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Evolution, Democrat Party, Stone Age?
Sent: October 30, 2009
Posted: May 3, 2010

Dear Democrat Spokesman Paul Begala,

A few days ago I happened to catch your comments on CNN and felt the need to write an open letter about my thoughts on what you said.  I hope I have your quote correct or close. The idea is correct, I know.  I believe you said something like, “If you don’t believe in evolution, gravity, photosynthesis or any of the other things Republicans are afraid of, come on over to the Democrat Party.”  You then said that  “The Republicans want to go back to the Dark Ages or all the way back to the Stone Age.”

Although I’m neither a Republican nor a Democrat, my concern is that you would try to include evolution with real observable science like gravity or photosynthesis. The term evolution is confusing and needs defined. There are six different and unrelated meanings, levels, or stages of the word “evolution.” Only one of these words is part of science.

These six definitions  are:
1.    Cosmic Evolution—the origin of time, space, and matter from nothing in the big bang
2.    Chemical Evolution—the origin of all 92 elements from hydrogen
3.    Stellar Evolution—the formation of stars and galaxies from gas clouds
4.    Organic Evolution—the origin of life from non-living chemicals
5.    Macroevolution—the changing of one kind of plant or animal into another kind of plant or animal
6.    Microevolution—changes within the same kind—like wolves, coyotes, and dogs being related to a common ancestor

While everyone would agree that the sixth definition, microevolution, is part of science and can be observed, it is obvious that the first five meanings of the word are not part of real science but rather, are part of a religion. We would all agree that dogs produce a variety of dogs and corn produces a variety of corn types. That is microevolution. Every farmer on planet earth counts on that happening so that he can develop plants or animals that are best suited for his soil or environment. Seeing these variations within the “kind” does not offer evidence that corn and dogs are related. For a plant or animal to produce something other than its “kind” requires a miracle never seen in all of human history.

Anyone is welcome to believe that dogs came from non-dogs long ago and far away if he or she likes—but that is not science. If your use of the word evolution in the above quote is only microevolution, we will all agree. If the Democrat Party’s official position is that all life forms, including man, came from a rock 4.6 billion years ago, it is the Democrats that want to take us back to the Dark Ages and even all the way back to the Stone Age.

If you really welcome in people who believe their great-great-great….grandpa was a rock, which came from a big bang where nothing exploded,… well, it’s no wonder you folks think you can borrow your way out of debt.

I suggest you watch a few minutes of my award winning seminar on www.drdino.com. It’s free, funny, and filled with real science.

Kent Hovind

Written by Kent Hovind
Written: October 29, 2009
Posted: April 27, 2010

Miscellaneous Questions

Dear Bryan,
Thank you for your letter. It was just received by me last night. I’m glad you enjoyed our video series. It is a great blessing to know that God is using our feeble efforts to help others get closer to Him. You asked a lot of questions! I don’t know that I or anyone has an answer to all of them, but I will give you what insight I have. Maybe God will lead you to find the missing info and then share it with me! I will paraphrase your questions.

1. If there was no death before the fall, then why do some fossils show teeth marks?
There is no question that some fossils are found with teeth marks. You are right. There are several things to consider:

A. Just because God told Adam what he was to do obviously does not mean Adam was doing it. He disobeyed God in a perfect world. His fall may have introduced chaos and rebellion into the animal kingdom as well. God told the animals to eat plants (Gen. 1:29-30) but 1600 years later they may have been “filled with violence” just as mankind was.

B. If we assume that it took several months for the flood to kill everything, the slowly rising waters would make the shrinking real estate still above water more valuable. The animals that survived a few months may have been fighting for high ground or desperate for food by then.

C. The fossils with teeth marks may be post-flood. It is rare but fossilization can still occur today. We don’t see it in any great areas like the fossil beds testify to, but it can happen, as the fossil pickle, sack of flour, charcoal briquettes etc. show in the Dinosaur Adventure Land fossil collection. (I think finding pre-fall bones with teeth marks would not be possible; however, finding pre-flood bones with teeth marks may be possible.)

2. How did Adam know what God meant by death if it wasn’t already happening?

A. Adam came pre-programmed straight from the hand of God. His PC was fully loaded with the ability to walk, talk, name all the animals and get married—all on the first day. I don’t see a problem with him understanding God’s “threat” anymore than a child understanding his dad’s threats if they disobey.

B. God may have explained it even further to Adam in their walks in the cool of the day but those chats are not recorded for us in the Word of God.

C. Adam may not have fully understood the extent of the results of his sin just as most people today do not fully understand the coming Judgment Seat of Christ or the Great White Throne Judgment. However, these judgments will take place regardless of our understanding. It is more our job to try to understand what God wants than it is His job to keep telling or explaining. We should ask questions if we don’t understand (James 1:5).

3. If there were no carnivores before the fall wouldn’t the herbivore population get out of control quickly?

The earth today is 3% habitable. God designed it to be inhabited (Isaiah 45:18). The pre-flood world would have had smaller seas, greater fruiting capacity and been mostly livable. It could have handled a population many times what we see today. Even still, your question is valid—eventually they will “fill the earth” as God commanded them (Genesis 1:22, 28).  Since God said part of Eve’s punishment was that He would “greatly multiply” her sorrow and conception (Genesis 3:16), maybe we can conclude that not only would she have pain in childbearing but it could happen more frequently. What if the pre-fall fertility cycle was once every seven years instead of every 28 days? (Most women would love that as well as most men!) Maybe the same applied to the animals?

I read about a study done with deer in captivity. I’m limited in my resources here so can’t cite it for you, but maybe you can find it and send it to me. They had pictures of deer and models of deer all around the enclosure. They also showed movies of deer on screens if I recall. The results were that the deer “thought” it was too crowded so they never went into estrous and did not reproduce. Maybe the earth would have had a natural point at which it was full and this would have happened to all types of animals.

