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Biblical Citations On Our Environment
The Interfaith Coalition on Energy, March 2005
Frederick W. Krueger’s List of Biblical References to our Environment:
* before citation indicates commentary included in full printed text in Fred’s larger document.
(For an annotated version of this list postpaid, send $22 made out to: RCFC, 409 Mendocino Avenue, Suite A, Santa Rosa, CA 95401)
Old Testament:
| *Genesis 1:1 | The "creation" |
| *Genesis 1:3 | Let there be light |
| Genesis 1:4-5 | The first day |
| Genesis 1:6 | Creation of the "firmament" |
| *Genesis 1:7-13 | The separation of land and water |
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Genesis 1:14-19 |
The sun, moon and stars |
| *Genesis 1:20-22 | The creation of the animals |
| Genesis 1:24-25 | Creation of the land animals and man |
| *Genesis 1:26 | Dominion over creation |
| Genesis 1:27 | The image of God and its dimensions |
| *Genesis 1:28 | Replenish the earth |
| Genesis 1:29-30 | God provides sustenance for all creatures |
| Genesis 1:31 | It was all very good. |
| Genesis 2:1-2 | On the seventh day, God rested |
| *Genesis 2:4 | A second beginning to creation |
| Genesis 2:8 | Adam and Eve in paradise |
| Genesis 2:9 | Three trees and a river |
| *Genesis 2:15 | Dressing and keeping creation |
| Genesis 2:16-17 | Knowledge of good and evil |
| *Genesis 2:19 | Naming the creatures |
| Genesis 2:21-22 | The formation of woman |
| Genesis 2:24-25 | Man and woman together and unashamed |
| Genesis 3:1-7 | Disobedience: the beginning of sin |
| Genesis 3:8-16 | God's response to sin |
| *Genesis 3:17-19 | The consequence of the fall |
| Genesis 3:22 | Adam and Eve expelled: good and evil |
| Genesis 3:23 | Adam's duty was to till the earth |
| Genesis 4:2-15 | Cain and Abel and God's curse on Cain |
| Genesis 5:3-31 | The deepening of the fall |
| Genesis 6:5-8 | God's decision to purge the earth |
| Genesis 6:18-20 | Bring all the birds and animals into the ark |
| Genesis 7:2-4 | Take seven of useful animals into the ark |
| Genesis 8:15,17 | Bring two of every other creature |
| *Genesis 8:21-22 | The stability of creation |
| *Genesis 9:1-3 | A new beginning for creation |
| *Genesis 9:8-13 | The covenant between God and creation |
| Genesis 13:5-12 | Ancient people and land division |
| Genesis 15:1-18 | A model for hearing the Word of God |
| Genesis 17:7-9 | The covenant with Abraham |
| Genesis 28:16-17 | The house of God, His presence is here |
| Genesis 33:10 | The face of God |
| Genesis 47:20-21 | Pharaoh held a land monopoly |
| Exodus 1:7-14 | The emergence of the Egyptian empire |
| Exodus 3:7 | I will deliver my people into a good land |
| *Exodus 9:29 | God's ownership of the earth |
| Exodus 19:5 | All the earth is mine; you shall be obedient |
| Exodus 20:5-6 | God's mercy endures for 1000 generations |
| Exodus 20:8-11 | Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy |
| *Exodus 20:22-25 | An altar of unhewn stone |
| Exodus 22:25 | Prohibition of interest |
| Exodus 23:10-12 | Let the land rest and thy ox rest |
| Exodus 24 | The cosmic shape of the temple |
| Exodus 25:11-14 | Gold and stones: meaning and properties |
| Exodus 33:14 | The presence of God in creation |
| Leviticus 6:1-7 | The ecological problem of deceit |
| Leviticus 7:22-27 | Prohibition of eating meat |
| Leviticus 11:1-24;47 | Clean and unclean animals |
| Leviticus 11:33-34 | Criteria for clean water: importance today |
