First, evangelicals affirm that God created out of nothing, or ex nihilo is the Latin phrase. Again, there are a number of biblical passages that suggest something like this or at least imply this. Hebrews 11:3, “by faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made of out of things that are visible.” God didn’t use preexisting stuff, if you will, to make the universe. Romans 4:17, “as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’—