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• Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action
J. Matthew Sleeth

Zondervan, 2007 - 256 pages

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go green

A very readable "go green" book with many stories from the author's work in the emergency room. The author is a great example of someone who has changed his own living habits and is honest about which things were difficult. He walks the talk and isn't preachy.
If you are a Christian you will jive with the author's call for stewardship and the ultimate call to "love our neighbor," which he sees as the heart of each of us using less. If you aren't a Christian, I think you'll enjoy his stories and his authenticity. Either way, you should be challenged to take action.
After reading the book I am hardly using my dryer, instead hanging clothes on drying racks around the house. I am still using the dishwasher but not the drying cycle and am beginning to change my light bulbs to energy efficient ones.
I bought a dozen copies and am handing them out to family & friends to read and then pass along in hopes of moving each person one step along the green path. I highly recommend this book.


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amazing

I'd recommend this book to everyone. We live in a world that has become so focused on consumption and production that we forget that we really don't need all this stuff. This book is written by a former doctor who has transformed his life (as well as his family's) into one that is very simple, yet incredibly peaceful, and wonderfully dedicated to God's glory.

We often associate environmentalism and "nature-loving" with hippies... but why not associate it with God? After all, He created it.









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An Amish life for me?

I enjoyed Mr. Mathew Sleeth's book immensely and there was much I took issue with. It is indeed disappointing to see such an earnest effort fall short. He speaks with authority on many subjects but has credibility with but a few. Mostly I do not find fault with his interpretation of scripture. It is in other areas that his knowledge is thin, non-existent or worse yet takes, as authority, information from others that is unsubstantiated. A significant percentage of the "facts" presented are implied to be common knowledge when in actuality they are, unfortunately, little more than a recitation of the pandering that comes from mass media. Mr. Sleeth skates past the documented benefits of the industrial revolution with an ease that is disturbing. Where Mr. Sleeth encourages us to live _personally_ greener lives is where his arguments are strongest. I for one am not interested in de-evolving to an "Amish" lifestyle. Surely he cannot believe that our God wants us to life a life that is restricted to the technology of the 17th century. I suspect that the world's _current_ population could not be fed if much of the western world's population adopted it anyway. I must ask the question, "Do you suppose God would bless the act of feeding starving children in Africa any less, IF the vegetables were grown organically versus the most current high production methods?" Read this book with a jaundiced / discerning eye. This is truly a case where the wheat must be sorted from the chaff. Not only did God give me two hands, he also gave me a brain. Now if you'll excuse me, I see that there are three more ripe tomatoes in the garden and we're having beans for dinner.



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Great Christian stewardship outline

This book succinctly highlights our duty as children of God to care for each other and His creation. By making both small and large sacrifices, we can impove our contentment while saving the planet for the enjoyment of future generations. Thank you, Dr. Sleeth for providing a quickly readable, yet thought provoking call to action which should be used in church discussion groups nationwide.


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