{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ENV - Langara","title":"God's Covenant with Creation","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8b6714a1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2060,"description":"REVIEW. \n\n“What did you take away from last time?” [Refer to last week’s responses.] “How did that go?”\n\nREAD. \n\nSummary: God invites us to engage with creation in a mutual pledge of self-sacrifice and gratitude.\n\nDiscussion Questions:\n\n1.   What does Psalm 8:6-8 say about our relationship with creation? If we are responsible to love and serve creation, how does Genesis 9:3 seem to contradict this?\n\n2.  How do people typically feel about being sacrificed for? According to Romans 5:8, how does the Bible view self-sacrifice? If the problem with our treatment of creation is not that we need it to sacrifice itself for us, what is it? 1 Timothy 4:4\n\n3.  How does the idea of gratitude help us avoid the extremes of ravaging creation and of denying creation the honor of self-sacrifice?\nHow does gratitude help us avoid these extremes with Jesus?\n\nRESPOND. \n\n“How can today’s discussion further your relationship with God, one another, and the world? Pray together. [Record responses and prayer requests.]","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Ulq21n-3YrBXSHmci-84LCB7sQSAFPLe3k1KkFg6N4Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wZTc5/MDg0OWU1ODNmNTc2/MTU2ZDg4YjQzYTdj/ZTQ1NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}