This book offers a biblical framework for creation care as well as a practical guide for students, churches, mission agencies and ordinary Christians. It is valuable for both believers and skeptics, especially those who are confused about what the Bible has to say about creation care and the responsibility of Christians. Our Father’s World is also a measured and thoughtful response to skeptics such as E. O. Wilson who have pleaded with Christian leaders to take up the challenge of caring for the environment.

This book discusses how to put God -- the First Gardener, the First Farmer, and the First Forrester -- back into the center of agriculture by building agriculture systems modeled after the beauty and diversity that we see in the Garden of Eden. In doing this, we glorify God, we brighten our testimony for Christ and we mode substantially in a direction that brings blessings to our brothers and sisters who are chronically hungry.

In honor to our Lord, we as Christians should be leading by example in responding appropriately to a creation that groans and to a world where growing numbers of people struggle to find enough food.

When our agriculture landscapes have been degraded and rendered less productive, we as Christians must work to restore and rebuild the strength and fullness of those landscapes. Where our farming systems have damaged or continue to damage other parts of creation, we must lead the way in eliminating or minimizing that damage. Our gardens and farms should bear tangible witness to the fact that we serve a God of all creation and that we hold tightly to standards and principles that reflect a Biblical view of agriculture.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Craig Sorley grew up in three different countries of East Africa as the son of medical missionaries where he developed his own calling to foreign missions and his keen interest in creation. Holding a degree in Environmental Science and a Masters in Forestry and Education, Craig is the founding director of Care of Creation, Kenya (CCK), an evangelical mission organization dedicated to awakening the church to glorify God in the area of environmental and agriculture stewardship.

For those who adhere to the Christian faith, such a transformation must begin at the foot of the cross. In honor to our Lord, we should be leading the world by example in responding appropriately to a creation that groans. Christ and Creation is about the fact that God needs to be central to our perspective as we relate to creation.

As the bible teaches, Christ is both the cornerstone of our faith and the Creator of all things; therefore, He is the most appropriate starting point when we think about creation. Since Christ exhorted us to love God wholeheartedly and to love our neighbors as ourselves, we have a divine obligation to glorify the Creation in our treatment of creation, and a profound responsibility to consider how such treatment will impact other people, both now and into the future. Caring for creation finds its firm foundation in the person and work of Christ.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Craig Sorley grew up in three different countries of East Africa as the son of medical missionaries where he developed his own calling to foreign missions and his keen interest in creation. Holding a degree in Environmental Science and a Masters in Forestry and Education, Craig is the founding director of Care of Creation, Kenya (CCK), an evangelical mission organization dedicated to awakening the church to glorify God in the area of environmental and agriculture stewardship.