Recent content by Carl Emerson

This is beautifully put - thank you. We do our best to steward in love the creation around us which has been subject to corruption while at the same time look forward to a new heavens and a new earth. He Himself cursed the ground, but we do not have that mandate.

One of my mentors years back was Kosuke Koyama.

I am not so sure that these sins were being referred to in ancient times. Natures cycles were much more destructive than man's footprint back then.

But it does indicate that ecological sensitivity does not always equate to God's purpose.

Fine - we will have to agree to disagree... You might comment on the ecological disasters that occurred under God's hand during the flood, the plagues in Egypt and the destruction of Sodom... You might also like to comment on the matter I raised about the healing of the land spoken of by God...

Yes - can agree on that level - however have you googled EcoChurch and read the expectations ?

This sounds right in theory, but adopting the title of "EcoChurch" in the present Global Political Climate certainly does present a narrow view as it is presented with the obligation to personally consider 'carbon neutrality' and stresses the implied unrighteousness of those who don't take the...

Yes, the conversation seems to have arrived at a good place. The individual chooses to specialise in a given area of service without feeling guilty or obliged by the specialisations of others. However to add this eco focus onto the official ministry of the church emphasised one aspect of...

Yes sorry a typo. I said... "Well I guess Satan doesn't care what you do as long as souls are not being saved and he present it as spiritual, and can moralise about it." Not sure we have the same scriptural foundation to mutually understand what I was saying. Look at it this way. Jesus came...

Well I guess Satan doesn't care what you do as long as souls are not being saved and he present is as spiritual, and can moralise about it.

Of course - I am not bagging stewardship.

Agreed but there is a difference between caring for our environment, and bringing a spiritualised version of this stewardship into the heart of the Church's mission.

Correct - but your human experience of Him does not stand unless it aligns with Scripture.

What do folks think about the serious pollution caused by blood in Egypts rivers... Likewise the devastation ecologically by the global flood - It would seem that God's dominion over the earth can include destruction and pollution in some cases.

Mmmm... somehow splitting the two is rather dangerous. How about He is revealed by grace as we read ???