God creates by His Word
All visible and invisible reality depends upon the Creator and serves His purpose.
Forest green, earth-gold & sky blue · Volume 03
VOLUME 03 / CREATION
The Doctrine
of Creation
Heaven, Earth, Providence, and the Goodness of God’s Works
48 Chapters542 PagesKJV Scripture text
Explore this volume ↓THE CENTRAL QUESTION
What did God
make?
This volume receives the created world as God describes it—real, ordered, good, beautiful, fallen, upheld, and awaiting renewal.
It follows creation from the opening words of Genesis through the new creation, examining light, sky, land, waters, plants, animals, embodied human life, providence, work, beauty, decay, and restoration without turning Scripture into a technical science textbook.
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”— Genesis 1:1
THE DOCTRINAL BURDEN
Creation is ordered and good
The world’s boundaries, rhythms, diversity, provision, and beauty display divine wisdom.
God sustains His world
Providence, seasons, ordinary processes, and miracles remain beneath God’s government.
Creation will be renewed
The curse and creation’s groaning give way to resurrection and the restoration of all things.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The journey
through Volume 3.
From the first created light to the world to come, these chapters recover the breadth and goodness of the world God made.
- 01
In the Beginning God Created
- 02
Creation Out of Nothing
- 03
Creation Through the Word of God
- 04
The Visible and Invisible Creation
- 05
Time, Space, Matter, and the Order of Reality
- 06
Scripture, Observation, and the Study of Creation
- 07
The Days of Creation
- 08
Light, Darkness, Day, and Night
- 09
The Firmament and the Sky Above
- 10
The Sun: Light, Warmth, Energy, and Provision
- 11
The Moon, the Stars, and the Measuring of Time
- 12
The Vastness of the Universe
- 13
Weather, Wind, Clouds, Rain, Snow, and Thunder
- 14
The Deep, the Seas, and the Waters of the Earth
- 15
Springs, Rivers, Rain, and the Paths of the Seas
- 16
Dry Land, Soil, and the Earth Beneath Our Feet
- 17
Mountains, Valleys, Rocks, Minerals, and Hidden Resources
- 18
Seed, Fruitfulness, and the Life of Plants
- 19
Trees, Gardens, Forests, and the Beauty of the Earth
- 20
Food, Taste, Fellowship, and Thanksgiving
- 21
The Creatures of the Sea
- 22
Birds of the Air
- 23
Beasts, Cattle, and Creeping Things
- 24
After Their Kind
- 25
Variation, Adaptation, and Diversity Within Kinds
- 26
Created Kinds and the Claims of Evolution
- 27
Design, Instinct, Diversity, and Animal Wonder
- 28
Dust, Breath, Body, and Life
- 29
Breath, Sleep, Strength, Weakness, and the Human Body
- 30
Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell, Taste, and Speech
- 31
Man in the Garden
- 32
Work, Dominion, Cultivation, and Care
- 33
Marriage, Sex, Fruitfulness, and the Goodness of the Body
- 34
Craftsmanship, Music, Culture, and Human Creativity
- 35
Beauty, Pleasure, and the Generosity of God
- 36
Providence and the Ordinary Processes of the World
- 37
Seedtime and Harvest, Cold and Heat, Summer and Winter
- 38
Preservation, Provision, and the Dependence of All Life
- 39
Miracles and the God Who Rules Nature
- 40
The Flood and the World After Judgment
- 41
Creation in Job, Psalms, Proverbs, and the Prophets
- 42
The Curse, Thorns, Toil, Pain, and Death
- 43
Corruption, Decay, Entropy, and Mortality
- 44
Animal Death, Predation, Suffering, and the Groaning Creation
- 45
Creation Worship, False Spirituality, and the Rejection of the Creator
- 46
The Creator Became Flesh
- 47
Resurrection, Renewal, and the Redemption of Creation
- 48
The New Heavens, the New Earth, and the World to Come
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