| Leviticus 14:4,6,49,52 | Cleanse the house with cedar |
| Leviticus 18:22-28 | Homosexuality and defilement of the land |
| Leviticus 19:1-2 | You shall be holy: Keep the whole law of God |
| Leviticus 19:16-18 | Restraint on technology |
| Leviticus 19:19 | Prohibition of inter-species marriage |
| Leviticus 24:21 | Restoration required for killing of animals |
| *Leviticus 25:1-7 | A Sabbath day of rest |
| Leviticus 25:18-19 | Obedience to God brings fruitfulness to land |
| *Leviticus 25:23-24 | The land is God's; use it righteously |
| Leviticus 25:23-28 | List of land owner rights and responsibilities |
| Leviticus 25:39-43 | Ancestral family property, the jubilee |
| *Leviticus 26:3-9 | Obedience to God brings fruitfulness |
| Leviticus 26:20,33-35 | Disobedience brings loss of fruitfulness |
| Leviticus 26:42-46 | A Sabbath for the land |
| Leviticus 27:14-24 | Sanctifying home and fields |
| Numbers 3:1-8 | The continual demand of obedience to God |
| Numbers 5:1-4 | Purging what defiles the community |
| Numbers 9:1 | God speaks in the wilderness |
| Numbers 11:1 | Ecological effect of complaining |
| Numbers 13:1-2,17-20 | Forethought to avoid eco degradation |
| Numbers 14:20-24 | Right attitude necessary for a whole earth |
| Numbers 19:6 | Cleansing of disease with cedar wood |
| *Numbers 35:29,33-34 | God's judgement over human dominion |
| Deuteronomy 5:33 | You shall walk righteously in the Lord |
| Deuteronomy 7:12-13 | Obedience brings a prosperous land |
| Deuteronomy 8:7-10A | Good land |
| Deuteronomy 11:8-10 | Keep the law of God and land will flourish |
| Deuteronomy 11:12 | God sees all of creation (thru His presence) |
| Deuteronomy 16:19-20 | In justice you will live fruitfully |
| *Deuteronomy 20:19-20 | Even in warfare, do not destroy trees |
| *Deuteronomy 22:6-7 | Care for the productivity of creation |
| Deuteronomy 30:19-20 | Choose life |
| Deuteronomy 32:1-2 | Let the earth hear my words |
| Joshua 2:11 | The Lord is God in heaven and earth |
| Judges 9:8-15 | Story of the trees |
| I Samuel 15:22 | Obedience brings harmonization and blessing |
| II Samuel 7:9 | The Lord is with people, they didn'tknow it |
| I Kings 4:33 | Solomon spoke of trees and had wisdom |
| *I Kings 4:29, 33-34 | Role of wisdom |
| I Kings 10:24 | All the earth sought Solomon's wisdom |
| *I Kings 19:9-12 | Elijah and power over creation |
| II Kings 21 | Two views of the land |
| II Maccabees 7:28 | Creation made from no thing |
| I Chronicles 16:11-12 | The Lord's judgements are in the earth |
| I Chronicles 16:29,31-34 |
The effect of praise upon creation |
| I Chronicles 28:8 | Care for the land |
| I Chronicles 29:11 | Heaven and earth belongs to the Lord |
| II Chronicles 7:14 | I will heal their land |
| *II Chronicles 7:12-14 | Ecological healing tied to spiritual healing |
| II Chronicles 36:20-21 | God requires his Sabbaths |
| Sirach 42 | The formation of creation |
| Song of Songs 2:11-13 | Cycles of nature |
| Song of Songs 3:6 | Who comes out of the wilderness? |
| Song of Songs 8:5 | Leaning on the "beloved" in the wilderness |
| Nehemiah 9:6 | You have made heaven (change title) |
| Job 5:10 | God's providential care of creation |
| Job 7:7-10 | My life is as wind.... |
| Job 9:2b-7 | A comparison between God and mortals |
| Job 11:7-9 | The deep mysteries of creation |
| *Job 12:7-9 | The animals have their own understanding |
| Job 14:7-8 | The vitality of creation |
| Job 28:12, 23-28 | Where is wisdom? |
| Job 33:4 | The Spirit of God has made me |
