“I sat where they sat,” Ezekial 3:15. Here we have a sad story. God had warned His people about their sin, but as usual, they had not listened.
Jeremiah had wept as he preached, but they didn’t listen. Nebuchadnezzer, King of Babylon had conquered Israel and taken 10,000 skilled craftsmen and leaders captive. Ezekial was with them. He saw upclose and personal, the look of terror in the prisoners eyes. He felt the pain of those whose entire life’s work was now destroyed as they faced a very uncertain future. Ezekial knew because Ezekial sat where they sat.
Having been in jail for two and a half months, facing sentencing this Friday, I can say there is no way to describe the emotions and the knot that develops in the pit of the stomach and stays there. While there are many hopeful factors in our case that may result in an acquittal, dismissal, or the case being turned over on appeal, most of the men in this room with me do not even have a glimmer of hope. They are going to prison for a long time. As I sit where they sit, my heart breaks for them. I pray for each one of them often and talk with them as opportunities come up each day. But sometimes, all you can do is sit, be quiet, and listen. America has rejected God’s law and His Word for the most part. So have many of the men in jail.
Robert was seventeen when he was arrested. He faces nine years in prison. His older sisters started him on drugs when he was only five. They thought it was cute to blow marijuana smoke in his face, so they could watch him get high also. Robert did poorly in school and dropped out. He says that he is a “stoner.” He looks about fifteen. He has no marketable skills and no training from his parents to fall back on. I weep when I think of his future.
John, a twenty-two year old white male, has no job skills except that of selling drugs. His mother introduced him to “pot” the day she got out of prison when he was thirteen. John has already spent six and a half years behind bars and is destined to be here again, as the only way he knows to make money on the outside is to sell drugs. He has no clue how to be a Godly husband or father. Where do you start to rebuild a life like that?
Sometimes, I feel like a missionary in a jungle tribe. Now that I have “sat where they sat”, I will be a more zealous soul winner, and re-double my efforts to reach children especially. The creation message is the greatest tool that I have ever seen to do this. I can’t wait to get back out preaching.
Please pray for us and Judge Casey Rogers on Friday morning, January 19, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. Judge Rogers can rule in any number of ways. Pray specifically for an acquittal to be granted or that the Eleventh Circuit will grant our motion for release and turn the case over on appeal. The acquittal would be best for all involved.
More later,
Kent Hovind
We are praying for you Dr. Hovind
Hello Brother Hovind,
I’m glad I am now able to correspond with you, your staff at dr.dino were very helpful.
I have been praying for you, very grieved yet knowing that our Lord will use your situation for His glory.
To encourage you, I have been much encouraged via your debate dvd’s etc. in the faith and having watched others in thier efforts to duplicate your efforts, you lead the pack!
Keep up the good work!!!
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Your creation ministry has been of much help regarding my daughter, that is she is now properly educated in Creation/Evolution info. to guard against what her High school teaches.
Well take care,
Randy Bartz
Sounds like you’re sinking further into your emotionally immature delusions. Eighth grade education, working in ignorance the way others work with oils or charcoal.
It’s all so simple isn’t it? You’re so brilliant, you figured out how thermodynamics disproves evilution AND how to beat the tax system!
Hope God springs you tomorrow.. you work tirelessly to give creationism the reputation it deserves. I’ll be glad to pay your share of taxes to pay for defending the country, while you fleece the double-digit IQ flock with your nonsense and help shock normal people awake to the battle between religion and science.
Brother Hovind!
We (the people in our churches from Hungary – Romania – Ucraine) are praying for you and let the Lord’ perfect will be done!
Dear brother Hovind, We have not ceased in prayer on your behalf and continually seek the Lords will for all His people. Please be strengthened in the Holy spirit regardless of the attacks of the wicked. Gods people will have the last and greatest victory through Christ. This life is but a vaper compared to eternity, hold fast to the faith. God bless
Anyone have any news on the hearing today?
Hello Kent Hovind,
Daniel here from Auckland, New Zealand. Just letting you know how much I love your teachings. You proably get that all the time? any ways just letting you know that I have been praying for you and your family. I have been thinking about you alot. I started thinking you were a Looney but after watching your video series I have slowly come to think of you alot differently. I love your debates.. its like Jesus and the piracies (if im spelling that correctly). When you speak in them I can so “feel” the truth. Your serously my hero. Hope you get to read this! just want to say thank you!
I’m waiting for news…does anyone know what the judge decided yet?
