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God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation
God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation
God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation
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God's world was created "very good," Genesis chapter 1 tells us, and in this book Jon Garvey rediscovers the truth, known to the Church for its first 1,500 years but largely forgotten now, that the fall of mankind did not lessen that goodness. The natural creation does not require any apologies or excuses, but rather celebration and praise. The author's re-examination of the scriptural evidence, the writings of two millennia of Christian theologians, and the physical evidence of the world itself lead to the conclusion that we, both as Christians and as modern Westerners, have badly misunderstood our world.
Restoring a truer vision of the goodness of the present creation can transform our own lives, sharpen the ministry of the church to the world of both people and nature, and give us a better understanding of what God always intended to bring about through Christ in the age to come.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCascade Books
Release dateJan 14, 2019
ISBN9781532652028
God’s Good Earth: The Case for an Unfallen Creation
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Jon Garvey

Born in Guildford, England, Jon Garvey studied medicine at Pembroke College, Cambridge University. Since 2011 his blog, The Hump of the Camel, has explored the theology of creation, attracting an extensive readership in the US, UK, and across the world. He now lives in rural Devonshire, within sight of England's Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. He is married, with three children and five granddaughters, is a Baptist elder, and plays guitar and saxophone semi-professionally.

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