So what of this Eden home - this garden that God plants for His children? Rich with beauty and resources. Pleasing to the eye. Enough for all. No violence. No sweat or toil, at least in the way they are often experienced today. Relationships. Sabbath. Caring for the world that God had entrusted to them in a way that reflects God's image. All of this something God called "good." There is much here to reflect on!
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A Few Questions to Ponder:
Interesting Links:
Adventist Environmental Advocacy. A blog designed by our own Jared Wright which highlights various environmental issues.
And It Was Good. Article by Joann Davidson in a recent issue of the Adventist Review.
How We Should Spend The Planet. The July/August 2008 issue of Voice of Prophecy News explores our relationship with the environment.
KCET - Programing dealing with environmental issues
Creation Care Magazine. Check out the most recent issue!
Additional Thoughtful Sermons on the relationship of our faith to caring for the environment.
Some Interesting Thoughts on Environmentalism from a Christian Perspective How the Christian perspective is different from a naturalistic or pantheistic perspective.
A Provocative Article about how conservative Christian misunderstandings of exercising dominion in a way that reflects God's image, and a misunderstanding of the significance of end-time events, can actually work against the responsibility that God has given us to care for the planet.
Lots of Other Links to Christian Environmental Websites
What is it about being "created in the image of God" that should impact how we go about exercising "dominion", or "ruling over" the earth? Is being created in God's image more a statement of the power and rights that we have, or a statement about how we should go about interacting with and caring for the rest of creation?How does the way we understand what it means to reflect God's image impact the way in which we rule over creation?