A Christian's Guide to Planet Earth

A Christian's Guide to Planet Earth
Author: Betsy Painter
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0310458560

From conservation to protecting endangered species to sustainable living, A Christian's Guide to Planet Earth offers a faith-based framework for viewing our responsibility to the natural world as well as practical, biblical ways we can care for the magnificent creation around us. Drawing on science and Scripture, this hope-filled and reader-friendly guide helps us navigate questions about caring for and respecting God's world. With a focus on real-life solutions, this book explores answers to questions such as: What does the Bible say about food shortages, forests, and pollution? How can we make ethical choices about what we eat and what we wear? Why is reducing our carbon footprint a way of loving others? What do animals tell us about God's design for the earth? What simple choices can we make to help recover God's beauty in creation? Four-color infographics throughout highlight the inherent grandeur of the natural world, stirring our hearts to care about the wild and wondrous things God has made. Each chapter concludes with practical tips on how to become better stewards of the Earth, including how to support efforts that make a positive difference in the world. A Christian's Guide to Planet Earth is ideal for: Anyone who wants to make a difference for the planet but doesn't know where to start Readers interested in how stewardship of the water, air, land, and gardens relates to serving God and our neighbor Bible studies and church small groups Homeschooling families and networks Anyone who loves God's beauty in nature Readers with questions about how changes to our earth affect the planet and our lives Equal parts philosophical and practical, this guide provides us a deeper understanding of God's love for His creation and the delightful, God-given privilege we have to enjoy it and care for it well.

Serve God, Save the Planet

Serve God, Save the Planet
Author: J. Matthew Sleeth
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2007
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0310275342

J. Matthew Sleeth was living the American dream as a medical chief of staff---until the increasing number of chronic illnesses he was witnessing gave him a new environmental awareness. In this book, Sleeth shares his family's journey to simplicity, stronger relationships, and richer spiritual lives, and relates a prescription for sustainable living.

Earth Gospel

Earth Gospel
Author: Sam Hamilton-Poore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780835899437

Do something for the environment--pray for the earth. The icecaps are melting. The air we breathe and the water we drink are polluted. Forests are being cleared of oxygen-making trees and ecosystem-integral wildlife. Our daily lives impact our earth--mostly leaving negative footprints. The environmental challenges we face are real and almost out of control. We're free to enjoy the earth's bounty and beauty, but along with that privilege comes responsibility. How are Christians to respond as stewards of God's creation? Explore through prayer the interconnecting love that binds God, humankind, and creation--forming a sacred trust. Earth Gospel offers four weeks of prayer (seven days per week with prayers for morning, midday, and evening) to encourage care of God's creation. Each daily reading includes scripture, hymn texts, beautiful poems and reflections from sages across time, and blessings. Featured voices include Emily Dickinson, Wendell Berry, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther, e.e. cummings, Julia Esquivel, Annie Dillard, Henry David Thoreau, Catherine of Siena, and many others. Conveniently sized to tuck into a backpack for a field expedition or as a companion to your Bible during prayer time, Earth Gospel will deepen your appreciation and commitment to creation. Use it daily, and it will change your life.

Improbable Planet

Improbable Planet
Author: Hugh Ross
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 149340539X

The Latest Scientific Discoveries Point to an Intentional Creator Most of us remember the basics from science classes about how Earth came to be the only known planet that sustains complex life. But what most people don't know is that the more thoroughly researchers investigate the history of our planet, the more astonishing the story of our existence becomes. The number and complexity of the astronomical, geological, chemical, and biological features recognized as essential to human existence have expanded explosively within the past decade. An understanding of what is required to make possible a large human population and advanced civilizations has raised profound questions about life, our purpose, and our destiny. Are we really just the result of innumerable coincidences? Or is there a more reasonable explanation? This fascinating book helps nonscientists understand the countless miracles that undergird the exquisitely fine-tuned planet we call home--as if Someone had us in mind all along.

For the Beauty of the Earth

For the Beauty of the Earth
Author: Steven Bouma-Prediger
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2010-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 080103695X

This substantially revised and updated edition provides the most thorough evangelical treatment available on a theology of creation care.

How to Make a Planet

How to Make a Planet
Author: Scott Forbes
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1894786882

Offering a new spin on astronomy and earth sciences books for kids, this out-of-this-world how-to details the making of a planet, namely the incredible, life-sustaining, one-in-a-billion planet Earth, starting with its basic ingredients, protons and neutrons, and making abstract concepts easier to understand.

Go Green, Save Green

Go Green, Save Green
Author: Nancy Sleeth
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2009
Genre: Human ecology
ISBN: 141432698X

Sleeth divulges hundreds of practical, easy-to-implement steps that create substantial money savings while protecting the Earth. She also demonstrates how going green helps people live more God-centered lives by becoming better stewards.

Satan Is Alive and Well on Planet Earth

Satan Is Alive and Well on Planet Earth
Author: Hal Lindsey
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1972-12
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780310277910

Analysis of the current interest in supernatural experiences and a strategy for combatting the forces of evil.