182: From the Garden to the City (with Brian Delamont)

Brian Delamont returns to the podcast as we explore the Biblical theme of creation, beginning in the garden of Eden and culminating in the city of God. Drawing from voices like Alistair McGrath and Albert Wolters, we consider what it means to live as faithful stewards of God’s world and reflect His image in our spheres of influence. From Genesis to Revelation, we are invited to participate in God’s ongoing work of transformation, restoration, and renewal.

• Listen to “Christ Be Magnified” by Cody Carnes
• Genesis 2:8-20
• Creation Regained by Albert Wolters 
• “God gives humanity the occupation of partnering with Him in order to bring this garden to the fullness that God envisions for it, to partner with God in transformation.”
• Revelation 22
• Psalm 19
• Romans 1:20
• “God’s revelation of Himself is so clearly seen that humanity is without excuse to know that there is a God and that He exists.”
• Romans 2:15
• “To be created in God’s image means that we have these echoes of God’s design and God’s intention innately connected and integrated into our humanness.”
• “God wants us and created us and designed us to live integrated lives. There’s nothing that doesn’t have His fingerprint on it.”
• “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’ - Abraham Kuyper
• “The Kingdom has come – it’s here – and yet there is more to come.”
• “When we bring care or compassion or provision to others, we’re making small transformations that point to the King and point to the Kingdom, both now and the Kingdom to come.”
• Creation by Alistair McGrath
• “Stewarding creation is an expression of love for God because God loves what He has created.”
• “We don’t worship nature or creation, but we esteem it.”
• The Parable of the Faithful Steward in Luke 12:42-48
• Jeremiah 29:4-7
• “When we try to make God look like us, we are miscreating, but when we understand that we are created in God’s image, it enables us to integrate our faith, our spirituality, with the physical world, because that’s the way He intended it from the very beginning, all the way through Scripture.”
• “Science is never going to threaten God. How we apply science can threaten our understanding.”
• “What evidences do I see in creation for Him? What evidences, like Psalm 19, do I see in the law of God?”
• Revelation 21:1-5
• “What started in a garden does become a city.”
• “In God’s city, there is life and light. The river that flowed in Eden now flows from the throne, and it’s the water of the river of life that is there for all nations. It’s part of our inheritance, it’s part of our sonship and daughtership with God.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:17

May Reflection: Am I actively engaging in God’s creation mandate for the part of the world that I’m able to influence? What sphere of influence has God given me? What am I stewarding?

What’s changing our lives:

• Keane: Water flavor drops
• Heather: Marking Bible passages while watching The Chosen 
• Brian: Springtime and tulips blooming

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