| Job 37:14-18 | Consider the wondrous works of God |
| Job 38:4-7 | Where were you when I laid the foundations |
| Job 38:28-36 | What is the place of humans in creation? |
| Job 39:1-2 | God cares for all of the creatures |
| Job 40:4 | Human vileness in relation to God's goodness |
| Psalm 1:1-3 | The Law establishes person in righteousness |
| Psalm 5:8-10 | Addressing issues with faithfulness |
| Psalm 8:1 | Thy name is excellent in the earth |
| Psalm 8:3-5 | Christian anthropology |
| *Psalm 8:6-9 | Human responsibility for creation |
| Psalm 11:7 | The Lord loves righteousness, i.e., order |
| Psalm 18:6-24 | How the Lord manifests in the world |
| *Psalm 19:1 | Creation reflects the Creator |
| Psalm 19:3-7 | The rule of God fills the earth |
| Psalm 22:19-28 | The ends of the world remember the Lord |
| Psalm 24:1-2 | The earth is the Lord's... |
| Psalm 24:3-5 | Who ascends into the hill of the Lord? |
| Psalm 27:4 | Behold the beauty of the Lord |
| Psalm 29:3-8 | The voice of God in creation |
| Psalm 31:19-21 | The secret of the Lord's presence |
| Psalm 33:8-9 | Let the earth fear the Lord |
| Psalm 33:14-22 | Strength is in God |
| Psalm 34:8 | Taste and see that the Lord is good |
| Psalm 36:5-9 | God's faithfulness extends to creation |
| Psalm 37:1-3,8-11 | Do not fret because of the wicked |
| Psalm 37:18-20 | God's providence provides in famine |
| Psalm 42:1 | Parallels bet.animals, earth, humans & God |
| Psalm 46:8-10 | Behold the works of the Lord |
| Psalm 50:9-12 | God owns the animals |
| Psalm 65:9-10 | The Lord enriches the land |
| Psalm 65:11-12 | The joy in creation; it relies upon God |
| Psalm 65:17-18 | New heavens and a new earth |
| Psalm 67: 5-7 | When people praise God, the land yields fruit |
| Psalm 74:4-9 | Cutting trees and failure of holiness |
| Psalm 74:12-17 | The works of the Lord |
| *Psalm 85:8-13 | The virtues bring harmony to creation |
| Psalm 89:5 | The heavens praise the wonders of God |
| Psalm 90:1-3 | We have dwelled in the Lord |
| Psalm 90:4 | A thousand years is as a watch in the night |
| Psalm 90:16-17 | Let the beauty of the Lord appear to us |
| Psalm 92:6 | The deep designs of nature |
| Psalm 93:1 | The world shall not disappear |
| Psalm 96:9 | Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness |
| *Psalm 96:10-13 | Creation rejoices |
| Psalm 97:1-6 | The Lord reigns over earth |
| Psalm 100:1 | The land rejoices in the Lord |
| Psalm 102:25 | The heavens are the work of the Lord |
| Psalm 103:22 | Praise the Lord in His dominion |
| Psalm 104:1-12 | The Lord and His creation |
| Psalm 104:13-15 | The land and rain: the hydrological cycle |
| *Psalm 104:16-23 | God's Providence cares for creation |
| Psalm 104:24-25 | In wisdom you have made them all |
| Psalm 104:26 | The leviathan in creation |
| Psalm 104:27-29 | The Providence of God extends to animals |
| Psalm 104:30-34 | The Lord renews the face of the earth |
| Psalm 104:35 | Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth |
| Psalm 106:14-15 | The effect of wilderness on human soul |
| Psalm 107:1-3 | Give thanks to God |
| Psalm 115:16 | The earth is for humans |
| Psalm 119:27 | Loving the law of the Lord |
| Psalm 119:89-91 | Your Word established and sustains earth |
| Psalm 121:1-2 | My help comes from the hills, and the Lord |
| Psalm 136:3-9 | His love endures forever |
| Psalm 139:7-10 | Where can I flee from your presence? |
| Psalm 139:14 | Thank you for amazing order to human body |
