Faithful Stewardship: Exploring Creation Care in Theology with Dr. Jeffrey Lamp

In this episode of Ask a Theologian, I talk with Dr. Jeffrey Lamp, senior professor of New Testament at Oral Roberts University, about eco-theology—what he prefers to call “creation care”—and why it belongs at the center of biblical theology. We walk through Genesis 1–2 to rethink “dominion” as serving and protecting creation, and we discuss how sin turns vocation into exploitation. Dr. Lamp also explains how Hebrews can be read for ecological implications through themes of creation, incarnation, Psalm 8, and the expansion of “land” into Christ’s inheritance of all things. We explore how Pentecostal eschatology has sometimes made creation care difficult, how renewed-creation thinking changes that, and why pastors may need new language in politicized contexts. We also touch on AI’s environmental costs and Dr. Lamp’s book, Geo-liturgy.