Saving God's Green Earth: Rediscovering the Church's Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship

I have never read a book quite like this one. I expected a quasi-Christian tree hugging manifesto, but instead got a balanced biblical view of environmental stewardship. In a time in which environmentalism is connected with a liberal political agenda, the author does a terrific job of calling the church back to an appreciation of God's world. Two of his personal stories (finding Jesus in the eyes of a deer and the Holy Spirit in a canyon wind) could have been omitted, but the premise of the book is still challenging. The environment is not a political issue, and Christian conservatives can be environmentalists, too. The author correctly asserts that Christians can reach people with the Gospel by being involved in environmental causes. One recent example is Ted Turner's softening toward the Christian faith after realizing how the Lutheran and Methodist churches are fighting malaria in Africa; the man who once called Christianity "a religion for losers" regrets the remarks he has made in the past because of this practical demonstration of God's love.

I am the committee executive for our church (Prysterian Church in DC). This book is an excellent source of ideas and methods to bring a strong enviromental approach to the church and is congregation. The book also assists in overcoming objevctions as to the logic of the church becoming involved in the eniromental movement.

Tri Robinson delivers in this impassioned call to the church to return to its roots when it comes to caring for the environment. As the pastor of a large evangelical church, Robinson shares passionately how he rediscovered the biblical mandate to care for creation and how he put that into action within his church. Filled with theological insights and practical applications, this book is a great primer for any Christian or church leader looking to provide a pathway for his or her church to engage other church members in this value. A must read!!!

I think this is an excellent book, I provided one to my pastor, but have not heard back from him, I hope he agrees. Very good message in this book for any Christian that would believe the church needs to do more in this area.