“The Environment,” a chapter in Wayne Grudem’s Politics According to the Bible, acknowledges the Bible and its significance in regards to God’s creation. In concluding the author’s argument, “The Environment” explains how God had created an abundant and resourceful world that was to be used wisely and joyfully but as Adam and Eve took from the Garden of Eden without heeding God’s words, man has continued to do the same, therefore nature has become “fallen” (Grudem 329). While challenging the common conceptions involving care for God’s creation, he also acknowledges the negative impact that environmentalists have despite their positive intention. All and all, the author is able to identify man’s role in having dominion over God’s creation and …show more content…
It takes the history of the biblical text to the interpretation of the text to how man handles the current state of the natural world to finally wrapping it all up with his claim. Developments like such provide for a more sufficient debate and basically have a counter argument for every counter argument. Not to mention, nearly every counter argument has clear-cut evidence from the Bible whether it be from the Book of Genesis, the Epistle to the Romans or even the Book of Amos. Overall, the chapter from Wayne Grudem’s Politics According to the Bible demonstrates a well thought out and masterful understanding of the biblical text and its significance to the environment, however a counter argument exists to challege his proposal and …show more content…
Our livelihood in this world was never intended to be as harsh as it is. Where raising crops would “require pain” and “thorns and thistles” would exist, creating destruction, sickness and death (Grudem 321). This world was supposed to be as abundantly productive as the Garden of Eden once was (329) and although Adam and Eve had sinned, disobeying God’s orders, God’s creation is still “good”. Mankind today will never be fully responsible for the condition of the land given to them according to the author because God had given us a cursed natural world. How mankind continues to care for God’s creation is another story. Environmentalists placing animals as a higher priority over man is something along the lines of ignoring God’s intentions and from the side of the counter argument, polluting the air via man-made industry similarly. After looking past all of that, “The Environment” from Wayne Grudem’s Politics According to the Bible still holds true to its argument that “the Earth that God created is still ‘good’ in many ways and is amazingly resourceful because of the great treasures that he has placed in it for us to discover, enhance and