Matthew Sleeth M.D.

J. Matthew Sleeth, M.D., is a former emergency room director and chief of medical staff. He now writes, preaches, and teaches full time about faith and the environment. Together with his wife, Nancy, and their two children, he helps lead the growing creation care movement. He is a graduate of George Washington School of Medicine and the author of The Gospel According to the Earth (HarperOne). The Sleeths live in Kentucky.

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Bible/Jesus Experts

Body, Mind, and Spirit

Spirituality

The Gospel According to the Earth

Why the Good Book Is a Green Book

Talking Points

Matthew Sleeth is the crusader for the creation care movement and travels the country to spread his message, speaking at over 900 places a year-from churches to colleges to retirement homes. The idea of environmentalism as a Christian duty is still controversial, however Sleeth presents a case for change that is challenging to hear-but impossible for people of faith to ignore.

Description

In The Gospel According to the Earth Sleeth uses the Bible as a teaching mechanism, retelling the often radically counter-culture Bible stories that motivated his environmental journey and showing Christians how to get behind the issue. The Parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us about how our transportation choices affect our global neighbors. The prophet Daniel calls to question our dietary habits. And the story of Noah addresses key issues for life on Earth: how do we relate to the Creator, to others in the human community, and to the rest of the natural world? With passion and faith, Sleeth provides a new green lens through which we can read the Bible to discover answers to our biggest questions about the environment and how to care for it

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Bible/Jesus Experts

Christian Living

Spirituality

The Gospel According to the Earth

Why the Good Book Is a Green Book

Talking Points

As an emergency room doctor, Matthew Sleeth saw a disturbing increase in asthma, autoimmune diseases, cancers, and other environmentally related disease. One slow night in the ER, Sleeth picked up a Gideon’s Bible in the waiting room. Although raised in a Christian home, he had long ago abandoned his childhood beliefs. Reading the Gospels that night, he found both the spiritual and environmental answers he had been seeking. As a result, the Sleeth family took an accounting of their lifestyle, drastically reduced their reliance on electricity and fossil fuels, and began sharing their journey with others.

Description

The Gospel According to the Earth uses the Bible as a teaching mechanism, retelling the often radically counter-culture Bible stories that motivated his environmental journey and showing Christians how to get behind the issue. The Parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us about how our transportation choices affect our global neighbors. The prophet Daniel calls to question our dietary habits. And the story of Noah addresses key issues for life on Earth: how do we relate to the Creator, to others in the human community, and to the rest of the natural world? With passion and faith, Sleeth provides a new green lens through which we can read the Bible to discover answers to our biggest questions about the environment and how to care for it.

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