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At the creation of the world, God gave mankind the responsibility to exercise dominion over the earth. Man was to use the earth and its abundance of resources to satisfy his physical needs, but he was also to care for the earth and its creatures as a wise and godly steward. Reading about endangered species or another oil spill will make it abundantly clear that the human race has failed miserably...

achieved? First, as we have seen, by the emphasis upon creation. Then, second, by a fresh understanding of man’s “dominion” over nature (Genesis 1:28). Man has dominion over the “lower” orders of creation, but he is not sovereign over them. Only God is the Sovereign Lord, and the lower orders are to be used with this truth in mind. Man is not using his own possessions. A parallel is the gift of economic possessions. They are to be used as God means them to be used. In the parable of the talents, told by