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Salvation Means Creation Healed The Ecology of Sin and Grace: Overcoming the Divorce between Earth and Heaven

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ISBN-10: 1608998886

ISBN-13: 9781608998883

Edition: N/A

Authors: Howard A. Snyder, Joel Scandrett

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The Bible promises the renewal of all creation--a new heaven and earth--based on the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For centuries this promise has been sidelined or misunderstood because of the church's failure to grasp the full meaning of biblical teachings on creation and new creation. The Bible tells the story of the broken and restored relationship between God, people, and land, not just God and people. This is the full gospel, and it has the power to heal the church's long theological divorce between earth and heaven. Jesus' resurrection in the power of the Holy Spirit is the key, and the church as Christ's body is the primary means by which God is…    
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Book details

List price: $43.40
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 7/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Preface
Introduction: A Healthy Church on a Sick Planet?
The Divorce of Heaven and Earth
The Great Divorce in Christian Theology
Church History: Sealing the Divorce
Streams of Renewal: Hope for Reconciliation
The Hole in the Christian Worldview
The Disease and the Cure
The Ecology of Sin
The Groans of Creation
The Gospel: A Complete Cure
Interlude-God Works in Cycles and Seasons
The Healing Mission of God
Mission: God, People, Land
Mission and the Kingdom of God
Mission, Healing, and the End of Eschatology
The Healing Community
Rediscovering the Church
The Marks of Healing Community
The Community of Earth and Heaven
Conclusion: Living New Creation Now
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index