Howard A. Snyder & Joel Alan Scandrett 
Salvation Means Creation Healed 
The Ecology of Sin and Grace: Overcoming the Divorce between Earth and Heaven

The Bible promises the renewal of all creation–a new heaven and earth–based on the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For centuries this promise has been sidelined or misunderstood because of the church’s failure to grasp the full meaning of biblical teachings on creation and new creation.
The Bible tells the story of the broken and restored relationship between God, people, and land, not just God and people. This is the full gospel, and it has the power to heal the church’s long theological divorce between earth and heaven. Jesus’ resurrection in the power of the Holy Spirit is the key, and the church as Christ’s body is the primary means by which God is reconciling all things through Jesus Christ. Jesus’ ultimate healing of all creation is the great hope and promise of the gospel, and he calls the church to be his healing community now through evangelism, discipleship, and prophetic mission.

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Joel Scandrett is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Director of the Robert E. Webber Center at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, PA. Dr. Scandrett received his Ph D in Historical and Systematic Theology from Drew University, where he studied under Thomas Oden and served as both Research Director and Translations Project Director for the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Before coming to Trinity School for Ministry, Dr. Scandrett taught theology at Wheaton College, Northern Seminary, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and served as an Associate Academic Editor at Inter Varsity Press. Dr. Scandrett is also a priest in the Anglican Church of North America.