In the beginning God created... Genesis 1:1
".....a Christian creationist.....
Thus, ---affirms God as a First Cause,
a pre-existing (non-created) God,
a creation out of nothing,
a beginning to the physical universe,
a Creator who is separate from nature,
and a God of all people (and not just one tribe or nation).
----God is separate from nature is in clear contrast with the pagan accounts, in which the gods are of nature or part of nature.
The fact that God is not part of nature means that there is a reality beyond nature."
CMI