4. How do bacteria and viruses fit in to a perfect world?
The simple answer is that obviously many bacteria serve very useful purposes in things like digestion. If we assume that plants are not “alive” in the Biblical sense (see Seminar Part 7), then bacteria breaking them back down for reuse is just part of the world wide 100% efficient recycling program. Viruses may have come in with the thorns as part of the curse or both may be recessive traits in the original creation waiting for opportunity to be expressed. God knew the future and planned a way to redeem man, so maybe He foreknew the need for viruses. Mushrooms and fungi may also be part of the 100% recycling plan from the beginning. Many are edible and maybe all mushrooms and fungi were originally edible.

Toxic and poison features in plants, animals, and insects may be from the fall or a recessive trait that became dominant after the fall. There could have been a beneficial function as originally created as well. Some venoms are used as medicines in diluted forms today. I met a lady who had cobra venom injected into her neck due to a spinal injury. She said it helped greatly.

5. Why did God create insects? Did the Venus Fly Trap eat them?

Insects serve to pollinate plants world-wide. They also serve as a base for the food chain. I don’t know that I could prove from scripture if insects are “alive” in the biblical classification of things or not. Since God told Noah to bring two of all living things into the ark “in whose nostrils was the breath of life” (Genesis 7:22) and insects don’t have nostrils, maybe they can be considered a “self-replicating, complex food source.” Possibly fish fit into the same category. The “food chain” in some instances is just an efficient recycling plan if they are not alive in the biblical sense. There are scores of great creation web sites. Maybe someone has already researched this issue and given a scriptural answer.

6. Was Adam created “immortal?” Why did God have to keep him from the tree of live so he wouldn’t live forever?

Adam was designed to live forever but that does not mean he did not require such things as air, water, and food. To me, “immortal” implies not capable of dying. I suspect if Adam had not taken in water, air, and food he would not be able to sustain life. I think the definition of terms is the problem here.

Did the tree of life in the garden contain some super nutrients, vitamins, minerals, or oils that would keep him alive forever? I don’t know. We’ll have to watch the video in Heaven to answer that one. He was kept from the tree for some good reason, and the tree as well as the entire garden was destroyed by the flood.

7. What about cats? Is there a cat like ancestor to all cats like tigers, lions, and saber-tooth tigers?

Noah brought two of each “kind” or “sort” into the ark (Genesis 6:20). I know that lions, tigers, and several other large cats have been crossbred into a wide variety of hybrids, most of which are sterile. Maybe there were originally five basic cat kinds, and therefore, Noah had ten “cats” on board. Getting all the cats alive today from ten or even from only two cats, is a very minor accomplishment compared to the evolutionist’s belief that all cats came from a rock! We need to keep this in view at all times when discussing perceived problems or unanswered questions in the creation world-view.

I hope this gives a platform for more research to answer your questions. While there are many things about God’s creation and His Word that I do not understand, these do not bother me nearly as much as the things I do understand! I do understand what He expects of me and don’t always do that! Keep studying and searching for answers but focus more on the bigger picture—use what we do know to win souls (Proverbs 11:30; Daniel 12:3)!

Keep in mind that if you could answer every question some atheists give you, they still would not believe. Some don’t want to believe (II Peter 3) and are a waste of time (Proverbs 14:7). If I had to plant a garden to feed my family for the winter and half my land was good soil and half poor or rocky soil, I would plant the good ground first, then, if I have time, work on the rocky ground. Same with dealing with skeptics, scoffers, and  atheists. Go to those who want to hear first. There are millions of those!

In Christ,

Kent Hovind

Knee-Mail:    “If Ardi Could Talk”
From:    Kent Hovind
Written:    October 27, 2009
To:        Ardi
Subject:    October 12, 2009 Time Magazine Article on Ardi
Posted:    April 19, 2010

KH:    Hey Ardi, I read lots of articles about you in the news over the last month. You’ve made quite a splash on the science scene.

Ardi (AR): I know! It’s pretty silly isn’t it!?

KH:    It’s really silly and would be funny if this stupid evolution theory didn’t have such serious side effects. So who are you really?

AR:    Well, as you can see, I’m less than four feet tall, have big toes that stick out to the side so I can grasp tree branches, have long fingers and have feet that make it possible, but difficult for me to walk on two legs.

KH:    That sounds just like lots of ape-like creatures today.

AR:    Of course it does, because that’s what I am.  God designed me for climbing trees.

KH:    The October 12, 2009 Time magazine article says you are “A Long-Lost Relative of Humans (p. 42).

AR:    That’s ridiculous! Humans have babies all the time and they are always human.  Apes, monkeys and gorillas have babies all the time as well and they are always like their parents. Why would those authors want to believe I’m their great-great grandma?

KH:    I think it’s because they like the freedom from morals that this silly belief brings. If humans are just higher apes, then there are no rules against adultery, lying, etc.  It gives them freedom from God—they think.

AR:    Well that idea is not only silly, it’s dangerous! Anyone with half a brain knows there was a designer for this complex world and all the amazing life forms. The designer also gave rules to make His creation run smoothly. Anyone who disobeys those rules will not only mess up the order of things here but will be in serious trouble when they face the Creator on judgment day!

KH:    They don’t want to admit that there will be a judgment day (II Peter 3:3-7). They are in for a real shock, aren’t they?

AR:    That’s for sure!

KH:    The magazine articles say you are 4.4 million years old. Is this true?

AR:    It’s not polite to ask a woman her age, but that is a real insult to say I’m that old. Not only is it an insult, it is w-a-a-a-y off! I died about 4,400 years ago. I was a teen just about to get married and start my own family.

KH:    How did you die?

AR:    It was terrible! We had heard about this man named Noah building a big boat he called an ark because a flood was coming, but it had never rained, so most other humans thought he was crazy. The people God had made were so wicked! They didn’t care what God’s rules were. They did what they pleased. There was lots of violence, too.

When the ark was done, two of my cousins felt this strange urge to go get on the boat, so they did. Lots of animals went in there, and God shut the door. A few days later, we heard and felt the ground shake like the earth was ripping open! All the animals that were not on the boat began to panic and run around looking for a place to hide. It began to rain terribly hard and water came shooting up out of the ground. It was awful! About forty of us cousins all tried to run to safety, but there was just no place to go. We all drowned together. The last thing I remember is the water and mud getting deeper and deeper over our heads.