Praying for the Hovinds,
Julie in Dixie
I just heard the bad news. I will continue to pray for Brother Hovind, his wife, family, and CSE. Hopefully the Lord Jesus will return this year. As Christians, we need to continue to work, live, and share the gospel with the lost, but the increasing wickedness and disdain for others evident in the hearts of men has me longing for Messiah’s return. I’m free, but at the same time this world is like a prison because Satan is the god of this world. He has blinded the minds of many through metaphysical religions like evolution. Satan wants to oppress and destroy Christians. Christians must unite in prayer for each other.
http://www.stoneofbethel.com
I can’t believe it Dr Hovind has got 10 years!! I pray that the truth will be revealed and that God would be glorified. God bless you brother Hovind.
You are a great man of faith Bro. Hovind. You are one of the “heroes of the faith” as far as we are concerned. We love you and we will pray for you. If there is anything that we can do for you and your ministry, please let us know. Thank you for standing up for what is right, and not bowing down to the god of this world!
You are a great man of faith Bro. Hovind. Thank you for standing up for what is right instead of bowing down to the god of this world. You are a great hero of the faith as far as we are concerned. If there is anything we can do for your family or your ministry, please let us know. We love you and we are sorry you are in jail. We will pray for your quick release. Please hang in there, and we are confident that the Lord will continue to use you in prison. We will continue to pray for your wife.
January 19, 2006
The court gave a sentence of 10 years imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and will pay a $200 fine, $5800 in special monetary assessments, restitution $604874.87, and costs of prosection $7078.24 to Kent Hovind. All that adds to $604,874.11. The Republican controled Congress passed laws blocking federal judges from using much personal judgement, or showing leniency. Further, under conservative laws federal prisoners are forced to serve the majority of their sentence. With the maximum time off for “good behavior,” Kent Hovind will stay in prison for at least 8 1/2 years with 1 1/2 years added to his parole. That is under 3% of the theoretical maximum sentence which suggests that Jo Hovind could expect around a 7 year sentence, and fines and fees add to the rest of the federal tax owed.
Looks like you’re gonna sit there a bit longer.
Dear Kent,
We are on a road trip to Florida from Colorado and passed through Dinosaur Adventureland and CS last week. After purchasing materials, we inquired about you. We had no idea about your present situation and no one revealed anything about the past 6 months. We went online and learned – via Wikipedia (not my favorite source) – about your present circumstance.
We are such supporters of all you have done over the years and will be praying for God’s will. We want to see the judicial system treat you with the fairness you deserve.
Thank you for the blog reports and the opportunity to hear from you and post our thoughts.
We will be reading your blog and passing on the information to others who will pray without ceasing.
In His Service,
Sue & Bob Summers
Littleton, CO
ATTENION TO EVERY FELLOW BROTHER OR SISTER IN CHRIST!!!
As you probably know already our corrupt court system with its corrupt servants has sentenced our good doctor to 10 years in prison. We know that this has been a difficult trial on Brother Kent, it would be for anyone of us, but we have to stand by him. I among many others of you both prayed diligently and fasted for him. Obviously God has allowed this to happen for a reason, but this does not mean that God wants the rest of the Church to give up! We must stand by our brothers and sisters in Christ as Jesus stood for us in all things. Dr.Hovind is our brother and a spiritual father like Paul to some of us. He has brought so many to Christ. I can personally vow for the way he changed my life through his Godly interpretation of God’s Word with all of its amazing science and majesty. Brother Hovind needs our help. Now, I am no lawyer, but I know that if we pull together we may be able to do something. Whether we raise money for him, protest for him, and above all pray for him…we at least need to do something. My name is Vincent and I will constantly check back on this blog site for any ideas that you may have. All that I ask is that you and I, my brothers and sisters in Christ pull together now at the time when we are most needed to stand up for what is right. We are the salt of the world, we are the light of the world! I know that there is no way that we can stop all of the demonic powers around us, but we may be able to reverse this one…help us God! Please leave your thoughts here and let us join as one to try to win back the freedom of our brother Dr. Hovind. Thank you all and God Bless you all. Remember that we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Rom. 8:37
I don’t understand. Is the constitution no longer valid? Are we that close to the Lords return? Eric, It’s time for you to take over. If you need my help, call me. [EDITED] …
For those who have not heard yet, Kent Hovind has been sentenced to 10 years, plus ordered to make restitution for the court costs and the money he stole.
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070119/NEWS01/701190332/1006
For those who *still*, despite all the evidence and testimony, support this disgrace to the Christian faith, you just don’t get it, do you? Kent Hovind has given Christianity a bad name, and now he is paying the price. It’s not a secular conspiracy. It’s the law of the United States in action. Deal with it.
