[Genesis 1:1-3] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. [3] Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Without God, there is ________________.

Real ________________ is the honest pursuit of ________________.

Anything that can't stand up to ________________ isn't worth basing your ________________ on.

[Isaiah 40:8] The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever."

Trends change, kingdoms fall, but God’s Word remains ________________.

[Luke 24:44] Then he said, "When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled."

[Matthew 5:18] I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God's law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.

The ____________ is more scientifically ________________ than any ancient text.

[Isaiah 40:22] God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them.

[Job 26:7] God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Science is always ________________, but God's Word stays the ________________.

[Matthew 16:18 ESV] And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The Church is the people of God on ________________.