KH:    Well, a lot of people spent a lot of time digging up your bones in Ethiopia and hundreds of people have spent thousands of hours studying them.

AR:    Do they get paid for that?

KH:    Oh, yes! Lots of money!

AR:    That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of! What good are my bones? They can’t eat them or build anything out of them.

KH:    You know it is stupid, and I know it is stupid, but they don’t. They only know they must find something to report in the news once in a while to keep people paying them and to keep people believing their dumb theory of evolution.

AR:    Is it working?

KH:    With millions of people, it is working, Ardi, but not with everyone. Over half of the people in my country don’t believe the earth is billions of years old, or that you are our ancestor.

AR:    Good, because I’m not. Try to convince the other half, would you?

KH:    Oh, I try, but they are what the Bible calls “willingly ignorant” (2 Peter 3). They really don’t want to admit there is a God to answer to one day.

AR:    Well, they will answer to Him whether they like it or not (Hebrews 9:27). The people in Noah’s day didn’t think they would be judged by God—but wow! When God had put up with their sins long enough, He destroyed everything really fast! My bones should be used to warn people about God’s judgment—not teach them some stupid theory that we are related to humans! I’m so sorry they are lying about me, but what can I do? I’m dead!

KH:    There are thousands of people like me that will try to spread the truth about you, Ardi. Some will listen, and some will not. We will see the final score judgment day.

AR:    That’s for sure! Keep telling them the truth!

KH:    Oh, I will! Right now my videos do the job, but I hope to be out soon and get back to telling them in person.

AR:    I wish you the best.

kh:    Thanks.

KH:    Hey, Lord? You said that if I would delight myself in You that You would give me the desires of my heart (Psalm 37:4). My desire is that my case be overturned and that I be sent home!

GOD:    I’ve got everything under control, Son. Go walk a few laps. I’ve got your back.

Knee-Mail:    “Who Cares? Why Is the Creation Subject Important?”
From:    Kent Hovind
Sent:    October 7, 2009
Posted: April 12, 2010
To:    Joe Christian
Subject:    Why is the creation topic important?

Joe Christian:    Hey Brother Hovind, you make a big deal out of the earth being only 6,000 years old and the creation story being scientifically accurate. Why does it matter? Just preach salvation.

KH:    Salvation from what?

Joe:    From their sins so they don’t go to Hell and they can go to Heaven.

KH:    How do you know there is a Heaven or Hell and what is sin?

Joe:    The Bible has a lot to say about those topics.

KH:    If I can’t trust the Bible on what it clearly says about creation how can I trust it about other topics?

Joe:    Ahhhh, good question!

KH:    The same Jesus who says He would save people from sin said the creation of Adam was “the beginning” (Mt. 19:4; Mk. 10:6). If He lied about that, how can I trust Him on other topics?

Joe:    Ahhhh, good question!

KH:    Since nearly every other book in the Bible cites Genesis, if the Genesis story is not true doesn’t that cast doubt on anything they say on other topics as well?

Joe:    Ahhhh, good question!

KH:    If Moses lied about the six-day creation and the dates that add up to 6,000 years, how do we know the ten commandments he recorded in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 are from God?

Joe:    Ahhhh, good question!

KH:    Paul says that Adam brought death into the world (Romans 5:12; I Corinthians 15:21). That agrees with Genesis. If Paul lied or was wrong about that topic wouldn’t it make you question all his other writings?

Joe:    Ahhhh, good question!

KH:    Genesis tells us why man wears clothes, why man gets married to one woman for a lifetime, why the world has death and suffering, and why we have a seven-day week. If this story is not from God, why do we do these things?

Joe:    Ahhhh, good question!

KH:    Why did Jesus die on the cross?

Joe:    To save us from our sins.

KH:    If the creation story is not true maybe the idea of sin is not true either. They both come from the same book. If Adam didn’t introduce sin and death into the world then why did Jesus die on the cross?

Joe:    His death would be a waste wouldn’t it?

KH:    Sure would! If the Bible story of beginnings is not true, why would we study it at all and especially believe the part about how it ends? Or the crucifixion? Or God’s love? Or anything else it says?

Joe:    I guess we wouldn’t.

KH:    How do you tell right from wrong? Is murder wrong? Or abortion? Or rape? Or lying? If yes, why?

Joe:    Ahhhh, I see it now! We get our ideas of right and wrong from the Bible which includes the creation story. I guess this topic is important isn’t it?

KH:    It’s the foundation of the Book. The first thing Satan said to Eve was, “Yea, hath God said…?” (Genesis 3:1) His first statement was designed to make Eve doubt God’s clear words. He still does that same thing today. He knows that if he can get people to doubt the creation story they will doubt the entire thing. If it doesn’t keep them from salvation it will keep them from bearing much fruit (John 15:1-10).

Joe:    You are right. My doubts about the creation have caused me to question lots of other thing in the Bible. It also makes me reluctant to witness about my faith to others. I’ve been a Christian for years and have never led a soul to Christ. I bet that doubt plays a big part doesn’t it?

KH:    I think Satan has effectively neutralized millions of believers with his evolution lie. It worked on Eve and it still works today. After Satan made her doubt the words of God, he told her she could be like god. (Genesis 3:5). That’s evolution in a nut shell.

Joe:    I never thought of that before but you are right on.

KH:    When Peter preached to Jews he quoted lots of scripture (Acts 2), but in Acts 17, on Mars Hill, Paul was dealing with heathen who had no knowledge of scripture so he started with creation to lead them to Christ (Acts 17: 23). Some in America have a Bible background and you can witness to them using the Bible, but many are like the Greeks on Mars Hill. They don’t have a Bible background so you must start with creation to win them. Sometimes you have to clear off the old structure and clear the foundation before you can build the new building. Creation is a great means of evangelism in the 21st century. We have found that it works with all ages in all countries of the world. Once people get straight the facts about the creation and the flood, it strengthens their faith in all areas and gives them boldness to share their faith. Soooo, that’s why I make a big deal out of this topic, does that answer your question?

Joe:    Oh yes it does!

