The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom mgr_9780875524528 His Father

His Father

while others assert their liberty in a way which risks doing violence to the consciences of the weak

They feel lost and inadequate

But when it's time to go home

and her son marvelously provided for

The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom mgr_9780875524528 His FatherThere's a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They're both told to bear fruit. In fact, arboreal language is so often applied to humans that it's easy to miss, whether we're talking about family trees, passing along our seed, cutting someone off like a branch, being rooted to a place, or bearing the fruit of the Spirit. It's hard to deny that trees mean something, theologically speaking. This book is in many