Theocentricism vs. Materialism

Today it is our intention to underscore that our God—the Triune God of the Bible—is indeed the Creator, and that we not only believe that our origin was due to His creative work, but that our ongoing existence is due to Him. As Paul proclaimed to the pagans in Athens, “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth…And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings…for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:24, 26, 28). From the opening chapters of Genesis and throughout the Old Testament Scriptures, God is set forth as the Creator. He is the ruling King over the world because He created the world. This major emphasis is carried on into and through the New Testament, even as it announces the onset and future full realization of the new creation. Believing in God as the Creator of all things is the foundation of a biblical worldview.