April 20, 2008
On this Earth Sunday, Rev. Josh Longbottom talks about Christianity's role in both the preservation and the destruction of the Earth. For example, the 8th Psalm is often used to justify both of sides of the political debate over the environment: "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him? ...You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet." Rev. Longbottom asserts that we are but stewards of the Earth-not its masters-and to the extent we respect and commune with nature, we may come to know God that much more.
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