Intro to Earth Science

God created the world on day 1. He created it specifically to be our home and designed it to meet our needs. we are command in Genesis 1:20 to have dominion over the earth. to fulfill this command we must understand all we can about the earth and it's systems. This should be our motivation to study earth science. In this picture you can see the scope of earth science-land, ocean, atmosphere, and space.

Essential Question: How can we use earth science to fulfill God's commands to the human race

Objectives: Why Study Science?

1A1: Explain why Christians do Science

1A2: Explain how earth science helps Christians declare God's glory

1A3: Defend the idea that earth science can play a role in God's work of redemption.

Why Study Science? Read 1.1 Helping People

Mark 12:30-31 (Creation Mandate)

³⁰ And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ³¹ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

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What was important to you about what you read?

Read 1.2 declaring God's Glory

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What is God's glory? ​

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His Greatness

His intelligence

His love

HIs justice

His power

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How can we declare God's glory in earth science

• Discovery

• Imitation

• Worship

• Studying earth science

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When you discover things about earth and create tools to study them for God's glory, you are worshipping God!

Read 1. 3 Living for Redemption

1. When finished turn and talk and share what important truths you read about.

2. Respond to this statement: God's work of redemption is his work of saving people from their sins. It has nothing to do with studying earth science or how we use earth science in life."

3. How does the picture of the children in Sudan on p. 5 fit into our study today? Does God care about people's bodies?

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Why should a Christian want to help others

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What is the Creation Mandate

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What are the two greatest commandments

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What is the glory of God

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Give two ways that earth science helps us declare the glory of God

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Studying Mar's surface with a robotic rover is not part of exercising good and wise dominion

• True

• False

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Class Closer: According to what you learned today, what is in need of redemption?

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