I am passionate about biblical creation fundamentals. Children, young people, and churches need to grasp that God created things into existence. He created man different from all of God’s creation. Man was molded and shaped into the very image of God. He then breathed into this man His very breath of life. The truth in Genesis can change how people see themselves and the world around them. Believers can be strengthened and given tools to defend their faith. Unbelievers can see that there is another solution besides the common belief that everything simply evolved without any plan or purpose. In addition, Genesis clearly defines the effects of sin in those first generations and why Jesus Christ is the only solution to a fallen world. If we cannot get it right with biblical creation, we won’t get it right with regeneration.

This subject is rarely discussed in churches, schools, or homes. I could not find a curriculum or book suitable for our schools that satisfied the need that I saw. The author’s search was equally fruitless, so with a push from the Lord, he began to write. His efforts and the assistance of a small team of people have produced this curriculum that I believe will satisfy the questions of many students and adults. When challenged in your faith, you will be convinced that the Bible has the answers, and many of them are in the context of or refer to what happened in the first chapters of Genesis.

I consider it a privilege to review this necessary and profound work by Mr. Roland Beard as it relates to bringing a focused study on Creationism to the classroom. In my own work as a long-time Christian educator, I have seen the untold damage done to the faith of our young people as they flounder in their understanding of the ‘Case for Creation’ and, thus, of the Creator Himself, especially when entering the high school or college years and having numerous ‘authorities’ seek to undermine this foundational truth so aggressively. Redemption in Jesus Christ hinges upon the fact of God’s creation and the consequences of man’s fall. Therefore, to undermine God’s intended design in creation [and His factual record] is to undermine the Scriptures themselves, and worse, to undermine the Savior to whom they point. How many young people have abandoned their faith at the educational altars of ‘evolution’ only to find in this theory a godless story without hope?

Having read through the entire course provided by Mr. Beard, I am in awe of the magnitude of this work and the transformational impact in untold numbers of young people’s lives I am certain it will have as the Holy Spirit moves it forward. I commend Roland Beard for his willingness to yield to such an undertaking and his diligence to see it through to a finished curriculum.

While this curriculum is not exhaustive, in that it does not deal with every potential issue associated with the creation-evolution debate, it is comprehensive. In fact, I have not seen such a thorough look at the acts/process of creation as I have here. By taking both a panoramic view and a close-up view of God’s activity in creation, it only serves to heighten appreciation and awe in the Creator himself. This is an excellent product that I would be proud to put in the hands of my own teachers as a way to ensure that students are well trained in their ability to articulate the biblical world view, starting with creation.