Browsing by Author "Journal for Preachers, publisher"

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Creation and resurrection
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Journal for Preachers, publisher
Resurrection would be less surprising than a miracle we know has already happened: being created in the first place. Almost anything can happen in a world in which what we see around us has actually managed to happen. The creation has never yet proved simpler or less mysterious than we thought. To have faith in resurrection is not, in this view, to be naive but rather to be realistic.
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Preaching on the environment
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Journal for Preachers, publisher
Biblical faith originated with a land ethic. Within the covenant, keeping the commandments, the Hebrew people entered a promised land. Nature is the creative, generative powers on Earth. Spirit is the animating principle that raises up life from the ground. Christian citizens ought to join others shaping a public environmental ethic. Earth is promised planet, planet with promise, sacred, holy ground.
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Preaching on the wonder of creation
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2011) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Journal for Preachers, publisher
Both science and religion find a wonderland Earth. Biblical faith has the conviction that species originate when God ordered earth to "bring forth swarms of living creatures." We know that biodiversity today much better than did they, but Bible writers would have rejoiced in this fuller creation. The Hebrews found a promised land; today we can think of an Earth with promise. Both science and religion encounter nature with awe: an awe-full sublime.