Tough 3

“Environmentalism is one of those places where if your not careful you can step into wrong views of God and into wrong ideas about creation. You can elevate creation to such a degree that you lose a view of Gods difference, Gods greatness, and that’s not appropriate. In fact one of the leading writers on this issue has begun the process of diminishing God by what is called openness theology. It is a way of diminishing Gods knowledge and understanding. And he’s done that simply through because of his view of elevating creation. He’s lost site of who God is in this whole discussion. We as Christians need to maintain a balance in which we understand God but we also understand creation.” - Dr. Timothy Pierce

“God is not identified with the world, for He made it.” - Joseph Sitler
(Understand that we are not to put God in a box and say God needs us to do something. God does not need us to fix anything. We have the privilege to worship God through his creation and preservation if need be)

“Environmentalism is a call to acknowledging the earth is special, not because the earth is special, but because it proclaims a God who’s special.”- Dr. Timothy Pierce