Christian Stewardship Of Natural Resources Essay

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The authors of this book made the remarkable statements and I totally agreed with their comments on various topics such as “Christian Stewardship of Natural Resources, ‘Every Living Creature’ and ‘Endangered Species and Habitats”(Coleson 139 - 169). They topics flow effectively and are all well-constructed and written. There are great number of topics runs from agribusiness to aesthetics, to exotic pets and eating meat (162-164), are covered within these chapters was significant insights. In section, I will follow all over this chapters at end. do not be surprised because a lot of topics in this tiny section. Therefore, for now I will focus on Christian Stewardship of Natural Resources. The word “steward” and “stewardship” is used throughout the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. The word used for steward in …show more content…

it refers to a person who is put in charge of taking care of something that does not belong to him or her. This meaning is consistent with the Webster’s Dictionary definition of a steward as “one employed in a large household or estate to manage domestic concerns” (web). Stewardship was human beings responsibility has been appointed by God to manage “this planet as a perfect place to sustain plant, animals and human life (Coleson 125). According to the Bible, general characteristics and responsibilities of a steward include being faithful, wise and responsible. The steward should be concerned with meeting daily needs and is not to abuse or waste what he or she has been put in charge of managing. The steward is to maintain self-control and be a problem-solver. “It is important to us understand our task of caring for creation as a responsibility to God” (141). Likewise, God also give provision to human kinds for their well-being to use plants, animals, minerals and other elements of the environment for meeting our material needs. These uses, for example, include farming

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