The Biblical Mandate for Caring for Creation, by Dick Tripp

New Zealand: Avery Bartlett Books, 2011, paperback - 158 pages, $24.99, ISBN: 978-0-473-19374-4

From the foreword by Anglican Archbishop David Moxon:

"Dick Tripp, in this very comprehensive expression of the biblical mandate of caring for God’s creation has provided Christians with a detailed biblical approach to the growing crisis in our environment, its causes, the role of the Christian church and the challenge that lies before us all. Dick’s work provides the biblical and spiritual motivation we need to move forward at this critical time. readers of this well-researched and intelligently-argued resource will be given an irresistible biblical vision and mandate to redeem what is being despoiled."

Contents:

The growing crisis
Causes of the problem
The modern environmental movement
The positive and negative influence of Christianity
The modern Christian emphasis on caring for creation
Lessons from Genesis 1
Humans in God’s image
The spoilt image and its effect on creation
God’s covenant with Noah
Lessons from Israel
Christ and creation
The church and creation
The renewal of creation
The new heavens and earth

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