God created the universe from nothing. 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth' (Genesis 1:1). Humanity created in God's image but fell through original sin (Genesis 3). Christ as Logos present at creation (John 1:1-3).

Greatest Commandments: love God and love neighbor. Sermon on the Mount. Paul's theology of grace.

To glorify God, attain salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, love God and neighbor, and participate in the Kingdom of God. Theosis (Eastern Orthodox) or sanctification (Protestant) — becoming like God/Christ.

Multiple frameworks: Augustinian (suffering from the Fall/original sin, evil as privation of good), Irenaean (soul-making theodicy — suffering enables spiritual growth), free will defense, and the cruciform model (God suffers with us in Christ). The Cross transforms suffering into redemptive possibility.

Second Coming of Christ, bodily resurrection of the dead, Last Judgment, defeat of evil, and establishment of a New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21). Significant variation: premillennialism, amillennialism, postmillennialism.