KH:    Second Peter 3 says that the scoffers in the last days would be willingly ignorant of the creation and the flood. The Bible devotes a LOT of text to both topics so God must realize it is critical too. We better just read the Word and teach it as written.

Joe:    Thanks!  I need to go. I think I better get studying!

Knee-Mail:    Choice Servants
From:    Kent Hovind
Written:    March 13, 2010
Posted: March 31, 2010
To:    Mrs. Zimanyine
Subject:    Expressing Gratitude to You

Dear Mrs. Zimanyine,

About two months ago, I got your letter. You sent it to encourage me while I’m in prison. The Supreme Court had just declined to hear my case without reason. I was indeed disappointed, discouraged, and disillusioned with our American “Justice System.”

Your letter did more to help me keep going and to look at this from a new perspective than I can ever explain. When I learned that you are the one heading up the massive Hungarian translation project of putting the entire Creation Seminar into Hungarian, not only free of charge, but also donating money to that project, as well as to our “save the property” campaign—all on your meager widow’s income, I was shamed into silence.

I know that your husband spent ten years in Siberian prison camps for just writing Stalin a letter about the Lord! Seeing you keep on serving the Lord even after he died, and seeing your zeal to get the creation materials to your Hungarian people made me weep for shame at my Elijah and Jonah attitude of self pity for my unjust incarceration.

Truly, you are one of God’s choicest servants! You and your husband suffered so much for the Lord, yet, you remain faithful!  I’m humbled and grateful that you would write to encourage me in my prison which is a paradise compared to Stalin’s Gulag in Siberia!  Wow!  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

In my seminar, I point out that Stalin was raised in a Christian school, but read Darwin’s book and became an atheist. So much suffering has come to this earth because of the evolution theory. You have seen much of it in a very personal way. I pray that you will not be weary in well doing, but will continue joyfully serving the Lord until He calls us home. I also pray that people will send you money to help you get the creation series spread all over the Hungarian speaking world. I am even praying that God will provide for them to be televised on Hungarian television stations.

We are filing more papers this week to again try to overturn our case and set me free. Should God miraculously provide this release, I would be honored beyond words to come preach in your country and meet you personally. Thank you for your letter. The Lord used it to encourage me more than you will ever know.

Humbly and Gratefully yours,

Kent Hovind

You can write Mrs. Piros Zimanyine at:
Zimányiné Piros Erzsébet
Budapest, Lajos u. 2/a
1188
nekemazeletkrisztus@t-online.hu

Knee-Mail:    “That the Kingdoms May Know”
From:    Kent Hovind
Sent:    August 18, 2009
Posted: March 19, 2010
To:    Hezekiah
Subject:    God’s Miraculous Intercession
II Kings 18:19 “That the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.”

KH:    Well, Lord, the judge said they can seize the church ministry property and the IRS just gave Eric thirty days to move everything out. I feel like Moses at the Red Sea with no place to go and a very angry and powerful Pharaoh closing in for the kill (Exodus 14:10). We are yours, Lord, and all the ministry and property is dedicated to You. You told Moses to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord (Exodus 14:15). You don’t have another pillar of fire handy do You, Lord? You sent one to keep Pharaoh just barely away from Moses until You opened up the sea.

GOD:    Oh, Son! Lots of My children have had very angry and very powerful enemies come after them. I always deliver them at the last moment unless it is My will to let them be killed or be harmed for a bigger cause (Job, Isaiah 57:1; Daniel 7:21, 25; Revelation 13:7; Acts 7:59; 12:2). Even then, I richly reward My children for their faithfulness when they suffer for Me (Colossians 3:23-24; II Thessalonians 1:5; II Timothy 2:12).  Let’s go talk with King Hezekiah for a minute. He is facing a powerful, ruthless, and cruel enemy that is capable of, and anxious for his complete annihilation (II Kings 19:11)…

Here we are in the temple Solomon built. Hezekiah is over there praying over a letter he just got from his enemy, Rabshakeh, general of the Assyrian Army. Listen to his prayer and then talk with him, Son.

Hez.:    O, Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open Lord, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O Lord, our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only. (II Kings 19:15-19)

KH:    Excuse me, king.  You look pretty stressed out. What is going on here?

Hez:    Oh, it’s a long story.

KH:    I’d love to hear it.

Hez:    We could go way back, but let’s just start with my dad. He was King Ahaz (II Kings 16; II Chronicles 28). He was wicked. He even offered my baby brother up as a sacrifice to a false god (II Kings 16:3).

KH:    Ancient forms of abortion!

Hez:    Of what?

KH:    Never mind. People in my country do basically the same thing as your father if they don’t want their child.

Hez:    That’s awful! Anyway, my dad was attacked by the Syrians; so, rather than call on the Lord for help, he called on the Assyrians (II Kings 16:7). He robbed the gold and silver from the temple to pay them for their help (II Kings 16:8), and copied the heathen alter (II Kings 16:11-18). My dad made God pretty angry. My grandpa Jotham tried to follow the Lord (II Kings 15:34) but dad didn’t. I chose to follow grandpa’s example. We were doing well trying to serve the Lord (II Kings 18:6). Then the Assyrians came to attack us (II Kings 18:13) and I did the same thing my dad had done. I gave the enemy the silver from the Lord’s house (II Kings 18:15). That didn’t satisfy them; so, they are camped outside the walls now, demanding that we surrender and let them move us off our land to where they want us to go (II Kings 18:32). Their general, Rabshakeh, just sent this letter a few minutes ago (II Kings 19:14). I brought it here to pray about it. The prophet Isaiah already told us that God promised to protect us and to not be afraid (II Kings 19:6), but it is sure hard to do! Have you seen the size of that army out there!?

KH:    It’s huge alright! And mean looking!

Hez:    The Assyrians are famous for being cruel and heartless. They are famous liars, too. They make lots of promises to get people to surrender and then don’t keep them.

KH:    Didn’t Jonah preach there years ago, and they had a great revival?

Hez:    Yes, but it didn’t last. They are back to their old heathen ways and worse.

KH:    So what are you going to do?

