The Church view on creation

1984 B.B. Min. 212

8. Advise the Minister for Education, the Hon L.W. Powell, MLA, and the media that this Assembly supports his positive public recognition of God as Creator; and commend the Minister for requesting the Biblical view of creation to be taught in the Science classes of Queensland schools, and assure him of our prayers and encouragement as he oversees the implementation of his directive.

1995 B.B 74

3. Endorse the following responses –
(a) that of the Moderator to the article by the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane in which he denigrated Biblical Creation, and the Statement released by the Moderator

i MEDIA RELEASE – CREATION

BRISBANE, TUESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER

The Moderator of The Presbyterian Church of Queensland, the Hon. Pastor D.T. Gallagher said to-day that The Presbyterian Church of Queensland is a confessional church which embraces and proclaims the fundamentals of the Christian Faith. He said that the Church embraces the Scriptures of the Old Testament and the New Testament as the infallible Word of God in which the mind of God is communicated to all mankind. Pastor Gallagher went on to say that the Virgin Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, His death on the cross as the only effective sacrifice for sin, and His demonstrated victory over death in His physical bodily resurrection are some of the fundamentals of the faith.

In responding to the matter of origins, Mr Gallagher explained that another fundamental of the Christian Faith is that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Creator of the Universe. There is no valid distinction between "religious" truth against "scientific" truth, but that when the Word of God identifies the Lord Jesus Christ as the Creator of all things in John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:13-20; and Hebrews 1:1-4, it also identifies Him as Lord for whom all things were created.

The vast array of scholarly research by creation scientists in recent years has clearly demonstrated the scientific force of the biblical record of creation, so that even evolutionists have admitted that it deserves to be included in the science curriculum in the classroom. Added to this is the considerable disarray evident in evolutionary circles today, and documented in recent scientific studies of evolution such as Michael Denton's book, "Evolution: A Theory In Crisis."

Mr Gallagher went on to explain the fact that, as Jesus has authenticated the historical accuracy of the Book of Genesis, allied with His statement that "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no man comes to the Father except through Me" in John 14:6, poses the problem that to reject the Lord Jesus Christ as Creator is to reject Him as truthful and to reject Him as Saviour.