Our Father's World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation - Softcover

Brown, Edward R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998223336 ISBN 13: 9780998223339

Publisher: Doorlight Publications, 2018

Synopsis

What does the environmental crisis have to do with the Great Commission? What does climate change have to do with Christian faith? For more than a decade Ed Brown, a leader in the evangelical creation care movement, has been helping Christians grapple with these questions. Our Father’s World, now updated and reissued, is his bold, passionate and practical call to action. Drawing on a wealth of theological knowledge and practical experience, Brown sets out to show how care for God’s creation is rooted in the Gospel and how environmental problems are sin problems. The author gives a sobering accounting of the environmental costs of our destruction of creation, from the cost of cleaning up after the local block party to the tragic global costs in lives and livelihoods. More importantly, he shows how the Gospel offers hope and guidance, and he proposes concrete steps for how students, families, mission agencies and churches can respond.

In this revised third edition Brown takes stock of what has changed since he first wrote more than a decade ago, offering valuable reflections on the state of the biblical creation care movement from one of its pioneers.

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Review:

“Our Father’s World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation is a timely reminder that the Church
can serve as a catalyst and force to solve so many problems our world is facing. Recognizing and
embracing that the reality of the suffering that our world’s most poor and vulnerable live in is
intertwined with environmental degradation and the need for sustainability. These are not trivial
issues and the political polarization that surrounds Creation Care distracts the Church from
mobilizing to solve such problems. Our Father’s World reminds us that the Church is empowered
to change our world and what the Church does (or does not do) to care for creation will be
tremendously significant.”
Deborah Fikes,
Director of Public Engagement,
World Evangelical Alliance

“My students and I love Ed Brown’s excellent book for its concise and compelling presentation
of how creation care is rooted in the Christian gospel and for its abundant stories and practical
examples that come out of Ed’s decades of pastoral and missionary work. This revised and updated
version makes an excellent book even better, bringing up to date scientific data that underline Ed’s
argument that this is the most urgent task facing the church today and highlighting new stories of
flourishing Christian communities that are already heeding the call. Ed has the preacher’s gift of the
well-chosen anecdote and illustration, and so this is a delightful read. I found it hard to put down! It
is surely among the most readable and practical books on the subject, and so is perfect for everyone
from the busy pastor or lay person to easily-distracted student. All of us have something new to
learn here from Ed’s clear-eyed, hopeful, Christ-centered, and transformative vision.”
Jonathan Moo,
Associate Professor of New Testament and Environmental Studies,
Whitworth University

“Our Father’s World is a beautiful and inspiring book. I will keep it on hand both for consultation
and reference. When I first opened it, the question on my mind was, ‘Will evangelicals read it?’ As
I approached the close, the question became ‘Will secular environmentalists read it?’ They need to
read it and understand the power Christianity has to help save the living environment—not just in
voting numbers but also out of strength from spirituality and rational argument.”
E. O. Wilson,
Author of Consilience and the Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

“What does caring for God’s creation have to do with fulfilling the Great Commission? What
difference can a local church make? Is there any hope for our pillaged and polluted world? From
his years of theological reflection and practical experience Ed Brown guides us in considering these
compelling questions. Our Father’s World challenges the reader to do more than just lament our
many environmental problems. As we learn to appreciate the beauty of God’s world we are invited
to take responsibility for our corner of it, as well as to support those working in places of great need
throughout the world.”
Galen Carey,
Vice President for Government Relations,
National Association of Evangelicals

About this edition

• Publisher: Doorlight Publications
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0998223336
• ISBN 13: 9780998223339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272