“A case can certainly be made that Christians bear a major responsibility for our ecological crisis. But the fault is not their biblical but their unbiblical view of nature. Christians have long failed to understand what the Bible really teaches concerning nature and our responsibility for it. For this there is no excuse. Repentance must be our first response. Our second response must then be to right the wrongs of our faulty understanding and act accordingly. We are all responsible to know what can be known of God's will for nature, and we are then responsible to act on that knowledge.” KnowsFirstsLongMadeChristianUnderstandingViewsResponsibilityKnownTeachCasesCreationBearsMajorsResponsibleCrisisFaultsResponseExcuseGods WillRepentanceBiblicalEcologicalNo ExcusesEcological Crisis Author:James W. Sire
“For is it not the common experience of all of us - you and I - that we do no incorporate the truth of these propositions in our lives? We say we know, but we do not do as we know. We say we believe, but we do not act like it.” KnowsBelieveCommonOur LivesPropositionsCommon Experience Author:James W. Sire
“Thinking well is integral to acting righteously. Truth and spirituality are of a piece: to know the truth is to do it. There is no dichotomy between the two. To be spiritual is to know/do the truth.” ThinkingKnowsWellsTwoSpiritualSpiritualityActingPiecesTruth IsDichotomy Author:James W. Sire
