The biblical creation narrative is foundational to understanding reality. It highlights the role of God as the creator and sustainer of both physical laws and spiritual renewal through Jesus Christ.

Big bang cosmology faces unresolved problems with the standard ΛCDM model needing unknown fudge factors. A new timescape cosmology, where time passes faster or slower in voids and filaments of the cosmic web, may resolve the Dark Energy problem, but it indicates a need to rethink the foundations of cosmology.