In conjunction with this, everything else in creation has a distinct purpose, has value, and has a reason to exist. As you can see, the challenge is to figure out where everything fits, which brings Schaeffer to another point; humanity is made in the image of God, but of course we are not God, yet we are not as if anything were nature. Along with this we have a Creator who is personal, since He created us in His image, and infinite, since He created us and nature. Taking these two views and placing humanity somewhere in between (since we are not yet God, nothing like anything else in nature) gives the idea that we have ties to both God and nature. God considers creation good and loves what He has made (Genesis 1). Therefore, Schaeffer believes, because God loves His creation, and we are made in His image, that as Christians we should treat creation as God does, valuing it, loving it, and preserving it. For Schaeffer, seeing and treating creation as God does is appropriate biblical stewardship. Having a modified view of this concept is author Gary Fick, who also writes about how we can be good stewards of
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