Special places?
Recently my church has been studying the opening chapters of Genesis, and although the focus was on male and female relationships, I couldn’t help noticing again the commands to fill the earth and subdue it (Gen. 1: 28) and to work the garden and care for it (Gen. 2: 15).
earth watch Simon Marsh
Taken together, this has given humanity a cultural mandate to develop society, using the resources provided by the earth, but also a creation-care mandate, to nurture the earth that provides our God-given home.
