The Sermon of All Creation: Christians on NatureJudith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald World Wisdom, Inc, 2005 - 164 pages With a profound vision of the sacred quality of creation, this collection of beautiful photographs of the natural world combined with commentaries by a host of Christian sages of all denominations, from the origins of Christianity through the 19th century, provides answers to how we should view the relationship between the Creator and creation as well as understand how the divine activity permeates the entire universe. |
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... fields , a ray of sunlight , and the glory of God . That is how they understood the sense of beauty . And that is how they appreciated the concept of sin . For they were convinced that the way we treat the animal and material ...
... fields , a ray of sunlight , and the glory of God . That is how they understood the sense of beauty . And that is how they appreciated the concept of sin . For they were convinced that the way we treat the animal and material ...
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... field shall yield their fruit .... And I will have respect unto you , and make you fruitful ... and establish my covenant with you.3 And another : So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you through- out your generations ...
... field shall yield their fruit .... And I will have respect unto you , and make you fruitful ... and establish my covenant with you.3 And another : So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you through- out your generations ...
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