Hez:    Well, we made all the preparations we could make for this battle (II Chronicales 32:2-7) and all began praying for God to intervene. That’s what I’m doing here now. We are God’s people and He can do with us as He pleases. He may protect us and He may not.

KH:    Sort of like the three boys in the furnace in Daniel 3.

Hez:    Who?

KH:    My bad. They won’t be born for a few hundred years.

Hez:    I don’t think this general will wait that long!

KH:    Hang on to your integrity, Hezekiah. God knows everything and can stop anyone if He wills it.

Hez:    That’s all we can do now is cry out to the Lord. Excuse me, Kent, the prophet Isaiah is coming to see me to give me a word from the Lord.

KH:    OK, Hez. Thanks for talking with me.

KH:    Lord, I can read how you protected them that night. How is mine going to turn out?

GOD:    Do you trust Me to do what is best, Son?

KH:    Yes, but I’d still like an answer. …Lord?  Lord!  HEY LORD!…

Luke 2:52 Annual Check-Up

Written:  January 6, 2010

Dear Friends,

About forty years ago, I began a habit that I recommend to everyone.  I was a new Christian in the youth group at Bethel Baptist Church in Pekin, Illinois.  It was an on-fire, soul winning, independent, temperamental, fundamental, right wing, chicken-eatin’ Baptist Church. (Whew!) After being raised Lutheran, Mennonite, and Methodist, it was a great place for me, as a sixteen-year-old, to grow in my new relationship with Christ.  I had accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior February 9, 1969.

One of the many great lessons taught by the teen Sunday school teacher, Virgil Hartsock, was on Luke 2:52. It changed my life forever! Brother Hartsock explained that Jesus, as a boy about to enter His teen years, grew in four different areas of life. He drew a series of concentric circles like tree rings on the board and drew a large plus sign to separate the rings into equal quarters like a pie graph. He read the verse and explained that Jesus “increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” He said, “You just can’t get a better example to follow than Jesus himself. Just as He grew in all four areas of life, you should too. Set some goals in each area and develop a system of checking to see how you are doing in each area.”

He labeled the areas Mental (wisdom), Physical (stature), Spiritual (favor with God), and Social (favor with man). He said a healthy tree grows evenly in each section each year. Some people get way out of balance in one area. Some are so dedicated to learning and growing mentally that they neglect their body or spirit or friends. “Keep a balance,” he said.

So, every year between Christmas and my January 15 birthday, I do a self-check in each area. At fifty-seven (next week), here is my annual report.

1.     Mental Area – Pretty good. In the past year, I have read over one hundred books in a wide range of subjects plus 65% of the encyclopedia set in the library. I’ve read and studied much on the Civil War, WWII, American Indians, Shackelford’s failed expedition to the South Pole, the transcontinental railroad, early explorers of the seas, Pilgrims and early American settlers and numerous books about the creation/evolutionism conflict. I love history! I still maintain a good sense of humor and love Far Side and Darwin Awards! I have tutored several men in Trigonometry, Geometry and Algebra. I still have a hard time with spelling.  Vice President Dan Quail couldn’t spell “potatoe” so I guess I’m in good company. My curiosity and desire to learn has not dimmed in any way that I can detect. I’ve also read extensively in the field of Biology and Earth Science. Walt Brown’s new 8th edition of “In The Beginning” is awesome!  www.drdino.com.

2.    Physical Area – Not bad for fifty-seven.  I can still do five chin-ups (used to do thirty in high school☹), run 1/4 mile without stopping, do yoga, do quite a few sit-ups and push-ups and jump rope 130 times in one minute. I eat pretty well, sleep like a rock, and don’t recall the last time I was sick. My back hurts every day from several serious car accidents over thirty years ago. They finally gave me an x-ray here and discovered that I had broken my back at T-6 years ago! I knew that car hit me hard while I was stopped!  See Jo! It’s not just a trick when I say I need you to rub my back!☺

I was active in softball all summer and can still hit it over the fence—barely! I dislocated my wrist and elbow sliding into second base on August 9, 2009. The BOP will give me medical help after about six months; so I re-set it myself.  By the way, I was safe at second, drove in two runs, and tied the game; so, that ought to be worth something! The BOP promises me an MRI sometime in the future.  If they ever get to it, I predict it will show torn ligaments around the hamate, lunate, pisiform and ulna head. It is 90% healed and should feel better when it quits hurting. I weigh 198 pounds and probably should lose ten pounds.

3.    Spiritual – I still love to read and study God’s Word!  My easy job here gives me lots of time to do just that. I love researching various Bible characters for my weekly “Dear God Knee-Mail” letters posted on www.cseblogs.com. I have well over 150 more Knee-Mails started on a wide range of subjects. I get ideas LOTS faster than I can complete them. If God wants me to finish everything before I die, I will live to be 700! I have Bible study in my room every night with several of the men. God has let me lead several men to Him. I see about ten of them in the church services and help them grow in the Lord. I taught an eight-week class on creation, and if I’m still here in March (hopefully not!), I will teach in the weekly Bible study a nine-week series on comparative religions.

I’ve taken about a dozen courses toward a Doctorate in Biblical Ministries this year, and have read extensively on the end times issues. While still very hopeful for a pre-trib rapture any day, I have become less and less convinced that this is the clear teaching of God’s Word. It would be wise to prepare for the worst, and be excited if it doesn’t happen (Proverbs 22:3)!

I love Psalms 4:4 and feel like I’m closer to the Lord than I’ve ever been. He walks with me and talks with me…  I see now a small part of why Richard Wurmbrandt, coming out of fourteen years in horrible communist prisons in Romania said he never felt closer to God than when he was in prison and it was a let-down spiritually when he was released. Scores of the books I’ve read on various Bible related topics have changed me forever! The Bible study time for the Knee-Mails has been one of the best ways to study God’s Word that I’ve seen in my forty years in God’s family. I love it! There is an endless supply of material in that book!

