Caring Enough to Confront - The Church and the Environment, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
We all know from Genesis 1 that God created the world and called all He made good. But not many of us remember that God also put human beings in charge of caring for creation. In this program, Chip continues challenging how Christians should think about the environment. Learn why Scripture proves God cares about our world and why we should, too!
Main Points The Question: How are followers of Christ to think, act, and respond to the controversial issue of the environment?Examining the Scripture: What does God say about the environment?
- The earth belongs to God. -Psalm 24:1-2 | Implication: We are to honor God’s creation. -Genesis 1:1
- God appointed mankind “dominion” over the earth. -Psalm 115:16 | Implication: We are the earth’s vice regents. -Genesis 1:28, 2:15
- The earth/nature has intrinsic value and reflects the character and beauty of the Creator. -Psalm 19:1-2 | Implication: We must explore not exploit; enjoy not worship the earth. -Romans 1:19-21
- Mankind is placed in the middle of the created hierarchy and is uniquely responsible to God (above) and for the animals, plants and resources (below). -Psalm 8:3-8 | Implication: We are to use not abuse animals, plants, and resources to glorify God.
- God commands environmental stewardship to protect the land, animals, and vegetation for the common good. -Leviticus 25:1-12, 23; Deuteronomy 25:4; 20:19-20; Matthew 6:26 | Implication: Consumption and productivity must be governed by the boundaries of conservation.
- Christ’s redemptive work includes the earth. -Romans 8:19-21 | Implication: We must treat the earth with the same priority God does. -Revelation 21:1-4
- Recognize and focus on the 7-8 verifiable issues we can all agree upon.
- Identify the 3 root causes of our poor environmental stewardship: Greed, Ignorance, and Carelessness
- Practical steps for you and your friends/family.
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | God created the heavens and the earth. We all know that right? But have you ever |
| 0:06.5 | stopped to think if God created this world and he said that it's good and |
| 0:11.0 | then he put us in charge of it. How does he want us to take care |
| 0:14.7 | of it? The environment matters to God and it needs to matter to us. Stick around because |
| 0:20.6 | I want to help you learn to become a biblical environmentalist. |
| 0:25.0 | Thanks for listening to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chipping Group. |
| 0:31.0 | Living on the Edge is an international teaching and discipleship ministry motivating Christians to live like Christians. |
| 0:37.0 | We're in the middle of our series caring enough to confront, bringing light not heat to the most critical issues of our day. |
| 0:45.0 | And before we get started, let me encourage you to use CHIP's message notes while you listen. |
| 0:50.0 | They'll really help you get the most out of what you're about to hear. |
| 0:53.3 | Download them under the broadcasts tab at living on the edge.org |
| 0:57.6 | app listeners tap fill in notes. |
| 1:00.5 | Well if you're ready here's chip with the second half of his message, the church and the environment. |
| 1:06.7 | Psalm 8, he says when I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place. |
| 1:18.0 | And then he ponders, and the awes of God of God what is mankind that you're mindful of him? |
| 1:26.0 | Human beings that you care for them. |
| 1:29.0 | You made them a little lower than the angels and notice the role that mankind has in the environment and you crown them with glory and honor and you made them what what's your role |
| 1:40.7 | rulers over the works of your hands. You put everything under their feet, the flocks, |
| 1:45.8 | the herds, the animals, the wild things, the birds, the sky, the fish of the sea, everything |
| 1:50.4 | that swims in the ocean. |
| 1:53.3 | Message, all living things have value, |
| 1:57.5 | but not all living things have equal value. |
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