/ Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%2...

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. Beisner and Dr. Legates continue their discussion of Christian environmental stewardship and consider the difference between inherent and instrumental value. Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit from our work and would like to partner with us, please visit www.cornwallalliance.org/donate.

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. Cal Beisner and Dr. David Legates discuss the concept of environmental stewardship. CornwallAlliance.org Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit from our work and would like to partner with us, please visit www.cornwallalliance.org/donate.

In this episode of Created to Reign Dr. Beisner and Dr. Legates discuss how the Bible shapes our understanding of creation and how we should care for it. They contrast a Christian view of creation care with pantheistic, atheistic, and panentheistic views. https://cornwallalliance.org/landmark-documents/the-biblical-perspective-of-environmental-stewardship-subduing-and-ruling-the-earth-to-the-glory-of-god-and-the-benefit-of-our-neighbors/ Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallal...

In this episode of Create to Reign, David and Cal discuss the key concerns animating the work of the Cornwall Alliance. Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit from our work and would like to partner with us, please visit www.cornwallalliance.org/donate.

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. Calvin Beisner and Dr. David Legates discuss the aspirations of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation and answer the question "What are we trying to achieve, after all?" Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit from our work and would like to partner with us, please visit www.cornwall...

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. Beisner and Dr. Legates discuss the core beliefs at the heart of the Cornwall Alliance. To support our work or learn more visit https://cornwallalliance.org/ Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit from our work and would like to partner with us, please visit www.cornwallalliance.org/don...

In this episode of Created to Reign Dr. Cal Beisner and Dr. David Legates discuss the preamble of The Cornwall Declaration On Environmental Stewardship. https://cornwallalliance.org/landmark-documents/the-cornwall-declaration-on-environmental-stewardship/ Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit from our work and would like to partne...

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. Cal Beisner and Dr. David Legates discuss the history of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from people like you. If you benefit from our work and would like to partner with us, please visit www.cornwallalliance.org/donate.

Welcome to Created to Reign, produced by the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. On this podcast, Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Dr. David Legates, and special experts in science, economics, theology, ethics, and public policy strive to think Biblically about creation care, global warming, and the world’s poor. Visit our podcast resource page: https://cornwallalliance.org/listen%20to%20our%20podcast%20created%20to%20reign/ Our work is entirely supported by donations from p...

In this episode of Created to Reign, Dr. David Legates revisits the most controversial sentence he’s ever spoken: “Carbon dioxide contributes very little to the greenhouse effect.” That single line has earned him everything from eye-rolling to outright insults—but it also reveals how deeply misunderstood the science has become. Dr. Legates breaks down, in plain language, why CO₂ is only a minor player compared to other greenhouse gases, why the famous “1.5°C tipping point” is more politics th...

Sometimes new research genuinely advances our understanding. Other times, long-standing claims quietly fall apart. In this episode of Created to Reign, David R. Legates walks through two major developments in the climate literature from late 2025—one newly published paper that challenges prevailing assumptions about sea-level rise, and one highly influential paper that was abruptly retracted after its conclusions proved unsound. Together, they raise serious questions about how confident polic...

What wiped out the great American Chestnut Tree—human industry or nature itself? The answer might surprise you. In this episode, Dr. E. Calvin Beisner revisits one of North America’s greatest ecological losses to reveal how the near-extinction of the American Chestnut wasn’t caused by human greed or deforestation, but by a natural fungal blight. He explores how this “Redwood of the East” once shaped American life, and how its disappearance challenges the common environmentalist claim that hum...

What are Natural Asset Companies, and why did 24 states fight to stop them? In this episode of Created to Reign, David R. Legates explains how NACs would turn the ecological “value” of forests, watersheds, and other natural areas into tradable corporate assets—placing control of land use in the hands of investors rather than owners. Proponents claim NACs unlock new money for conservation. Critics warn they threaten property rights, restrict access to land, raise food and energy prices, and op...