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Handle with Care: What the Bible Says About Sustainability

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“So God created humankind in his image,  in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them....

Grassfed Burger Franchiser Sees Work as God’s Mandate to Tend the Garden (Video)

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This shouldn't be a political issue - you're created for a purpose that has a lot ot do with the physical environment.

Elisha’s Restoration of a City’s Irrigation System (2 Kings 2:19-22)

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Elisha’s first major act is to cleanse the polluted well of the city of Jericho. The chief concern in the passage is...

Authority (Psalm 8)

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Psalm 8 is an exception in Book 1, as it does not pertain specifically to David. Its concern is with all human...

Civic Planning for Levitical Towns (Numbers 35:1-5)

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Unlike the rest of the tribes, the Levites were to live in towns scattered throughout the Promised Land where they could...

God Sets Limits (Genesis 2:3; 2:17)

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God sets limits to our work. It's up to us to discern those limits and live within them.

Dominion (Genesis 1:26; 2:5)

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What does it really mean to exercise "dominion"?

Dealing with Skin Diseases and Mold Infections (Leviticus 13-14)

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In contrast to the dietary laws, the laws about diseases and environmental contamination do seem to be primarily...

Work, Worship, and the Environment (Haggai 1:1-2:19; Zechariah 7:8-14)

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Haggai connects the economic and social well-being of the people with the state of the environment. By means of a play...

2 Timothy: Encouragement for a Faithful Worker

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The letter of 2 Timothy, like 1 Timothy, is addressed from the Apostle Paul to his younger co-worker and is perhaps the...

Care of the Environment vs. Profit

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This is the place to mention another area where our pursuit of profit may lead us to ignore God’s intentions. The...