Ken Ham- Dinosaurs, Genesis & the Gospel by Rebekah Walton

This is a summary, not a review of what Ken Ham in his speech called:Dinosaurs, Genesis & the Gospel at the Chec conference. He usually does this speech for kids, although this one was slightly edited from his kids speech, less audience interaction.


There are seven ages of dinosaurs and they are:
Formed
Fearless
Fallen
Flood
Faded
Found -AD 1800 to present
Fiction  -now

The history of dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were created on Day 6- because the large land animals were created on Day 6. The term Dinosaur only refers to the land animals, flying and water ones are not dinosaurs. So, there are no such thing as flying dinosaurs or water dinosaurs. Dinosaurs lived with Adam and Eve. We were created on Day 6 but we were created differently then animals. The average size a dinosaur was the size of a sheep. Elephants are bigger than the T-Rex was. If someone says the dinosaurs were formed billions of years ago or the big bang happened billions of years ago and that is how the earth came about, ask them this question: Where you there? (very politely and in a kind way, of course.)

 Bible Verses that mention these dinosaurs and the flying kind and water types: Isaiah 30:6, Job 40: 1, 19, 20, 21, and Job 40: 15-19.

People  and animals use to be Vegetarians according to Genesis 1: 29-30. But in Genesis 9:3- God gives us all things to eat. Which means we can eat a hotdog because a hotdog is all things.


 If an animal has sharp teeth that does not mean the animal eats meat it just means they have sharp teeth. There are many examples of this including Panda Bears, Fruit Bats and Gorillas. They all have sharp teeth but they do not eat meat.


Noah's Ark was a real boat that Noah built. The ark had more than enough room for all the animals and was not like a giant bathtub. Noah did not have to get all the varities of animals on the ark, he just had to get all the families of animals on the ark because all the varities come from particular family animal groups. There is one family of dogs. There are only about a thousand kinds of animals, only a thousand family groups. So, Noah had to only take about 2 to 3 thousand animals on the ark. There are 50 kinds of dinosaurs, or families of dinosaurs.


Noah's ark is also a picture of Jesus. Jesus is the doorway and God closed the door to the ark.

Also since there was a world wide flood you would expect to see: Billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth.

Now to the answer you were all waiting for. What happened to the dinosaurs? They died.

Could the dinosaurs not be extinct we just haven't found them yet? It is possible the plants Wollemi Pines which everyone thought was extinct and was found in fossils with dinosaurs was found not to be extinct.


Here is the basic summary of his speech.

Bill Ward-Family Discipline by Rebekah Walton

This is not a review on his speech that was made at the CHEC conference called Family Discipline: The Greatest Commandment, but more of an overview of what he said. If I am able to later I will put up a posts that includes all the speeches I taped. There will be links to the audio. 

The notes for this speech is attached below: Go to the link and download them.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a9i4cgkdu5gj7u0/BlF1G8kCC_
You should either print the notes or zoom in to read them.

Kevin Swanson-Making a Man by Rebekah Walton

This is not a review on his speech called making a man but more of an overview of what he said. If I am able to later I will put up a posts that includes all the speeches I taped. There will be links to the audio. But for now here is what he basically said.


Young men are able to escape easily nowadays from doing hard work. They checking out of life. We have a problem on our hands. Why do homeschooling moms come home so they can prepare their daughters to leave the home? The answer is: To meet a man and most men / boys  won't leave home till 30. A lot of men are not grown up by 30.
There are three main things we need our men/boys to be or have:

1. Faith-Begin this way
2. Material providers for the home.
3. Spiritual leaders

The non accountability age in the USA is from 15-25 for men.

We have to do something with boys so that non accountability is no longer from 15-25. These Bible verses give us a vision of what men are suppose to be like: 2 Samuel 23:15-Picture of strength-These men were resilient. The Bible also gives us a vision of Faith. 1 Timothy 2:5. Faith is the way we live. Do not do anything without Faith.

We are also told that men are suppose to have Ruling power or Dominion. Genesis 1. God wants our boys to be raised up for Dominion. The job they are suppose to have. Train your boys to work-have them work as a child. Make sure they work at times with their dad.



 If you expect your boys to not work for 18 years and then get a job after that you are expecting too much. They need to have a job now, so that it will be a lifestyle for them. Books, Work, and Worship are needed everyday. Work is so important. Our boys desperately need accountability. They need to be humble and willing to do any kind of work. What we have been doing for the last 5 generations has not worked so do not do it.


In order to be spiritual leaders men need to be engaged in worship everyday. God wants them to work, worship and be spiritual leaders. Husbands need to be the ones answering their wives questions about the truth. You need to start them learning the Bible when they are really young. 1 Corinthians-Sacrifical leaders for their wives and kids. Do not send them off to their own apartment to pay for their own needs, because this will teach them to be selfish, and to only care about themselves. Men need to spend more time with their sons. Investing in nurturing faith and character into our men. Teach your sons what is in the proverbs. Do not forget Mentorship, they need a lot of that when they go off on their own.

Homeschool Conference in Colorado (CHEC Conference) by Rebekah Walton

Our family went to the Homeschool Conference this year in Colorado. (Yes, if you didn't know already, I was homeschooled. Now, I go to college.) They had a great many cool workshops and our family went to some of the most interesting ones. The next few posts I will describe what the workshops I went to discuss.

Some of the teachers of the workshops that you will hear about in the next posts are: Ken Ham ( a lot of Ken Ham), Marsha Washburn, Vicki Lewis, Dianne Craft, STOA Colorado, Classical Conversations, Mrs. Bradley, Mr. Kevin Swanson, and Mr. Bill Ward. Some of these I have notes for, some I do not. The notes if I have them will be included in the post, in case you want those. Also, some of those workshops were recorded and I will leave a link in the post.