This paper discusses the problem of the origin of the earth and heavenly bodies in the light of the Genesis record and modern scientific discoveries. Since introduction of pagan philosophical interpretation into Christian theology in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D., Christian scholars have had to battle against evolutionary theories. Modern astronomy has pushed back the bounds of the universe both in space and time, but so far as any explanation of the manner of its origin, nothing but hypotheses have been offered. No proofs of any kind have been forthcoming. Atomic physicists have given strong support to the doctrine of creation by discovery of the relation between matter and energy. But no explanation has ever been offered that will show the source of the energy units from which material substance was derived. The Bible alone answers the question by saying that "by him all things consist." (Col. 1:17) Attempts to push the time of the flood and creation back many thousands of years beyond the records of Genesis have met with very serious problems, and a careful analysis of the situation supports the "short-time" chronology. It is important that Christian scholars avoid being "uniformitarian creationists" and thereby surrender the fundamental principles of true creationism.