placed what he owns into our protective care. This gives us the right to use the creation for his glory, but not to abuse our environment in ways that harm God’s creatures. At the same time that it calls us to enjoy nature, the doctrine of creation gives us a basis for investigating it through science. Far from conflicting with science, creation is what makes science possible by establishing an orderly universe. Remember that nature is one of the two books that God has given us to read. Already in