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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... trees of the 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 ...
... trees of the 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 ...
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... trees , the shrubs , the sky , and the whole world . Notice .. how they preach to you a sermon full of love , of praise of God , and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign Artist who has given them being . Paul ...
... trees , the shrubs , the sky , and the whole world . Notice .. how they preach to you a sermon full of love , of praise of God , and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign Artist who has given them being . Paul ...
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... trees are not evil . All these are good . It is the actions of men who make the world evil . Augustine of Hippo ( 354-430 ) For or He produced things into being in order that His good- ness might be communicated to them ; and because ...
... trees are not evil . All these are good . It is the actions of men who make the world evil . Augustine of Hippo ( 354-430 ) For or He produced things into being in order that His good- ness might be communicated to them ; and because ...
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