4.    Social (Favor with Man) – God has blessed me with friends all over the world! I get more letters every week than any other man in the prison camp. I used nearly two hundred stamps in one week last month! Many of the letters of support I get cause me to cry! I see s-o-o-o-o-o many men in prison that get no mail, no visits, and have nobody sending them money for commissary. It almost makes me feel ashamed. God has been so good to me! It would be an awful thing to feel that no man cared for my soul (Psalm 142:4). I have close relations with all my family. My children and grandchildren still love me, write me, and visit me. Lots of men here don’t have that. I get to call my wife of thirty-six and a half years almost every day! This warden will not let her visit, so please pray about that. I haven’t seen her in over two years!☹

I make new friends with nearly all the incoming inmates. I have a little ministry of giving the new guys a tour and helping take away some of the fear and emotional trauma that comes with going to prison. I also make my world-famous (well…prison camp-famous) book markers for each of the new men and their children. If you don’t have one, please send me a list of names of your family members, and I will be honored to make them one. They double as a great little gospel tract and reminder to always look at life God’s way—l-o-o-o-o-n-g term!

Truly God has blessed me in the social area. I suggest you read Proverbs 18:24 in the KJV, and then see how the new versions have messed that one up! If you can tell a lot about a man by his enemies, I’m in great shape! Even though I’ve been locked up three years and two months, there are still lots of anti-Hovind Web Sites by atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and idiots. I love pushing their buttons (in Christian love), to attempt to get them to see how utterly stupid their evolution religion is! Anyone who believes that their great-great-great-great-…grandpa was a rock needs help! Even though they hate me, I’m here for them and am always willing to be their friend.

So, that’s how I’m doing for this year’s check-up. We are still fighting our case, and will continue until we win. The ministry continues under the able leadership of my son Eric and the fantastic CSE team. The government remains poised to seize and sell the ministry property.  Eric and his Board of Directors continue to await the price tags set by the government on the properties in order to prayerfully consider what can be purchased, since the government changed their original proposal to settle all property titles as clear from $380,000 to “the government’s appraised value for each property.”  In spite of this battle, the work of spreading the gospel via the creation message continues, as Eric does creation seminars, and the CSE team produces new material.

All things considered, God is good!!! He has allowed me to make it another year with good growth in all four areas. I pray that this next year will be even better.  Do your Luke 2:52 Annual Check-Up, and see how your growth rings look!

Serve God!  He’s coming soon!

Kent

Open Letter to: Rush Limbaugh
From:    Kent Hovind
Sent:    May 7, 2009
Posted:  March 8, 2010

Dear Rush,

Mega-dittos from a long time listener! I enjoyed your program from May 6, 2009, as I do most of them, but… I have a suggestion to help eliminate the confusion caused by the likes of Chris Matthews.  You played some sound bites of him in the third hour at about 2:10 EST. The issues were creation vs. evolution and C02 emissions.

First, as a fifteen-year veteran high school biology teacher, with an extra dose of Midwest common sense, I can tell you that plants thrive on extra C02. Greenhouses often add C02 to increase plant growth and fruiting capacity.  The more C02 we pump into the atmosphere, the faster all plants in the surrounding area will grow and absorb it.  I don’t think it is possible for man to upset the balance. Capturing C02 and pumping it into the ground as is currently planned will result in diminished plant growth and less crop yield. Numerous experiments have shown that increasing C02 by 50% from the normal .06% to .09% will typically give a 200% increase in fruit produced. Please, please, please keep driving that SUV to help save the planet!

Second, I loved your comment, “I’m not against science. I’m against lies.” I agree. For twenty years, I have been traveling full-time speaking on creation vs evolutionism. (By the way, the “ism” goes on evolutionism not creation!☺☺ One subtle trick of “the left” is to not clearly define terms used in the debate. You have covered this well on many topics, but you seem to have missed it on the evolution topic.

There are six different and unrelated meanings of evolution, only the last of which is really part of science. The first five are never observed and are part of the religion of humanism—which you often refer to as liberalism. These first five only take place in the imagination. The definitions  are:
1.    Cosmic Evolution—the origin of time, space, and matter from nothing in the big bang
2.    Chemical Evolution—the origin of all ninety-two  elements from hydrogen
3.    Stellar Evolution—the formation of stars and galaxies from gas clouds
4.    Organic Evolution—the origin of life from non-living chemicals
5.    Macroevolution—the changing of one kind of plant or animal into another kind of plant or animal—slowly (or quickly if you are from Harvard)
6.    Microevolution—changes within the same kind—like wolves, coyotes, and dogs being related to a common ancestor

Having debated over one hundred evolutionists and atheists at universities all over America, and having spoken on this topic over seven hundred times each year for twenty years, I can assure you that once the word “evolution” is clearly defined like this, the argument is over for the evolutionist. Watch some of the videos of these debates on www.drdino.com and you will see for yourself.

Evolutionists will give scores of examples of micro-evolution (#6) and then lead students or congressmen to believe that this evidence magically proves the first five as well. It is a classic example of bait and switch. Next time someone asks if you believe in evolution, ask them what they mean by that word. They will say “Things change.” You should say, “I believe that things change too, but the changes have limits.”

Besides not defining the term, evolutionists are great at using long-disproved “evidences” for evolution. It’s no surprise that they lie! I cover fifty of these lies in my Creation Seminar Series, Part 4—“Lies in the Textbooks.” See www.drdino.com for more information. Our ministry in Pensacola would be glad to donate a set if you or your staff are interested. We have produced about two million of them in twenty-five languages. We have always allowed people to copy them freely, so there is no telling how many are actually in circulation.

Chris Matthews said that conservatives “don’t accept science.” Nothing could be further from the truth. I, for one, love science and the thousands of advancements it has brought us. The problem is that they want to include evolution as part of science. Beer is often sold at football games. Beer has nothing to do with football and beer does not make the players better athletes. If someone said, “I don’t like beer,” would it be logical to respond, “Oh, you don’t like sports?” It is true that evolution is often included in science books, but that does not make it scientific by association.

On your show you said, “Evolution does not explain creation.” I agree, but you need to better define the terms. Micro-evolution happens and does explain how animals can adapt to a wide range of climates. They are still the same kind of animal though. Every farmer on planet earth uses micro-evolution to get crops or animals that are best suited for his area, but he also counts on the first five types of evolution not happening! When he plants corn, he expects and gets corn. I’m from central Illinois where they have a good work ethic and know a lot about corn!

