Until recently, "God" and "green" almost never appeared in the same sentence, young theologian/author Jonathan Merritt observes. He's right.

But now, more and more evangelical Christians are thinking seriously about how their duty as followers of Christ impacts their responsibility to take care of creation.

It's about time. (And, by the way, more progressive Christian thinkers such as Robert Parham at the Baptist Center for Ethics and staff members of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission have been talking about this for years.)

Merritt and ethicist David Gushee addressed God and creation care at a recent conference held at Mercer University. 

It's a fascinating article, which was published by the Baptist Standard's New Voice Media partner, Associated Baptist Press, and you can read it here.

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