A Christian Approach to the Environment Bruce Duggan Director BullerCentre.com

creation people self God

creation God “Gaia” Christianity

creation God “deep green” Christianity

creation “utilitarian” Christianity God

“apocalyptic” Christianity God

“individualist” Christianity

“accountable” Christianity God

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant…?” ‐ Matthew 24; Luke 12 entrusting a vineyard to tenants ‐ Mark 12; Matthew 21 entrusting wealth to servants ‐ Matthew 25; Luke 19 “accountable” Christianity parables of accountability

“Everything under heaven belongs to me.” ‐ Job 41:11 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” ‐ Psalm 24:1 “Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.” ‐ Job 41:11 “accountable” Christianity

“God said, ‘Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.’…God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” ‐ Genesis 1: 20-22

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“Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’… “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it….” “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” ‐ Genesis 1: 26-31

If you fear the L ORD and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the L ORD your God—good! 15 But if you do not obey the L ORD, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you Samuel 12:14-15

“Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead....Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.” ‐ James 2:17-22 The world will judge our faith by our actions.