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Luke-Acts and a Theology of Creation - Word & World
Word & World 12/1 (1992)Copyright 1992 by Word & World , Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. All rights 51 Luke-Acts and a Theology of CreationWALTER E. PILGRIML utheran Institute for Theological Education, Tacoma, WashingtonThe global ecological crisis of our times has burst into the theological consciousness ofthe church from many directions. This article examines Luke-Acts for themes that may contributeto that GOD AS BENEVOLENT CREATORThe fundamental biblical theme of Creation offers a suitable place to begin. Both Lukeand acts underscore the witness to God as the creator and preserver of all Creation . Twice inprayers God is addressed as such: luke 10:21, Father, Lord of heaven and earth ; acts 4:24, Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and everything in them. Mostsignificant are Jesus appeals to trust in a benevolent God. In the sayings on anxiety, we catch aglimpse into Jesus knowledge of and delight in the created order ( luke 12:22-31 || Matt6:25-34).
Spirit-empowered (Luke 4:1, 14, 18; Acts 1:2). Luke in particular puts the stamp of the Spirit upon Jesus’ mission with his programmatic inauguration at Nazareth (4:16-31).
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