What are they all missing?

God created the world ex nihilo (Out of nothing at all)

“First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.” II Peter 3:3-5

They deliberately forget. Things are like they’ve always been. God’s not going to do anything. He didn’t create us! Sounds like uniformitarianism.

Just as God destroyed this world once by water, He will destroy it again by fire.

“By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” II Peter 3:6-7

“Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!” II Peter 3:12

You talk about your global warming! What we ought to be doing is living our lives in the fear of God in anticipation of his judgment of the ungodly! We should take care of the earth, for sure, but more important by far are our souls and the souls of others and the eternity we will enter. Forgive the malapropism, but the earth is not long for this world.

The Bible, our well-known 66 books, is the inerrant word of God.

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; II Timothy 3:16

Self-authenticating, you say? But more than that. There are many more witnesses to the authenticity of scripture than its own claim. (Just think for a minute what those might be…hmmm) The Bible is breathed by God, written by men who were carried along by the Holy Spirit (II Peter 1:21)

Jesus came to seek and to save lost sinners from this world into an eternal, heavenly kingdom (Luke 19:10). That was his primary and sufficient reason for coming and dying. He did not come primarily to make this a better place to live, though the existence and spread of Christianity has indeed resulted in the greater general welfare of mankind.

You will notice that He did not immediately end slavery, stop all wars,
give women the right to vote for awhile, supply the globe with an eternally regulated thermostat, or grant perfect economic equality to everyone.

Critics of the true church today are so caught up in the social gospel that they have forgotten the real one.

“Holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power;” II Timothy 3:5

These are four fundamental errors that bring us our present deception and malaise. Take note, those of you who have got off track. The way is narrow to life and few are those who find it, but the way to destruction is wide and many go that way. (Matt. 7:13)