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Sunday, June 7, 2009

A Series of Reflections: Earth Sunday

This Sunday we are celebrating World Environment Day at my church. This is a good time to reflect on our impact on the environment. What changes have you seen in the environment within your lifetime? What do you see as the major threats to our environment? What do you think needs to happen if our grandchildren are going to have a better environment than we have to live in?
There is a great saying that asks ‘how would you feel facing Leonardo da Vinci if you had just destroyed the Mona Lisa?’ After all, the environment is God’s masterpiece and we will face Him in the last days. In your small group, discuss what each person’s ‘worst environmental sin’ is, and what they could do to improve. Make a commitment to support each other to improve on this sin and pray. Discuss your progress at the end of the week.

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Important Lessons from the Bible

Why Jesus came:
"that the world might be saved through him"
John 3:17

Who Jesus is going to use to save the world:
"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God."
Romans 8:19

Our role on earth:
"The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it."
Genesis 2:15

The Five Pillars of A Christian Theology of Sustainability

1. God is the creator, sustainer and redeemer of creation.

2. Covenantal Stewardship (we have a covenant with God as stewards of the earth).

3. The creation-fall-redemption paradigm (God made a good world; human failure broke the relationships between god, man and creation; Christ provides hope for all creation).

4.Bodily resurrection(we will rise with bodies, not as spirits)

5.New Creation (a new Heaven and new Earth refers to a renewal and an earthing of heaven, not starting over).

Adapted from When Enough is Enough: A Christian Framework for Environmental Sustainability, Edited by R.J. Berry, Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 2007, Nottingham p43+