Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World (Biblical Theology for Life)

If you're looking for a good book for your Sunday school class or small group on a Christian approach to creation care - this is *not* it! The subtitle is accurate: this is a well-written but semester-long, academic and theological assessment of what creation is. Really only chapter 13 contains actionable practices. (And if you're also using the videos - the chapter numbers are out of sync with the videos - video 1 covers chapter 2, 2 covers 3,etc. and then videos 8 and 9 cover chapter 9. Chapters/videos 10-14 match up.)

People think Christians are anti environment. Far from it. This book will show that Christianity is pro creation care. The two Moos do an excellent job of dealing with Scripture from Genesis the Revelation on this subject. Particularly valuable is their answer to the "It's all gonna burn!" view. Highly recommended.

Doug Moo does what he does best, exposes the right interpretation of bible texts.

Timely!

This is a helpful overview of biblical ecological theology by two of the world's leading evangelical Bible scholars. They deserve credit for their honest, informed efforts to address the anthropocentrism, or better the "anthropocentric theocentrism" of the Bible, especially the New Testament (89-92, 129-31). Many Christian ecological interpreters overlook this and try to make the Bible "greener" than it actually is. But my question (among others) is why they accept the science of nature out in the world (40-41, 50) but ignore the science of human nature. If we are part of creation (nature), as they say, then why do they not accept what science can tell us about human nature and why we behave as we do? But it's an excellent book. For my part, I recommend it.

Rather boring read. Perhaps theological, but not a critical assessment of environmental debates and disputes. What the authors have written is easily understood by simply reading the Bible passages relating to creation. There is nothing new to learn, rather disappointing by well- known evangelical scholars--perhaps a weakness in not addressing or relating to the contemporary environmental debates and how the biblical theology of creation care can answer the current debates.

Excellent biblical overview on why those of us who are Christians need to care for creation, even be leaders in this area. The authors point out scripture from Genesis to Revelation on how the worship and love of God means we attend to the care of this planet. It was the vocation God gave us in the beginning. They address the science and issues we face today and offer up what we can do as individuals and churches. Highly recommend.

Excellent content Theology and thinking A1 book but cant read all pages due to awful printing