Foundational Principles (6): Believing the Unseen Act of Creation
This article addresses how believers come to understand the doctrine of creation through faith rather than empirical observation, contrasting the Christian worldview with naturalistic science. Laning argues that since no human witnessed God's creative acts, we must accept the truth of creation solely on the basis of Scripture's testimony, exemplifying the Reformed principle of "walking by faith, not by sight."
Previous article in this series: August 2016, p. 449. So far we have considered principles regarding how God reveals Himself to us. This next section will consist of articles on the subject of creation. First, we consider how creation is understood only by faith. In other words, we will understand the truth about creation only when we believe what God says about something that we ourselves did not see. What the world refers to as science involves studying the visible creation through...
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