A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Tecno-Libro

We live in an era in which humankind is having a devastating imapct on the planet and its environmental systems. The signs are everywhere: between 1970 and 2012 the number of animals living on the planet declined by almost 60%. the world's coral reefs are bleaching. the malaria bearing mosquito is appearing in places it was previously unknown. and Pacific islands are submerging beneath rising seas. Centuries of misplaced Christian thinking about creation have left us ill-prepared for this era. in this short book and accompanying bible study guide you .have the opportunity to reframe your thinking about creation in the light of Scripture and to discover afresh how to live as a caretaker of God's good earth. Chapter 1 asks about God's purpose for creating the world. Over against traditional notions that everything was created for the benefit of humankind, a more careful reading of the creation story shows that the world was created as the temple of God. This gives the earth an