Jan van Eyck, "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb," c. 1390-1441 In the early chapters of the Book of Genesis, there are four rivers. Two are unknown to us today; the others are the Tigris and the Euphrates, flowing through present-day Iraq. At the end of the Bible’s narrative arc, there is also a river. John …
Beyond Habel: Creation, eco-justice and Christian discipleship
The Season of Creation Part 3 By Rod Benson Norman Habel’s Earth Bible project and Australian Season of Creation teach Christians to notice dimensions of Scripture that anthropocentric habits of interpretation often obscure. Yet Habel’s work leaves unfinished questions. How should ecological interpretation lead to discipleship? How should Christians committed to biblical authority and the …
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River healing
Over the past two weeks, we have been immersed in Ezekiel’s visionary account of a futuristic temple where the presence of God is real and the grace of God is palpable and free-flowing in the form of a river emanating from the doors of the temple to restore and replenish the earth that humankind has …
River dependence
Where did you learn to swim? For me it was an indoor swimming pool out the back of Westfield Figtree in Wollongong. We lived near the beach, and we spent some school holidays with cousins at Beecroft who had a pool in their back yard, but mastering freestyle, backstroke, and later butterfly in an environment where I …
River ecology
Lake Parramatta and Hunts Creek, just a few hundred metres from North Rocks Community Church, Sydney. At first glance, the Book of Ezekiel can seem a baffling piece of literature. Ezekiel is a young priest caught up in the historic exile of around 10,000 people of Judah after a failed rebellion against the Babylonian superpower …
