Last day, the conference has come to an end. But today was just as exciting and information filled as the first two days. This morning got underway with Mike Riddle who is a former Marine Captain and school teacher. He dealt with the issues of cloning, stem cell research and the sanctity of live. According to Riddle, the world has never heard the fact that there is a 97 to 99 percent failure rate in cloning. Another fact is that despite the call for increased funding for embryonic stem cell research, nothing has been cured or successfully treated with these types of stem cells. What has been successful according to Riddle is the use of adult stem cells which have been used to successfully treat more than 80 diseases. Understanding that life begins with conception, the call for increased embryonic stem cell research is a call for increased abortion. Since the embryonic stem cells are harvested during the first five days following conception the result is the death of the newly created life.
Dr. Jason Lisle followed Mike Riddle presenting a revolutionary way to defend the faith. It deals primarily with logic and can be used by anyone with a little practice. He stressed that when we as Christians are challenged to defend our beliefs without using the Bible, the authoritative Word of God, we have already lost the debate. We need to stand on the authority and foundation of our beliefs as we use that to defend Creation and the Bible. According to Dr. Lisle, it is logical to use an ultimate standard such as the the Bible to defend it. He also talked about presuppositional apologetics which is a big picture way of defending the Christian faith. According to Dr. Lisle, Eve was the first person put in the position of defending God's Word.
Dr. Jason Lisle and Pastor Bill Peters
To close out the morning session was the very popular Answers in Genesis speaker Carl Kirby. Kirby worked for more than 24 years as an Air Traffic Controller before moving into ministry full time. His focus was on the media and how it has been involved in changing the way society thinks about God's Word and evolution and millions of years. Kirby points out that there are more than 400,000 churches in the United States and 6,000 first run theatres in the United States. His question is which has the biggest impact on the culture? It is obvious that the churches have failed to maintain their position in providing moral and ethical direction for society.
The night sessions included Dr. John Whitcome who talked about Why Jesus, the Creator, Believed in the Historicity of Genesis. The conference concluded with Ken Ham, the founder and President of Answers in Genesis who shared why Genesis, Creation, and the authority of the Word of God are relevant and necessary for society. He also talked about the ongoing battle within Christianity between those who believe in the foundational truths of the Bible and Genesis and those who try to compromise God's infallible Word with the fallible ideas of man.
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