Embracing creation : God's forgotten mission / by John Mark Hicks, Bobby Valentine, and Mark Wilson.

An invitation to hear the story -- What will happen to God's creation? the nature of Christian hope -- The biblical narrative -- A cathedral of praise: God, creation, and human vocation -- "Praise Him, sun and moon:" creation and its praise of God in Psalms -- Wisdom and creation: delight in beauty, agony in chaos -- Dreams of Eden: death and resurrection in the prophets -- The Christ event, creation, and new creation -- God's Shofar: the jubilee mission of Jesus -- Gospel of promise: resurrected Lord, resurrected people, and the resurrected world -- Our inheritance: new heaven and new earth -- Living the narrative -- _living God's new creation -- Creation, new creation, and the sacraments_ baptism, Lord's Supper, and assembly -- The most ancient order_ proper stewardship of God's creation -- Exemplary creation stewardship -- God's restoration movement_ revisioning the restoration plea -- Curiosities, supposed counter-texts, and Stone-Campbell history.