“Please pray for us and Judge Casey Rogers on Friday morning, January 19, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. Judge Rogers can rule in any number of ways. Pray specifically for an acquittal to be granted or that the Eleventh Circuit will grant our motion for release and turn the case over on appeal. The acquittal would be best for all involved.”
STOP ASKING FOR CHEATS!
EVER HEARD OF FREEWILL?
You seriously want god to effect this man’s freewill who sits in judgement of you? If this is the case Kent, then all of our souls are damned anyway.
…Remember you must thank God for what has happened to you, and whatever will happen to your wife. It’s all part of God’s plan if there is one and your prayers (asking for cheats) is not going to have any bearing on what karma has got in store for you.
You will be best off by surrendering your emotional investment that was surely foolish at best.
Hey Kent!
I guess it’ll be awhile before you read this, but I am looking forward to buying a few relics of the soon-to-be-bulldozed Dinosaur Adventure Land. They’ll serve as souvenirs to the memory of a man who conned people with fairytales about God, and then tried to place himself above the law, too. Your honesty truly knows no bounds.
And for the rest of you, it’s about time to ask why all your prayers for this criminal didn’t get answered. Wake up. It’s time to get yourselves unconned. Don’t leave yourselves set up for the next confidence man to make you a mark. THINK.
We will be paying that Judges will be merciful and do what is just and right. We can not wait to hear from you the full story what happened. I fear I country is terribly close to judgement. We also pray true Christians would wake up and take a stand for righteousness. If there is any thing more than prayer we can do to help, please let us all know.
Dear precious brother,
I sit here in tears upon hearing of your sentencing. Never before, have I known someone so zealous for truth and mercy. I count it an honor to have been blessed by your spirit. I don’t understand the hatred being spewed out by the bretheren. “For it was not an enemy that reproached me…neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me.” Ps 55:12-14. We’ve always known the world would despise your light. (Jn.1:5) But in reponse to some of your critics, and speaking to your character, I’ve never known anyone with such a zeal for souls, for helping, for serving, and for loving your Lord above all. Your HUMILTY shines forth with a BOLDNESS that comes only from RIGHTEOUSNESS (Job 36:3-4; Ps 119:100). You stand as an example of what God is truly speaking of when He commands us to contend for the faith (Jude 3). God has always sought after a man to sanctify himself to defy the world and all that embodies evil with sincerity and boldness(Ez 22:30). In your tirades and frustration with the lies being propogated among our youth, I see no hatred or pride, but a man fully surrendered unto God with a deep love for the lost. God bless you, sir. You have inspired me like no other man living. You will always be in my prayers.
Dr. Hovind, I am truly saddened by this new. I’m really at a loss for words and don’t know what to say. I can only hope and pray that God will use this outcome to help you further bring people to Christ in prison. Perhaps that is His reasoning behind this?
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”. – Romans 8:28
I will continue to pray for you and your family always brother. You (and the messages your preached in your seminars) really helped me tremendously as I began my walk with the Lord, and truly helped me become born again. I have no doubt that your message will continue.
If you are still in prison when our Lord returns, than don’t worry, you will have a front row seat to meet him in the air anyways
If he returns after you are released, than all the same brother!
God bless you, God bless your wife and family, God bless your ministry, and God bless those prisoners that you will be preaching to. Amen.
Hello Kent and all the bloggers,
I am sick in my heart to see in the PNJ of your sentence. This definately seems very wrong to me. It’s a defeat to all who strive for freedom. I can hear our founding fathers rolling over in their graves. Those who wrote our constitution are greiving. There have been many like yourself who have been persecuted in much worse ways, but I have never known any of them personally. I have met you on a number of occasions, and have watched your videos a number of times. Of couse I don’t agree with everything you say, but most of what you teach is absolutley true, and your heart for the lost is sincere. You are good for mankind. I would put you on a short list of people who currently live who have positively effected contemporary society the greatest for the good.
It can’t be much of a surprise that you find yourself in the situation you are in. You have rattled more cages than this corrupt world can allow one guy to rattle. [EDITED] …
Kent, you changed my focus in video number five. You were expanding on the corruption as I had seen bits and pieces before my salvation. I thought you were taking me back into that mind set, when you said, “now what should we do?” You encouraged me to get out there and save souls. That was very inspiring. That is what God used you to tell me. God may be using you for a different mission. Keep hearing God is the only advice that I can give you. Lay out the fleeces get His direction, and keep your stubborness for God.
