Why Christians Should Love Creation, not 'Nature'

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Many Christians are suspicious of terms like “environmentally sustainable,” “green,” or “eco-friendly”. The images the terms conjure, and the practices they denote, are often associated with atheists, progressives, and “hippies”. As a result, too many of us ignore genuine dangers—deforestation, land erosion, oil spills—while adopting foolishly anti-environmental rhetoric.
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That’s the problem Norman Wirzba tackles in From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for Understanding and Loving Our World (Baker Academic). According to Wirzba, who teaches theology, ecology, and “agrarian studies” at Duke Divinity School, we’ve ceased thinking of God as actively involved in caring for his creation.
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The Bible paints a very different picture. “The eyes of all look to you,” declares Psalm 145:15–16, “and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.” Matthew 6 speaks of God providing food to the sparrows and “clothing” the lilies of the field. God’s rule over creation is tender, particular, and devoted.
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godisgood77 said:
Seems to me to be a distinction without a difference
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Yes, I agree. I think maybe creation has a more ‘Biblical’ ring while nature has a more ‘secular, liberal’ ring. And of course creation would also include the universe, natural, physical laws, etc., at least to my mind. But, yes, I have always seen nature as part of creation. St. Paul talks about nature reflecting God as his Work. Odd that we are still trying to get our head around this concept…Garden of Eden and so on and so on.
 
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