| Psalm 145:3-7 | I will meditate on your majesty |
| Psalm 145:8-9,13 | The Lord's dominion endures forever |
| Psalm 145:16-17 | The Lord is righteous toward what He's made |
| Psalm 147:7-8 | Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving |
| Psalm 147:9-20 | The bounty and supply of the Lord fills creation |
| Psalm 148:1-5 | Creation praises its Lord |
| Psalm 148:9 | Fruitful trees praise the Lord |
| Psalm 150:6 | All creation praises the Creator |
| Proverbs 1:7-14 | The way of wisdom |
| Proverbs 3:13-20 | The earth is founded in wisdom |
| Proverbs 6:6-8 | Learn from the ants |
| Proverbs 8:1-5 | Formation of the world |
| Proverbs 9:1 | Creation is built by wisdom |
| Proverbs 9:8-10 | Teaching care of creation |
| Proverbs 11:30 | The fruit of righteousness is tree of life |
| Proverbs 11:31 | The righteous are compensated in the earth |
| Proverbs 15:16 | It is better to have little with fear of God |
| Proverbs 23:10 | Honor the human shape of the land |
| Proverbs 27:23-27 | Know the state of the world around you |
| Proverbs 28:20 | Wealth and innocence |
| Proverbs 30:8 | Contentment |
| Proverbs 30:24-28 | The little critters |
| *Ecclesiastes 1:4 | People are transitory, earth endures |
| Ecclesiastes 1:7-8 | The value of the work of creation |
| Ecclesiastes 2:5 | Greatness is in planting trees |
| Ecclesiastes 3:1 | There is a time for all things |
| *Ecclesiastes 3:11 | God has created the world in beauty |
| Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 | The fate of people and animals is same |
| *Ecclesiastes 5:9-10 | The resources of creation are for all |
| Ecclesiastes 6:1-7 | The nature of evil in creation |
| Ecclesiastes 9:4 | A living dog is better than a dead lion |
| Ecclesiastes 11:5 | Knowledge of how creation works |
| Ecclesiastes 12:11-13 | Be admonished and hear |
| Wisdom 1:7 | The Lord's spirit fills creation |
| *Wisdom 7:7-21 | Prayer reveals the creation |
| Wisdom 7:22-27 | Wisdom can do all things |
| *Wisdom 9:1-4 | Human responsibility to rule creatures |
| Wisdom 11:22-12:1 | The immanence of God in creation |
| Wisdom 13:1-5 | Contemplating God through creation |
| *Wisdom 16:24-26 | Creation reflects person's relationship to God |
| Ecclesiasticus 7:15 | Do honest work |
| *Ecclesiasticus 38:2,4,8 | Do not neglect the healing of herbs |
| Isaiah 1:2 | My children have rebelled against the law |
| Isaiah 1:3 | The animals know better and are more obedient than the people |
| Isaiah 1:6-7 | The whole body is sick |
| Isaiah 1:16-17 | Healing works which heal creation |
| Isaiah 1:19 | If you are obedient, the land shall flourish |
| Isaiah 1:29-30 | They shall be ashamed of oaks they have cut |
| Isaiah 2:3 | Let's go to the mountains & Lord will teach us |
| Isaiah 2:12-13 | Day of Lord comes to trees as well as men |
| Isaiah 2:4 | Swords into plowshares |
| Isaiah 2:5 | Walk in the light of the Lord |
| Isaiah 3:18-24 | Critique of adornment |
| Isaiah 5:8-10 | Woe to you who join house to house |
| Isaiah 5:11-14 | Captivity of the Lord's people thru disobed. |
| Isaiah 5:20 | Woe to them who call evil good and good evil |
| Isaiah 6:1-2 | His "train" filled the temple |
| Isaiah 6:3 | The whole earth is full of your glory |
| Isaiah 6:13 | In the oak: process of nature |
| Isaiah 7:14 | A virgin shall conceive |
| Isaiah 7:18-19 | The Lord shall gather the insects |
| Isaiah 9:6-7 | Christ is unique: joins heaven and earth: makes Christ Unique |
| Isaiah 10:1 | Woe to them that write unrighteous decrees |
