Publication Date
4-10-2019
Description
The beauty of the earth, in all its intricacies, is a gift of the creator to us. And its value is not practical or ethical, but is given to us simply to delight us even as God delights in it. And it is powerful. N. T. Wright notes that beauty, whether in God’s creation or in human art, “is sometimes so powerful that it evokes our very deepest feelings of awe, wonder, gratitude, and reverence.”1 Beauty blossoms into appreciation for God’s creation and love of the creator.
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Submission Topics
Community; Creation; Literature and Art; Spiritual Growth
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Isaiah 53:2; Romans 1:25; Mark 7:31–37; Galatians 4:19; Romans 8:10; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11;
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
People in this Resource (separated by commas)
Martin Luther, Nt. T. Wright, J. Baird Callicott, Aldo Leopold, Holmes Rolston III, Scott Russell, Gregory of Nazianzus, St. Basil the Great, Wendell Berry, Peter Harris, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Scott Ickert,
Submission Cost
Free
Recommended Citation
Arand, Charles and Herrmann, Erik, "Attending to the Beauty of Creation and the New Creation" (2019). Concordia Pages. 5.
https://scholar.csl.edu/concordiapages/5
