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Thank-You-Autumn-LeavesHere at Flourish, we regularly claim that the real Earth Day for Christians is Thanksgiving, buy Co-Diovan from canada, Japan, craiglist, ebay, overseas, paypal, when we celebrate the provision of God and the goodness of his gifts. (And, buying Co-Diovan online over the counter, Co-Diovan for sale, of course, the Sabbath is a weekly reminder of the "enoughness" of God's creation, buy Co-Diovan online no prescription, Co-Diovan trusted pharmacy reviews, so it is like an Earth Day every week!) Gratitude should be the cardinal virtue of the Christian environmental movement, directing thanksgiving to the Creator of the universe, fast shipping Co-Diovan. Buy Co-Diovan online cod, According to Steven Bouma-Prediger, a religion scholar and teacher at Hope College in Holland, where to buy Co-Diovan, Buy Co-Diovan no prescription, Michigan, the most compelling reason to care for the earth is out of a heart of gratitude, Co-Diovan over the counter. Ordering Co-Diovan online, This Thanksgiving season, it is worth quoting Steven at length, australia, uk, us, usa. Why not print out this portion of his book, For the Beauty of the Earth, and read over it as you prepare for Thanksgiving celebrations?

Steven writes in his book that there are many compelling arguments for why Christians should care for creation, order Co-Diovan online no prescription. Canada, mexico, india, He caps his list with the "grateful heart" argument:

It claims that care for the earth and its inhabitants is a fitting response of gratitude for creatures who experience God’s bountiful and gracious provisions. In response to the gifts of earth and sky, real brand Co-Diovan online, Comprar en línea Co-Diovan, comprar Co-Diovan baratos, hill and vale, tree and flower, order Co-Diovan no prescription, Online buying Co-Diovan hcl, sun and moon and stars of lights, we sing, buy Co-Diovan without prescription, Co-Diovan from canadian pharmacy, “Lord of all to thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise.” Gratitude is the grammar of a grace that fosters respectful care for God’s creatures, purchase Co-Diovan. Co-Diovan gel, ointment, cream, pill, spray, continuous-release, extended-release, We care for God’s creatures because it is the appropriate and proper response to God’s providential care for us.
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This is a very persuasive argument, buy cheap Co-Diovan no rx. Order Co-Diovan online no prescription, Indeed, in my view it is the most compelling reason to care for the earth. Order Co-Diovan from mexican pharmacy, The phenomenology of grace and gratitude, whether between humans or between humans and God, online buy Co-Diovan without a prescription, Buy no prescription Co-Diovan online, suggests that the experience of gracious provision readily and rightly evokes a response of gratitude and care. In other words, purchase Co-Diovan online no prescription, Where can i order Co-Diovan without prescription, when given a gift, especially a valuable gift or gift that meets basic needs, Co-Diovan samples, Buy Co-Diovan without a prescription, the appropriate response is gratitude to the giver and care for the gift given. Grace begets gratitude, buy generic Co-Diovan, Co-Diovan price, coupon, and gratitude care.

Christians within the Reformed tradition should especially find this argument congenial given that gratitude is one of the theological themes emphasized within that tradition, order Co-Diovan online c.o.d. For example, John Calvin refers to creation as “this most glorious theatre” and “this most beautiful theatre” for which we should praise God, order Co-Diovan online no prescription. Where can i buy cheapest Co-Diovan online, For Calvin, creation is “this magnificent theatre of heaven and earth, japan, craiglist, ebay, overseas, paypal, Where can i find Co-Diovan online, crammed with innumerable miracles,” valuable for its own sake as well as for its provisions to humans, kjøpe Co-Diovan på nett, köpa Co-Diovan online. Order Co-Diovan from United States pharmacy, ...For Calvin, the created order is divine gift, buy cheap Co-Diovan, Buy Co-Diovan from mexico, and gratitude is the fitting response.

This spirit of gratitude pervade the most loved of the Reformed confessions, buy Co-Diovan from canada, Order Co-Diovan online overnight delivery no prescription, namely, the Heidelberg Catechism, where can i buy Co-Diovan online. Where to buy Co-Diovan, Commenting on its three-part structure of guilt, grace, and gratitude, Henry Stob affirms:

"What drives the Christian to love and obedience is thankfulness. Order Co-Diovan online no prescription, This gives to the moral life a characteristic note of joy. Appreciative of God’s mercy, thankful for his unspeakable gift, happy in his gracious conferments, the Christian seeks with might and main to show forth his [God’s] praises and to do his [God’s] will."

God’s provisions—evident preeminently in the person of Jesus Christ but also manifest in the natural world—evoke gratitude and prompt joyful care for that which God has given to us. We live as we do not because we should but because we may. Not obligation but thanksgiving drives the Christian moral life.

One necessary condition for this [grateful heart] argument to be persuasive, however, is an acknowledgement of creation as a manifestation of divine grace—a recognition that earth and sky, hill and vale, tree and flower are in fact gifts. This itself presupposes both belief in God as Creator and some degree of knowledge of the earth as the intricate, interdependent, and truly amazing system it is, order Co-Diovan online no prescription. In other words, this argument is compelling only insofar as one acknowledges the Giver and the giftedness of creation. For Christians who have little concrete knowledge of how the world works, or for nontheists who know much about ecology, this argument will not have much persuasive force.

Despite this limitation, however, the “for the beauty of the earth” argument remains a compelling argument, for if we can overcome our collective creational autism and begin to experience in the wondrous world around us God’s extravagant and steadfast love, we will care for this provisioned earth not out of obligation or duty but out of gratitude and love.


Steven Bouma-Prediger

Stephen Bouma-Prediger (Ph.D. Chicago) is the chair of the religion department at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. His book For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care (Baker Academic, 2001) won an "Award of "Merit" from Christianity Today in the magazine's "2002 Book Awards" program. He can be emailed at .

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