I must say before I close, that some of your opposition on the Blog inspired my username. I chose 1 cor 2:14, b/c these people remind me of that verse. These people need the Holy Spirit really bad. You see, when you are in a foreign country trying to understand what is going on around you, it is very difficult. The jibber jabber of language is meaningless or foolishness. In order for a foreigner to function efficiently in a foreign country he needs to have an interpretor. People who do not have their sins forgiven via the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit as guide, interpretor, councilor, convictor etc see Christianity as foolishness. I challenge you “opposers”. Take a look at yourself. Do you sin? Have you sinned? Have you accepted the only available offer of forgiveness offered by God via His Son? Do you understand the “gospel message” of the Bible? Is the Bible a sleeping pill, or an inspiration. Maybe you should look at your death and what the future holds for you. Depending on what you do with this challenge will allow you to understand the Bible, Christians and Christianity or not. It will also allow you to see the truth of whats going on in the World. Whats with the Israeli’s and Moslems? Whats the Iraqi thing about anyhow. Why is this war so important that we will sacrifice thousands for the cause. Is that part of the world the only place where innocents are oppressed by mean dictators. Why do we focus on the middle east. Why are we not focussed on Darfur or other oppressed societies? Bow the knee to the creator, and allow Him to open the eyes of your understanding. God might even reveal to you what really happended on Christmas eve when Woodrow Wilson was president of the USA. Is the Federal Reserve Bank really federal, or is it a private institution? Are there tax laws requiring taxes on income? Once you understand what is happening and why, then maybe God will give you an assignment to do. God may have my bro Kent rock the Monetary boat. Some may be in the state legislature rocking the education (evolution vs creation )boat. Some maybe teaching kids Sunday school class giving them the true choices between fantasty and fiction. Are you animals are God’s children.
God has a reason and a plan for all of us. We were not all created to do the same thing, However all of us were created to do something for God to bless Him and us both.
Dear Mrs. Hovind,
I can not imagine how heavy your heart is at this moment. But I want you to know that we love you, and your family. We will pray earnestly for the situation at hand, for health, for strength and for God’s guidance. Please don’t feel alone at this time. You have an army of Christians standing behind you and your family and even though hundreds of miles separate us our love and prayers are right there by your side. May the love of God abound with you and your family.
jrob323, you offered to pay Kent Hovind’s unConstitutional income tax.
Were you serious? Would you pay mine too?
Baliset,
You speak like a pharisee, gloating over the trial of Jesus Christ.
Or a Victorian state-church Anglican, gloating over the trial of John Bunyan.
Or a BATF jackboot, [EDITED] … Baliset, you shame Christianity with your lack of discernment, your failure to serve God instead of Caesar.
baliset - Said this at 12:39am:
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For those who have not heard yet, Kent Hovind has been sentenced to 10 years, plus ordered to make restitution for the court costs and the money he stole.
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070119/NEWS01/701190332/1006
For those who *still*, despite all the evidence and testimony, support this disgrace to the Christian faith, you just don’t get it, do you? Kent Hovind has given Christianity a bad name, and now he is paying the price. It’s not a secular conspiracy. It’s the law of the United States in action. Deal with it.
Hello,
Would say you may have missed one of Jeremiah’s main messages.
When Jeremiah was not listened to, and the people threw him into prison, or jail – - (for one reason or another) – - yes, Jeremiah had troubles – - BUT, remember – - the country that tossed him into jail ended up with far WORSE troubles.
All joking aside – - in my opinion, you are in a somewhat safe place, somewhat protected from the coming troubles….
Bert
Mrs. Hovind,
My wife wants to know what she can do for you. Please have CSE call me or her for a list of needs. Please stay close to the Lord, so the influence of those around you do not turn your heart from what is true. She wants to write to you. I hope that is OK with you.
In Him,
James and Veybe Davis
Camano Island, WA
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“14 ¶ And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”
I suggest that all of the Laodiceans here in America WAKE UP! Choose your side. Is it going to be God or Satan. You have the free will to choose your Lord and Kent has made his choice. If your are a Christian, it is time to put off being on the fence. That is what the above verses are about. This is one of my favorite passages from the entire Bible. It has the power to make me weep just about every time that I read it (Rev. 3-20). That verse shows just how much the Lord wants to be in your life, he is always right there at the door to your heart, always there for you.
Christian, again choose your side. I’ve chosen to stand with Kent and the Lord.
He that hath an ear, let him here what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Let us overcome and sit with the father.
Dr. Hovind I submitted this same response to Eric.
I’m extremely saddened by these events. I have long enjoyed the scriptural, knowledgeable, simple and light hearted presentation of Dr. Hovind. I serve as a pastor and our church has been showing the seminar videos for the past month. I just found out last night about the conviction. While I don’t understand all the details it appears the charges shady. CSE is a tremendous assest to the Faith. Our prayers are with the Hovinds and the ministry of CSE.