| Isaiah 10:18-19 | And shall consume the glory of his forest... |
| Isaiah 10:34 | The Lord shall cut down the forests... |
| Isaiah 11:1-5 | The Lord shall judge the earth |
| Isaiah 11:6-9 | The wolf shall lie down with the lamb |
| Isaiah 11:11-13 | Unity shall be restored |
| Isaiah 13:9-13 | The judgement of the world |
| Isaiah 14:7-10 | In silence, creation sings |
| Isaiah 14:18-20 | Those who destroy the earth shall be cast out |
| Isaiah 21:13 | The forests of Arabia, now extinct (climate) |
| *Isaiah 24:3-6 | Consequences of forgetting ancient covenant |
| Isaiah 29:17 | The fruitful field shall be as a forest |
| Isaiah 32:12-17 | How judgement dwells in the wilderness |
| Isaiah 32:14-16 | The promise of ecological healing |
| Isaiah 32:17 | Fruit of righteousness is quiet and confidence |
| Isaiah 33:9 | Why the earth mourneth |
| Isaiah 35:1-2 | The wilderness shall rejoice |
| Isaiah 35:6-12 | Wilderness |
| Isaiah 37:21 | They arrogantly cut forests; reproached Lord |
| Isaiah 40:7 | The world passes, but the Word endures |
| Isaiah 40:26 | The wonder of the stars |
| Isaiah 41:17-20 | Relationship between poverty, water and trees |
| Isaiah 41:19 | Cedars in the wilderness |
| Isaiah 42:5 | The Creator of earth also created people |
| Isaiah 43:18-21 | Forget the past: A new thing is coming |
| Isaiah 44:3-4 | Holy Spirit brings good into creation |
| Isaiah 44:12 | The Lord made all parts of creation |
| Isaiah 44:9-20 | They have not understood |
| Isaiah 45:18 | Creation is meant to be filled, not empty |
| Isaiah 48:13 | God laid the foundations of the earth |
| Isaiah 51:3 | The Lord makes the wilderness like Eden |
| *Isaiah 55:1 | Biblical economics |
| Isaiah 55:12-13 | The joy of creation and good trees flourishing |
| Isaiah 56:1-2 | Managing resources for everyone |
| Isaiah 58:6-9 | Caring for the poor and homeless |
| Isaiah 58:14 | Obedience brings joy and God's blessing |
| Isaiah 59:15-16 | The Lord is displeased that there is no justice |
| *Isaiah 65:16-17 | The Creator must be first in all things |
| Isaiah 65:17-18 | New heavens and a new earth |
| Isaiah 65:20-22 | The shalom of the earth |
| Isaiah 66:1 | The world is His footstool |
| Jeremiah 2:7 | The defilement of creation |
| Jeremiah 5:22 | God makes the shape of creation |
| Jeremiah 5:25 | Sins upset the order of creation |
| Jeremiah 6:16 | Seek the old paths |
| *Jeremiah 8:6-7 | Nature knows the laws of God |
| Jeremiah 9:10 | Lamentation for the cattle in mountains |
| Jeremiah 9:24 | How the Lord heals creation |
| Jeremiah 10:1-5 | They (vainly) cut trees out of the forest |
| Jeremiah 11:17 | Partridge |
| Jeremiah 12:10-12 | Disloyal pastors destroy the vineyard |
| Jeremiah 17:8 | Blessed is he who trusts in God |
| Jeremiah 22:6-9 | Destroyers cut cedars thru disobedience |
| Jeremiah 23:23-24 | God's presence in creation |
| Jeremiah 25:36-38 | God's judgement in the natural world |
| Jeremiah 31:35-36 | The stability of the order of creation |
| Jeremiah 46:22-23 | Pillage, pests and... over-cutting of trees |
| Ezekiel 17:22-24 | How forest and animals work together |
| Ezekiel 27:1-36 | The harvest of timber shall lead to bankrupcy |
| Ezekiel 33:8 | Duty to warn one's neighbors of danger |
| Ezekiel 33:30-32 | The importance of application |
| Ezekiel 34:2-4 | Failure of the shepherds to care for sheep |
| Ezekiel 34:10 | The shepherd is accountable for flock |
| *Ezekiel 34:18-19 | Use creation, but do not abuse it |
