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Christ's resurrection is good news for creation too by Andrew Andrew Spencer read by the author

On Easter Sunday

my church was charged with excitement about Christ's resurrection

Christ is risen was frequently answered with

He has risen indeed

Even my non-liturgical Baptist congregation

enjoys that call and response one Sunday each year.

When we celebrate Christ's resurrection, which we do every Sunday, we celebrate the multifaceted

result of a ewe catastrophe. Most significantly, Christ's resurrection reveals that his sacrifice

for our sins was accepted so that we, by grace, through faith, can be united with him.

It points forward to our future resurrection when we exchange these dusty bodies for glorified ones that will last for eternity.

Christ's resurrection also reminds us that all creation will one day be renewed.

Many people are deeply anxious about the earth's fate.

The prevailing cultural narrative about the environment anticipates inexorable decline.

Because of Christ's resurrection, Christians have a much better story to tell about sin's influence on this world and our hope for God's

creation.

Thorns infest the ground

God designed this world for seamless partnership between humanity and the rest of creation.

Human work was integral to creation's fruitfulness.

Adam was placed into the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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