Seven Days of Creation for the Church in Africa
A Week of Bible Explorations written by Allen Goddard
A Week of Bible Explorations written by Allen Goddard
A theological paper for the inaugural conference of A Rocha in South Africa – 12 August 2006
What does hope mean for A Rocha? The question matters as we give an account of our own Christian calling to care for creation. There is an increasingly urgent need to be able to articulate our own convictions and the hope to which they give rise.
This short article by Peter Harris was published in Scripture Union’s daily Bible study notes Encounter with God for October–December 2004.
Sermon preached by Peter Harris at Westlake Church, Nyon, January 2001.
An excerpt from a chapter written by Peter Harris for the book Down-To-Earth Christianity
LEAD Asia staff, as part of the Body of Christ, believe that creation stewardship is an integral part of following Christ and that biblical faith is an important part of creation stewardship.
I spent [the 2005] New Year’s Eve in Chennai, a city of 8 million where perhaps 200 were swept away by the tsunami. This terrible event shook me. The scale of human suffering, the raw power of nature, the lack of warning.… I was shaken as somebody born in India, as a Christian believing in a loving Sovereign God, and as an environmentalist, who spends his time talking about how wonderful nature is.
On 26 December 2004, ‘Tsunami’ replaced ‘Sushi’ as the best-known Japanese word in the world. Since that tragic day, there have appeared a number of articles and letters in newspapers all over the world questioning the credibility of faith in God in the light of such a terrible event. Some Christians add fuel to the cynic’s fire by making naive statements about ‘God’s will’, ‘God’s judgement’, ‘God’s end-times’, and so on. Even well-meaning expressions of gratitude to God for rescue and safety lead us to wonder what purpose is served by saving some but leaving so many thousands to die.
The Planetwise blog is A Rocha International’s blog. In English, we publish one or two new articles each month, which we then translate into other languages, as resources allow.