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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| It Is All about Food | |
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| Thanksgiving | |
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| Other Food Associations | |
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| A Matter of Life and Death | |
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| The Foundation of Stewardship | |
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| Motivation | |
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| In the Beginning | |
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| Biblical Stewardship | |
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| Loving What God Loves | |
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| Ecology in the Bible | |
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| Living in the Central Flyway | |
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| Holistic Thinking | |
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| The Christian Environmentalist | |
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| Genesis 1 | |
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| The Population Problem | |
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| Humans and Nature | |
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| Biological Diversity and Species Extinction | |
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| Other Ecological Issues | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Land and Climate | |
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| The Best Land in the World | |
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| Good Land | |
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| God's Land | |
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| Sabbath Rest for the Land | |
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| Then What Should We Do? | |
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| Soil and Water | |
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| Buried Fences | |
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| Soil in the Bible | |
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| Water | |
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| What Is Essential? | |
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| Essentials for Soil and Water | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Crops, Seeds, and Food | |
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| Gardening Runs in the Family | |
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| Kinds of Crops | |
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| Seeds Are the Source | |
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| Nurturing the Crop | |
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| Harvesting, Storage, and Celebration | |
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| The Essentials | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Livestock and Agriculture | |
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| Cowboy Days | |
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| Are Livestock Really Good for Us and the Environment? | |
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| Livestock in the Ancient Writings | |
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| Other Aspects of Animal Welfare | |
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| Economic and Religious Factors | |
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| The Essentials | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Farming Systems and the Practices of Agriculture | |
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| A Good Mentor | |
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| Systems Thinking | |
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| Soil Tillage | |
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| Nutrient Management | |
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| The Wisdom for Farming | |
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| Soil Tillage in the Bible | |
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| Nutrient Management in the Bible | |
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| The Essentials | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Culture of Agriculture | |
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| Teaching and Learning | |
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| Farmers in the Beginning | |
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| Land Tenure | |
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| Labor and Financial Matters | |
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| Food and Culture | |
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| Ethics and Morality | |
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| The Essentials | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Abuse, Poverty, and Women | |
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| Poverty, Women, and Agriculture | |
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| A Personal View of Poverty | |
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| Proverbs on Poverty | |
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| The Abuse of Women | |
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| What Is Essential Here? | |
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| Food, Starvation, Obesity, and Diet | |
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| The Idealism of Youth | |
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| Hunger and Starvation | |
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| Obesity | |
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| The Biblical Diet | |
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| A Different Model of Food Production | |
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| Change | |
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| Agricultural Sustainability | |
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| Complex Concepts of Agricultural Sustainability | |
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| Metaphors of Agriculture | |
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| Simple Facts | |
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| Abbreviations and Citation of Books in the Bible | |
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| An Overview of the Bible | |
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| The Essentials of Agriculture | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| Index of Bible References | |