Creation

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The Christian doctrine of creation asserts that God is the creator of all things, for "[i]n the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth" (Gen 1:1). God created by his word (Gen 1:3; Heb 11:3), and "[a]ll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made (John 1:3). While many passages show that Jesus was the agent of creation (Col 1:16; cf 1 Cor 8:6), creation is ultimately the work of the triune God.

Multimedia The Doctrine of Creation in the Old Testament (MP3), by Paul House

Contents 1 Creation in scripture 1.1 Interpretations of the creation account 2 Creation in the creeds 3 Creation ex nihilo 4 God sustains creation 5 New creation 6 Other issues 6.1 Intelligent design 6.2 Theistic evolution 7 Resources 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Creation in scripture

[edit] Interpretations of the creation account

See main page: Interpretations of the creation account

[edit] Creation in the creeds

[edit] Creation ex nihilo

Creation ex nihilo is the belief that God created this world out of nothing, ex nihilo being Latin for "from nothing." This doctrine opposes the evolutionary steady state theory as well as creation theories of other pagan religions.

See main page: Creation ex nihilo

[edit] God sustains creation

[edit] New creation

[edit] Other issues

[edit] Intelligent design

See main page: Intelligent design

[edit] Theistic evolution

[edit] Resources

• J. I. Packer, Knowing God. InterVarsity Press, 1993.
• Colin Gunton, The Triune Creator: A Historical & Systematic Study. Eerdmans, 1998.

[edit] See also

• Interpretations of the creation account
• Creation ex nihilo
• Intelligent design
• Self-creation
• Evolution
• Creationism

[edit] External links

• Nine Views of the Creation (Blue Letter Bible)
• Answers to Common Questions about Creation, by Mark Driscoll
• "In the Beginning..." (The SBJT Forum)