Living in a right relationship with creation
The English word for shalom is?
Flourishing
Whose quotes does Dr. Cramer often use in his lectures?
Lewis Smedes
What is at the heart of being a Christian?
Being obedient
Part of seeking shalom means...
There is no separation, we are in the world but not of it
What does shalom mean?
Everything is right, whole, and flourishing.
What provides an excellent avenue for teaching us how to live fully?
Liberal arts
We only have the right to ask, what?
What is the right thing to do?
How can we respond to massive problems?
By doing our small part
With God there is always ____?
enough
According to the book, we should not dwell on the future, but rather?
think about how we should live in the here and now.
What does it mean to live fully?
Living our entire life as an act of worship.
Humans do not own the world or any part of it. We are _____ and _____.
guests; stewards.
Righteousness is about the proper ordering of ______ so that flourishing is possible
Relationships
Sometimes it's best in a fallen world to ___ __ ___ __ ___?
Do the next right thing
What does "Fall" represent?
A rebellion that results in physical and spiritual death
What are the 3 ways of looking at the future of creation?
1- Evolution
2- Evacuation
3- Resurrection
According to Wendell Berry, what is the most horrid blasphemy?
destruction of nature.
What does the Hebrew word "sedeq" mean?
Right standing and consequent behavior within a community
What are the two realms Christians should live in?
In a discipling community of fellow Christians and in our spheres of social influence
What 2 things remind us of God's garden?
Tabernacle and the Temple
"In the end, _____ will come to fix his world and make it altogether good again. In between, his children are to go into the world and create some ______ models of the good world to come."
God, imperfect
To every creature, the gift of life is a portion of the ____ and ______ of God.
breath; the spirit
Why should the church affirm the vocation of artists/the humanities?
Because of the unparalleled beauty of God and his care to cultivate beauty at the beginning of creation and every day after
According to Skye Jethani, our hope is what?