Bozeman, MT Creation Meeting

On Wednesday, March 28th Mike and I flew from Sacramento, CA to Bozeman, MT. We had scheduled a day of rest before we started a 4 day speaking engagement here in Bozeman. We chose a hotel that had a free shuttle from the airport and planned to just rest and let Mike get some of his talks ready for the conference. There was a scheduling problem at the hotel with their shuttle driver and so after a 20 minute wait (outside in the wind and coming storm) they called us to say they would send a cab. Three cabs came and left with other travelers so we called the hotel again and were told that it would be another 20 minutes or so (we were now at around a 50 minute wait). So much for getting a start on our “rest”. Finally the cab pulled up that was meant for us. As we left the airport we saw the most beautiful rainbow that we have ever seen. Turns out that the driver had not heard that it was the promise from God that He would never again flood the entire earth. That opened up a wonderful discussion of our Lord and his willingness to forgive, no matter what we have in our past. We began to see that an hour of waiting to get to our hotel was instead and hour of waiting to speak to someone who had lost all hope and to tell him of the Hope that does not disappoint!

Here is a picture of the senior pastor at Grace Bible in Bozeman who gave a sermon on Sunday morning that exposed the problems with the compomises that many are making with the creation account. It was excellent. I told him that we could take back America if we had one of him in every city. You can listen to this fine sermon at: http://gbcmt.org/sermons. Also in the picture is a good friend and supurb creation speaker from the UK, Dr. Andy McIntosh, with Mike. Mike and Andy spoke at Heritage Christian School on Friday and then at the conference that started on Friday night.  We met Andy many years ago when we were living in Redmond, WA. His PhD is in combustion theory but he is one of those rare intellectuals who can speak to any level with a passion that is for our Lord. One of his talks is on the intricacies of flight. I remember hearing that talk years ago and one thing he said has stayed with me. I used to accept the response that animals are able to do incredible things because of their instinct. Dr. McIntosh told us to never let that statement stand without a challenge. We should ask, “What is instinct?” These animals actually have a tremdous amount of information in their DNA that was put there by a superior intelligence that allows them to do what they do. We know who that information sender is – our Creator God. Thank you Andy for your years of faithful service.

Another speaker at the conference was Michael Oard who is one of the founders of the Montana Origins Research Effort (MORE) in 2007. We have known Michael and Beverly for a long time and have enjoyed reading their books and learning from them. Michael is especially knowlegable about the Ice Age and how it fits with the worldwide flood model. Here is a link to MORE’s web site: http://creationsciencedefense.org/. Mark Amunrud is another founder or MORE and also had several talks. We stayed with Esther and Perry Fishbaugh, also founding members. I am disappointed that I did not get their pictures to share with you. They are godly people who are using their resources and energy to teach others to believe in the biblical account of creation. May God bless MORE and all of their activities.