Next time, don’t let Chris Matthews or other liberals get by with not defining their terms. Dogs and wolves probably have a common ancestor. That is not evidence that dogs and bananas are related. He is welcome to believe that they are related, but that is part of his religion—not science! He should not expect all taxpayers to pay for his religion to be promoted in schools, parks, or museums.

The issue is bigger than “conservative” vs “liberal.” The real issue goes back to the question, “Is there a Creator?” If there is a God, then He decides what is right and wrong. If there is no God, then man decides what is right and wrong—humanism. Scores of issues like abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, genetically modified foods, stem cell research, big versus small government, as well as other moral issues, cannot be decided until it is first decided how we decide! Evolutionists have no set standard to measure truth. I have often asked atheists, “If evolution is true, how do you tell right from wrong?” They can never answer. One told me, “There are no absolutes!” I said, “Are you absolutely sure?” That’s why talking with them is frustrating. It’s like trying to nail Jello to the wall!

In my seminar, I also point out the connection between evolution and communism, socialism, Nazism, racism, and the New World Order. It appears that this material put me on a hit list. So, in typical liberal style, where your enemies are eliminated rather than answered, I was dragged into a long and frustrating battle with the IRS. I lost round one and am currently in prison fighting through the appeals process to have all charges overturned. Details of the case are on www.drdino.com if you are interested.

Keep up the great work!

Dr. Kent Hovind
Creation Science Evangelism
29 Cummings Road
Pensacola, FL 32503
850-479-3466
www.drdino.com

Knee-Mail:  “Taking An Oath In Order To Lie”
From:         Kent Hovind
Sent:         October 2, 2009
To:            Soloman
Subject:     Kol Nidrei (Maariv) Prayer
Posted:      March 1, 2010

KH:    Hey Lord? I don’t understand how our politicians and judges can take an oath to defend the Constitution and then ignore it or try to destroy it. Doesn’t it bother their conscience?

God:    Son, I take oaths and vows very seriously (Leviticus 19:12; Deuteronomy 23:23; Psalm 66: 13-14; Matthew 5:33). Most people do as well but some have deceived themselves into justifying their oath breaking (Judges. 17:6; 21:25). They think they have fooled Me as well. Let’s go for a walk to visit Solomon and then a religious celebration that many millions took part in earlier this week. …

KH:    Wow! This place is beautiful! Where are we Lord?

God:    Solomon’s stables. Go talk with Solomon, Son.

KH:    Ok Lord… Excuse me King Solomon. Your stables are fancier than most houses I’ve ever seen. Can you tell me a little about them?

Solomon (SO):   Sure. I take great pride in my horses and chariots. I get thousands     of them from Egypt (I Kings 10:28). I have 40,000 stalls for my horses and 4,000 more stalls for horses and chariots (I Kings 4:26; II Chronicles 9:25). *We have ten horses per chariot. We also have ten men per chariot (II Samuel 10:18; I Chronicles 19:18). They swap out during the battles so they don’t get too tired.

KH:    But isn’t it part of your vow as a king to follow God’s Word? He said clearly that the king was not to multiply horses or cause the people to go to Egypt to get horses (Deuteronomy 17:16).

SO:    Well, that’s one of those vows we sort of work around. National defense is top priority for me and these chariots are a great deterrent to our enemies. Plus, all my wives like to ride in them.

KH:    All your wives? Didn’t God also order the king not to multiply wives to himself (Deuteronomy 17:17)?

SO:    That’s another one we have to work around (I Kings 11:3). I figure since God gave me wisdom (I Kings 3: 9-13) I’m sort of above the rules.

KH:    Didn’t God say the blessings would only last IF you walked in His ways and kept His statutes and commandments? (I Kings 11:4)

SO:    Yes, but nothing has happened yet, (Ecclesiastes 8:11), so I’ll be fine.

KH:    I don’t know. I suspect God had a reason for His rules and these wives will turn you away from the Lord (I Kings 3:14) .

SO:    I’ll be fine. I’m happy the way things are. (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25). I’m not really open to discussion about it.

KH:    Ok. It’s your life. I’ll see you later at the judgment and we’ll see (Hebrews 9:27).

God:    One more stop, Son…

KH:    Wow! I love the singing and dancing here! It’s all in Hebrew though Lord. What are they saying?

God:    Go ask the rabbi, Son (Matthew 23: 7-8).

KH:    Ok Lord… Excuse me, sir. I don’t speak Hebrew but you folks sure seem to be excited and zealous about what you’re singing! What’s going on here?

Rabbi (RA):  Oh, we’re excited all right! This is the first night of Yom Kippur. Many     millions all over the world celebrate this time. Tonight we are all reciting the Kol Nidrei (Maariv) prayer. It is the first basic level of the five levels of our soul. The Kol Nidrei chant inspires emotional ecstasy as we recite it three times to this soul stirring melody. Everyone really gets excited as they pray and dance!

KH:    I can see that! What does the prayer say?

RA:    It basically says that we are entering into an agreement with God that any oath, vow or pledge we take for the next twelve months shall be null, void, extinct, naught, and non-existent.

KH:    Wow! Sort of like advance permission to lie?

RA:    We don’t like to be that blunt but, yes, that’s what it amounts to.

KH:    Is this how politicians, judges and even people on the witness stand can lie or not keep their oath to defend the Constitution and still sleep at night?

RA:    Exactly! The oath is meaningless because of the Kol Nidrei prayer. It only lasts twelve months though. We have to do it again each year about this time.

KH:    That’s sounds like what the Pharisees and scribes did in Mark 7:11. They could break the law and still feel justified before God. The Catholics sold indulgences for years to their people. It was also advance permission to sin. Lots of other religions and secret societies have similar loopholes so they can break God’s clear commands and still feel justified before God. Are you sure it will work when you stand before God?

RA:    Of course! The Talmud says, “Don’t forget. Whenever you take an oath, vow, or pledge, remember the Kol Nidrei prayer that you recited on the day of Atonement, and that exempts you from fulfilling that.”