| Ezekiel 34:25-26 | The beasts shall live safely in the wilderness |
| Ezekiel 34:27 | The trees are fruitful when people are obedient |
| Ezekiel 36:26-27, 35-36 | Through God comes restoration of creation |
| Ezekiel 37:1-14 | Restoration of the House of God |
| Ezekiel 38:1,8-12 | The Lord teaches how to "cover" the land |
| Ezekiel 38:20-23 | All the creatures shall know the Lord |
| Ezekiel 39:10 | Take no wood nor cut down the forests |
| Ezekiel 43:2-4 | The earth shines with the Lord's glory |
| Ezekiel 44:23 | Discerning between right and wrong |
| Ezekiel 45:16 | An attitude about creation |
| Ezekiel 47:6-10 | Trees make for many fish in the river |
| *Daniel 3:75 | Creation's praise of God |
| *Hosea 2:18-20 | All creation included in the covenant |
| Hosea 2:21-23 | Absorption of the land into the Creator |
| Hosea 4:1-3 | The land mourns |
| Hosea 4:6 | Forget God's law and God forgets you |
| Hosea 10:12-13 | Sow justice and avoid consumerism |
| Joel 1:12 | Trees wither because joy is withered |
| Joel 1:13 | Make the clergy respond to forest devastation |
| Joel 1:8-20 | Defilement of creation. |
| Joel 2:19 | Rejoicing at repentance |
| Joel 2:21-24 | Be not fearful, but obedient to God |
| Amos 2:6b-9 | God destroys the proud |
| Amos 5:24 | Let justice pour down like a river |
| Micah 4:2-4 | They shall beat swords into plowshares |
| Micah 6:8 | The Lord requires justice and humble walk |
| Nahum 3:16-17 | The merchants proliferate |
| Habbakuk 2:14; 3:3 | Knowledge of the Lord shall fill creation |
| Habbakuk 2:15 | Corruption of nieghbors |
| Habbakuk 2:20 | Let the earth keep silence before the Lord |
| Habbakuk 3:17-18 | Rejoice in the Lord |
| Haggai 1:6-10 | Seek contentment |
| Zechariah 3:7 | You shall also judge my house |
| Zechariah 7:9 | Execute true judgements |
| Zechariah 11:1-7 | Those who destroy forests, Lord will destroy |
| Malachi 1:7 | An offering of polluted bread |
| Malachi 3:8 | Will a person rob God? |
| New Testament: | |
| *Matthew 2:11 | The birth of Christ into the world |
| *Matthew 4:1 | Perspective on wilderness |
| *Matthew 4:17 | Repentance |
| Matthew 5:5 | Seek first the kingdom, all else is added |
| Matthew 5:45 | God's rain falls on the just and unjust |
| *Matthew 6:10 | Fulfilling God's will in the world |
| *Matthew 6:19-21 | Heavenly riches |
| Matthew 6:24 | You cannot serve two masters |
| *Matthew 6:25 | Life is more than material needs |
| *Matthew 6:26-27 | Behold the birds |
| *Matthew 6:28-29 | Observing the lessons of creation |
| *Matthew 10:16 | An attitude toward the world |
| Matthew 10:29,31 | God's awareness of every sparrow |
| Matthew 11:8-11 | Wilderness: The greatest prophet |
| Matthew 13:31-32 | A lesson about ecology from seeds |
| Matthew 20:25-28 | Jesus teaches about dominion |
| *Matthew 22:37-40 | Who is my neighbor? |
| Matthew 24:45-46 | Who is the faithful slave (or steward)? |
| Matthew 25:14-30 | We are expected to be fruitful |
| Mark 1:35 | Jesus went to a solitary place |
| Mark 4:19 | The "cares of the world" defile creation |
| *Mark 4:30-32 | Ecology as an imperative for reflection |
| Mark 4:39-40 | Jesus rebukes the wind and sea |
| Mark 8:36 | Seek not to gain the whole world |
| Mark 10:17-25 | Commentary on riches |
| Mark 10:45 | Jesus came to serve, not be served |
| *Mark 16:15 | Christ's Gospel is for all creation |
| *Luke 1:31 | What does "Jesus" mean for ecology? |
| Luke 4:18-19 | Continuity of New Testament with Old |
| Luke 8:5-8 | Sowing seeds |
