What does the Bible teach concerning creation ex nihilo?
Christians today hold firmly to the doctrine of ex nihilo creation, although admittedly, it is not explicitly taught in the Bible: there are only broad hints that are compatible with it. In his book Know the Truth [72], Bruce Milne stands with this view: “While the actual phrase ‘out of nothing’ does not appear, the idea is clearly taught in the Bible (Gn. 1:1f; Ps. 33:6; Jn. 1:3; Rom. 4:17; 1 Cor. 1:28; Heb. 11:3).” This view, and the view of Gerhard May, is our own: Creation ex nihilo “corresponds factually with the Old Testament proclamation about creation,” even though it does not appear explicitly in its pages. [May.CEN,xi — However, given the way that May’s work is cited by popular LDS apologists, one might never know about this distinction he makes.] On the other hand, the LDS position is more problematic, for it mrely assumes that, because there is no explicit outline of an ex nihilo creation, but a very explicit expression of creation using chaotic matter, that the idea that
