5 Quotes by Douglas J. Moo

Christ who is your life,' (Col 3:4): This identification reflects the relentless Christological focus of Colossians.

Christians should seek the best information available about the earth over which we have been appointed stewards.

James condemns any form of Christianity that drifts into a sterile, actionless “orthodoxy.” Faith, not what we do, is fundamental in establishing a relationship with God. But faith, James insists, must be given content. Genuine faith, he insists, always and inevitably produces evidence of its existence in a life of righteous living.

Our God is not a God who discards what he has made, who is defeated by sin and evil. Our God is a redeeming God, a God who is determined to reclaim his fallen world, setting it free from its enslavement to corruption and bringing it to a final state of glory.

Our human vocation is to work and take care of the place where God has planted us, to serve him in our rule in creation as priests in his temple. Caring for the earth is not, in this light, a peripheral biblical theme; it is central to our identity as God’s image bearers.