| *Luke 9:54-56 | Christ teaches about dominion |
| *Luke 12:15 | Avoiding possessiveness |
| *Luke 12:22 | Renunciation of self concern |
| Luke 12:27 | Consider the lilies, how they grow |
| *Luke 12:42-43 | The task of stewardship |
| Luke 12:45-48 | The requirement of stewardship |
| Luke 16:1-2 | No spoiling or wasting |
| Luke 16:2,10,13 | Give an accounting of your stewardship |
| *Luke 19:40 | Even the rocks will cry out |
| Luke 22:25-27 | Gentile authority vs. Christian authority |
| *John 1:1-4 | In the beginning is cosmology |
| John 1:14 | How Christianity is unique |
| *John 1:17 | What does Jesus bring to ecology? |
| *John 3:16 | The Incarnation is for the whole world |
| John 4:34-35 | What sustains the Lord also sustains ecology |
| John 12:24-25 | Fear of dying |
| John 13:3-5 | Jesus' example of service |
| John 13:12-15 | A call to service for all Christians |
| John 15:4-5 | Lesson of branches and fruitfulness |
| *John 16:8 | Redemption is for all creation |
| John 18:36 | "My kingdom is not of this world" |
| John 20:14-15 | Like Mary M., we don't see Jesus |
| John 20:21 |
Jesus sends us |
| *Acts 17:28 | Christ's presence fills creation |
| Romans 1:8 | Thanksgiving as a world view |
| *Romans 1:19-20 | The creation reflects the Creator |
| Romans 1:21 | Thanks be to God |
| Romans 1:25 | They exchanged the truth for a lie |
| Romans 5:19-21 | Death by sin, but liberation thru Christ |
| Romans 8:19-21 | Creation shall be delivered from bondage |
| *Romans 8:22-23 | The redemption of the cosmos |
| Romans 11:22-23 | Being right with God |
| *Romans 11:36 | God creates and is in all things |
| I Corinthians 4:1-2 | Stewards of the mysteries of God |
| I Corinthians 4:20 | The kingdom of God is in power |
| I Corinthians 6:20 | The extinguishing of individualism |
| I Corinthians 8:6 | All things are through Jesus Christ |
| *I Corinthians 9:25 | Temperance bridles consumption |
| *I Corinthians 10:24,26 | The earth and resources are the Lord's |
| I Corinthians 12:7-12 | We are one body in Christ |
| I Corinthians 12:24-26 | We suffer the plight of creation |
| I Corinthians 14:8 | The message must be clear |
| I Corinthians 15:20-22 | In Christ all will be made alive |
| I Corinthians 15:41 | The unique glory of each created thing |
| II Corinthians 4:4 | Jesus is image of God |
| II Corinthians 4:7 | This treasure in earthen vessels |
| *II Corinthians 5:17 | The New Man brings the New Creation |
| II Corinthians 5:17-19 | In Christ all things are new |
| II Corinthians 8:15 | Lack is plenty and abundance is shared |
| II Corinthians 9:8 | God's providence brings supply |
| Galatians 3:9-13 | Faith, grace and works; three in one |
| Galatians 3:13 | Word "curse" appears mistranslated |
| Galatians 5:1 | Freedom in Christ also heals creation |
| Galatians 5:14-15 | Love and do not consume one another |
| Galatians 6:7-9 | You will reap what you sow |
| Ephesians 1:20-23 | Christ is all in all |
| Ephesians 2:1-3 | A striving for holiness brings attitudes of Jesus |
| Ephesians 4:28 | An ethic and theology of work starts here |
| Ephesians 6:10-12 | The ecology effort is a spiritual battle |
| Ephesians 6:13-18 | Tools for earth healing sustain the individual |
| Philippians 2:10 | Every knee shall bow to Jesus Christ |
| Philippians 3:20-21 | On earth our interconnection is in Christ |
| Philippians 4:5 | Not moderation, but epi-eikos |
| Colossians 1:15 | The image of the invisible God |
| *Colossians 1:16-17 | Creation is made for Christ, not people |
