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Serving God - Saving the Planet A Call to Care for Creation and Your Soul

ISBN-10: 0310320046

ISBN-13: 9780310320043

Edition: 2012

Authors: J. Matthew Sleeth, Joel Hunter

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Not long ago, J. Matthew Sleeth had a fantastic life and a great job as chief of the medical staff at a large hospital. He was living the American dream---until he saw an increasing number of his patients suffering from cancer, asthma, and other chronic diseases. He began to suspect that the Earth and its inhabitants were in deep trouble. Turning to Jesus for guidance, Sleeth discovered how the scriptural lessons of personal responsibility, simplicity, and stewardship could be applied to modern life. The Sleeths have since sold their big home and given away more than half of what they once owned. In Serving God, Saving the Planet, Sleeth shares the joy of adopting a less materialistic,…    
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Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication date: 3/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

J. Matthew Sleeth, M.D., is a former emergency room director and chief of medical staff. He now writes, preaches, and teaches full time about faith and the environment. Together with his wife, Nancy, and their two children, he helps lead the growing creation care movement. He is a graduate of George Washington School of Medicine. The Sleeths live in Kentucky.

Senior pastor, Northland, A Church Distributed (www.northlandchurch.net).

Foreword
Introduction
Genesis
An Ounce of Prevention Can Change the World
A Christian's Case for Earth Care
The Earth Is the Lord's
Moving from Faith to Works
Too Much Stuff
An Hour of Work, A Day of Rest
Television: More Real Than Real
Steward Parents and Servant Children
Food for Thought
A House Is Not a Home
It's a Wonderful Life
Power and Light
First, Do No Harm
Population Fallout
God Is Love
Workbook
Serving God, Saving the Planet Workbook
Appendices
Serving God, Saving the Planet Energy Audit
Stewardship, One Appliance at a Time
Let It Begin with Me: An Earth Care To-Do List
Environmental Scripture References
Christians on Creation Care
Acknowledgments
The Blessed Earth Story