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001			ocm26259691
003			OCoLC
005			20230829025424.0
008			920701s1992 miu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a0802837069 _q(hard)
020			_a9780802837066 _q(hard)
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029	1		_aNZ1 _b3964268
029	1		_aYDXCP _b658448
035			_a(OCoLC)26259691 _z(OCoLC)213341931
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dOCLCG _dITC _dHNW _dBDX _dOCLCA _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dCFT _dOCLCQ _dTUU _dOCLCO _dRCT _dOCLCO _dOCL _dOCLCO _dOCL _dSJG _dOCLCQ _dNLUKB _dOCLCQ
049			_aMAIN
050	0	0	_aBS680.C69 _bA35 1992
082	0	0	_a231.7 _220
100	1		_aAchtemeier, Elizabeth, _d1926-2002. _933222
245	1	0	_aNature, God, and pulpit / _cElizabeth Achtemeier.
246	1	8	_aNature, God & pulpit
260			_aGrand Rapids, Mich. : _bW.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., _c©1992.
300			_ax, 206 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_apt. 1: Not far enough -- pt. 2: How do we know? -- Some forms of natural religion -- The biblical view -- The basis of Israel's confession -- Implications for the church -- pt. 3: The reserved room -- The wonders of the room -- Creation not necessary -- The transcendence of God -- Implications for the church -- Sample sermon: God the music lover; Scripture lessons: Psalms 148; Colossians 1:9-20 -- pt. 4: The biblical balance -- Human beings as glorious -- Human beings as creatures -- The meaning of our dominion -- Implications for the church -- Sample meditation: Our best hope?; Scripture lessons: Genesis 2:7-9, 15-17; Deuteronomy 5:29-33; 1Corinthians 4:1-2 -- pt. 5: Contingency and providence -- The dependent creation -- Implications for the church -- The limits of our description -- The positive dialogue with science -- Sample sermon: Contingency, chaos, and Christ ; Scripture lessons: 2 Corinthians 5:17-6:2; Mark 4:35-41 -- pt. 6: The dark shadow -- The corruption of creation --Sin, the root of corruption -- Suffering and death as unnatural -- Continuing grace -- Sample meditation: Season's meaning; Scripture lessons: Genesis 6:5-8, 8:20-22; Romans 5:6-11 -- Sample sermon: Between despair and illusion ; Scripture lessons: 2 Corinthians 4:1-18; Mark 9:2-9 -- pt. 7: The final question -- The end of the cosmos -- The glad good news -- The character of the new age -- Sample sermon: The last phrase ; Scripture lessons: Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24: 36-44 -- Sample Sermon: B.C. and A.D. ; Scripture lessons: Isaiah 35: 1-10; Matthew 11:2-15 -- pt. 8: The preacher's opportunity -- Reviewing basic affirmations -- Using the material in other sermons -- The language of nature.
520			_aA book whose time has come, Nature, God, and Pulpit draws together and interprets, for the church and especially for preachers, the biblical materials on the relationship between God and his creation. The book is particularly timely because, as Elizabeth Achtemeier points out, few subjects have been more neglected and less explicated by this country's pulpits in recent years than the relation between nature and God. Clearly articulating what the Bible says about the natural world and God's relation to it, this book is all of the following: a thoughtful biblical response to recent discussions of ecology; a discerning corrective to many current theologies and ideologies; an appreciative summary of the findings and notions of modern science; a mother lode of materials and sample sermons on the relation of God to his creation; a passionate call for preachers to more thoroughly examine and articulate scriptural content; and an eloquent and inspiring celebration of God in relation to his world. While written primarily for preachers, Nature, God, and Pulpit will provide provocative reading for many others as well - seminarians, homiletics students, teachers, and anybody who wishes to better understand the Christian view of the bond between Creator and creation.
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650		0	_aSermons, American _y20th century.
650		0	_aMeditations.
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