| *Colossians 1:19-20 | Christ reconciles creation with God |
| Colossians 1:22 | In the body of His flesh |
| Colossians 2:9 | In Christ is the fullness of the Father |
| Colossians 2:10-11 | The circumcision of Christ |
| I Thessalonians 2:13 | Does the Word of God dissipate? |
| I Thessalonians 4:7 | The key to ecological healing |
| I Thessalonians 5:18 | Give thanks in everything |
| II Thessalonians 2:15 | Hold the traditions |
| II Thessalonians 2:13 | Be not weary in well doing |
| *I Timothy 1:15 | The importance of saving enclosure |
| I Timothy 4:4 | Every creature is good |
| I Timothy 5:8 | Providing for other family members |
| *I Timothy 6:6-8 | Strive for contentment |
| I Timothy 6:10 | Love of money is the root of evil |
| I Timothy 6:17-18 | Do not put hope in wealth |
| *Titus 2:11-12 | A Christian way of life |
| Hebrews 1:4 | Thanksgiving as doorway to cosmology |
| Hebrews 1:10-12 | The Lord lays earth's foundations |
| Hebrews 2:17-18 | How Christianity is ecological |
| Hebrews 4:13 | Nothing is hidden from God's sight |
| Hebrews 6:7 | The earth is blessed by God |
| Hebrews 8:1 | Human role as priest |
| Hebrews 8:10-13 | The new covenant is now |
| Hebrews 9:15 | Jesus is mediator of a new covenant |
| Hebrews 11:3 | Unseen is understood by what is seen |
| Hebrews 13:5 | Keep your life free from love of money |
| James 1:22-25 | Be stewards, and do not forget what we are |
| *James 2:14-17,26 | Faith without works is dead |
| James 3:1-2 | Servant leadership to heal eco crisis |
| James 4:2 | Basis for earth healing prayer groups |
| *James 4:4 | Seek not the friendship of the world |
| James 4:17 | Knowledge of good requires good action |
| James 5:5 | The perils of seeking pleasure |
| I Peter 1:17 | God judges us by our work |
| *II Peter 1:4-5 | Addressing ecological despoliation |
| II Peter 2:10 | About dominion |
| *II Peter 3:10b-13 | Emergence of a New Earth |
| II Peter 3:10 | The end of nature |
| I John 2:6 | Walk as the Lord walked |
| *I John 2:15 | Do not love the world |
| *I John 2:16 | How to avoid love of the world |
| I John 2:17 | The world passes away |
| *Jude 1:5,7-8 | The crucial importance of dominion |
| Revelation 2:25 | Hold fast onto original theology |
| Revelation 3:9 | Cultural captivity of modern Church |
| Revelation 4:3 | Meaning of stones |
| Revelation 5:1-10 | The angel of the book in the last times |
| Revelation 5:13 | Every creature sings in the choir |
| Revelation 6:1-13 | The plagues on the earth are all ecological |
| *Revelation 7:3 | Hurt not the earth |
| Revelation 7:16-17 | God will wipe away every tear |
| Revelation 8:3-5 | Incense and meaning of fragrances |
| Revelation 8:7 | A third of the trees are burnt |
| *Revelation 8:10-11 | The name of the star is wormwood |
| Revelation 9:1,4 | No grass or trees should be hurt |
| Revelation 10:1-5 | An angel with a message |
| Revelation 10:6a | Invocation of God and His creation |
| Revelation 10:6b | The end of time |
| *Revelation 11:18 | God destroys earth destroyers |
| Revelation 12:1-6 | A woman clothed with the sun |
| Revelation 12:7-12 | Ecology issues represent spiritual battle |
| Revelation 13:10-17 | The work of anti-Christ is in the earth |
| Revelation 15:3 | Great and marvelous are your works |
| Revelation 16:1-20 | Great plagues fall upon the earth |
| *Revelation 21:1,4-5 | The promise of the New Creation |
| Revelation 21:1-5 | I make all things new |
| Revelation 22:2 | Leaves from Tree of life are for healing |
