Should we consider how science opposes or supports what God has revealed concerning creation? Scripture reveals the divine origin of the cosmos, and belief in creation is a matter of faith (Hebrews 11:1)—need we go any further? Should Christians be concerned about investigating the workings of the universe, the mechanics of the things round about us?

In posing the question of Christians and science, we raise a question that everyone asks sometime in life. How are we to answer those who do not believe in creation and base their opinions on biological and geological evidence?

Christian perspective

Perhaps we sense that something is wrong with the question itself. The alternatives wrongly separate our Christian faith from the world in which we live. The question implies that our faith has nothing to do with the universe—the study of plants, animals, rocks, oceans, planets, humans, and all things. Posing the question this way suggests that Christians simply bury their heads in blind faith and don’t care about the world we inhabit.

True, the knowledge of the visible things of God—the things seen from creation—does not bring us true knowledge of God, who loves us in Christ. The universe reveals God’s goodness, not yet God’s grace (Romans 1:14-23). But faith in the true God turns these matters around. By grace Christians gain the right relationship with God. By grace through faith, we stand before God the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. Now, in this turnabout, God’s goodness becomes truly wondrous in the light of God’s grace in Christ. Believers echo the psalmist’s praise and thanksgiving: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19:1). And “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful” (Psalm 139:14).