KH:    But the Talmud is just a commentary. I’ve read God’s Word many times and He never authorized any prayer like that! What about God’s Word that says we must keep our vows (Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 12:11; 23:18; 21-22; Psalm 76:11; Ecclesiastes 5:4)?

RA:    We take our cue from Solomon. He broke his vows to God, so it’s OK.

KH:    Have you seen how Solomon turned out?

RA:    Yes, but we are different. We’re happy the way things are. Just leave us alone. (Mark 5:17). We are not open to discussion about it.

KH:    OK, it’s your life. I’ll see you judgment day and God will sort it all out.

God:    I sure will, Son. I sure will. (Matthew 12:36) They have fooled themselves into thinking they have power to forgive their own sin. They think they are God! (Genesis 3:5) Does that answer your question about how they can lie and still sleep?

KH:    Yes, Lord, I understand, but I am still shocked that they could be so blind!

God:    People have always justified their sin (Judges 21:25; Proverbs 16:2). Adam started the habit. He blamed Eve and even Me for his sin (Genesis 3:12). I’m not fooled by any of it Son. I keep careful records. I’ll be the final Judge very soon! Don’t follow their example Son. They may have salved their conscious for now but it won’t work in the end. Go walk a few laps. I’ve got your back.

*See Seminar Part 7 about supposed contradictions in the Bible and why you need a KJV Bible.

Knee-Mail: “Zenas, the Lawyer”
From:    Kent Hovind
Sent:    December 7, 2009
To:    Zenas
Subject:    Purpose in Suffering
Posted: February 11, 2010
First Read: Titus 3:13 - “Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.”

KH:    Hey, Lord? I noticed that You don’t have a lot of good to say about lawyers (Matthew 22:35; Luke 7:30; 10:25; 11:45-52; 14:3). I admit that I love lawyer jokes. Did You hear the one…

GOD:    Yes, Son. I’ve heard them all. The problem is that the lawyers don’t think they are funny and the people don’t think they are jokes.

KH:    I see. Are there some lawyers that love You more than money?

GOD:    A few, Son.  Let’s go meet Zenas. I know you will like him. …That’s him, Son. He’s helping Titus and Apollos load all their supplies on that ship. Go talk with him, Son.

KH:    OK, Lord.

KH:    Excuse me, sir. Are you Zenas?

ZE:    Yes, I am, and this is Titus and Apollos. How can I help you?

KH:    Well, I’m visiting from a far country. I was told that you love the Lord.

ZE:    Wow! That’s a good reputation (Proverbs 22:1) that I’d be proud to have! Yes, I’m a lawyer and I love the Lord with all my heart. Apollos here is a brilliant Bible scholar and a gifted speaker (Acts 18:24) and Titus is the pastor at our church on Crete (Titus 1:5).

KH:    It’s an honor to meet you all. Where are you headed?

ZE:    We are headed to Nicopolas, a coastal city in Macedonia.

KH:    Wow! That’s 400 miles away! Why are you going way up there?

ZE:    Well, the great apostle Paul wrote Titus and asked for all three of us to come (Titus 3:13). It must be important because he said to spare no expense. I suspect he needs legal advice. He seems to stir people up everywhere he goes. All he does is preach the truth. This seems to make the heathen and the civil authorities hate him and give him a hard time. It started shortly after he got saved (Acts 9:20, 23, 29) and got worse from there (Acts 13:9; 13:45, 50; 14:2, 19; 16:20-23; 17:5, 13, 32; 18:6, 12; 19:9, 26; 20:3; 21:21, 27; 22:22; 23:2, 13; 25:1, 6; 28:30). Just about every place he went, he was arrested or beaten or threatened. The Jews in Jerusalem really hated him! They had lots of false charges against him and he fought them all the way through the system to Caesar. After a two-year wait to see Caesar (Acts 28:30), he finally won. So now he’s out of prison and preaching in Nicopolas. All told, it took him three years!

KH:    I know how slow the legal system is! Some things never change. Even with computers it’s no faster.

ZE:    What’s a computer?

KH:    Never mind. That would take a long time to explain! So, why would he need all three of you?

ZE:    Well, Apollos speaks Italian and knows the laws and customs of Italy (Acts 18:2) and Titus is Paul’s son in the faith (Titus 1:4), so he must want us to help him set up churches in Greece or Italy that the government will not bother. Paul wants all believers to try to live peaceably with all men (Romans 12:18).

KH:    If he’s had all those run-ins with the civil authorities that you mentioned earlier, it sounds like it’s not working very well.

ZE:    Oh, he’s had plenty of run-ins, but he never asks for it. He’s been beaten many times and in prison several times (2 Corinthians 11:23-26). He’s getting up in years and wants to finish his race to get as many souls saved as possible (2 Timothy 4:7). It seems that Satan wants to hinder that outreach any way he can (1 Corinthians 9:12).

KH:    Does going to prison hinder his outreach?

ZE:    Not much. It motivates others to take up his ministry and now there are hundreds of mini-Pauls whom he has inspired that are out preaching. Plus, he writes a lot while he’s locked up. I think his letters will reach as many people as his sermons.

KH:    They will reach more people than you could even dream about Zenas! So, how much do you charge Paul for your legal services?

ZE:    I never charge a man of God who is trying to win souls. God provides for me just fine as long as I try to put Him first (Matthew 6:33). Paul gives me what he can as a love offering.

KH:    That’s what we’ve done in our ministry for twenty years as well. Hey, when you get done helping Paul in Nicopolis, stop by Pensacola, Florida would you? I could use some godly advice on my case.

ZE:    Sure. Where is Florida?

KH:    Never mind. I’m sure God has more lawyers like you that love Him. Have a good trip guys.

ZE:    Thanks. I pray you win your case soon, but while you are locked up, use Paul as your example.

KH:    Thanks, I will.

GOD:    Let’s go home, Son.   …How did you like Zenas?

KH:    He was great, Lord! Send one like that for me, would You please? Or, better yet, You be my advocate and plead my case (Psalm 35:1). I hear You never lose a case.

GOD:    I’ve got it under control, Son. Go sing in the choir. I’ve got your back.