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The Bible provides inspiring examples of individuals who practiced environmental stewardship, demonstrating the importance of caring for God’s creation. These examples serve as timeless reminders of our responsibility to preserve and protect the environment.
In this essay, we shall present theological and ethical foundations we believe are essential to sound environmental stewardship; briefly review the human progress erected on those foundations; and discuss some of the more important environmental concerns–some quite serious, others less so–that require attention from this Christian perspective.
- Principle 4 God Commands Humanity to Multiply and Fill The Earth
- Conclusion
- References and Notes
In the cultural mandate, God also commands humanity to multiply and to fill the earth, exercising stewardship – fruitfulness, dominion, and care – as they go.37 Indeed, He scattered humanity when they failed to spread out around the world.38 Humanity’s capacity for multiplying and filling the earth expanded markedly with the Industrial Revolution a...
These seven principles outline a faithful Christian understanding of environmental stewardship that is fundamentally different from a secular understanding of the environment. Christian environmental stewardship recognizes that the environment is the creation of God and properly understands the responsibility of humanity, as the image-bearers of Go...
1) Genesis 1:1 2) Psalm 24:1 3) See also Genesis 1:29 and Psalm 115:16 4) Matthew 25:14-30 5) Timothy Bloedow, Environmentalism and the Death of Science (Ontario: Freedom Press Canada Inc., 2008), 41–42. 6) J. Michael Beers et al., “The Catholic Church and Stewardship of Creation,” in Environmental Stewardship in the Judeo-Christian Tradition (Gran...
Environmental Stewardship. Christians and the Environment. God has clearly placed humans in a position of responsibility over the creation. (1) Genesis 2:15 says “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”
2 days ago · The findings were worthy of a pause for concern: While 58% of Americans believe that Holy Scripture contains lessons about the environment, the interpretation of those lessons reveals a gap in understanding. Two-thirds of respondents (66%) said that God gave humans a duty to protect and care for the Earth, including its plants and animals. Yet ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Caring for the environment imparts meaning and purpose (humans must not harm nature in its natural processes), delineates clear heroes and villains (activists and enlightened scientists...
Dec 23, 2023 · At the heart of environmental stewardship in Christianity lies a deep reverence for the natural world, rooted in the Bible. In Genesis 2:15, we find the divine command for humanity to “cultivate and care for” the garden of Eden.