Aug. 13, 2010
Here are a few quotes from students and individuals we have met along the way:
This one is from a High School Junior who attended the youth camp in Omaha, NE.: I would like to say thank you. I may not look like it or act like it but I’m always thinking scientifically which, thanks to the school system, have started to believe in the Theory of Evolution. But thanks to you (Pete) and Rick I have come back to believing that God is the creator of all things.
This same student later wrote and said he is sharing the new found info from Rick’s and Pete’s lectures with his friends at school and in his Sunday school class, and wants to continue his studies so he can go out like Rick and Pete are to share with more people that God’s Word is true from Genesis 1:1 to the end of Revelation.
Another couple said they gave Rick’s DVD to their neighbor whose husband is an atheist. He has been listening with great interest and wants more information.
This coming week Rick and Pete will speak at Horizon Christian Fellowship and their Christian School (6th grade-High School age) and Bible College and people in the Indianapolis area.
As you may have heard on the news, 27 of the states have given up their rights to the school curriculum and ratified the National standards for their curriculum and 12 other states have said they will ratify soon. Only two states (TX, and VA) have said they will not. This is one of the most significant moves made since our nation’s beginning as the states have never given up their rights before. It has to do with the need for federal funds to keep the schools open. Rick has been talking about the National Science standards in his lectures since they were written in 1999, but no one seemed to think this could possibly happen, but it has.
Thank you for your friendship, prayers and support. Things seem to be moving rapidly, but the Lord is truly opening hearts as we “go.”
August 13th, 2010
I want to let you know what the Lord is doing in our lives, and ask you to pray specifically for Rick’s back and Right knee. They are currently causing him pain and at night it becomes more excruciating, barring us from sleep. Rick lectures to 200+ students tomorrow and Friday evenings. The Lord has opened this door of opportunity again this year, last summer as he spoke in Wilsey, KA and many were saved, while others were encouraged in their faith and have decided to agree with God’s Word from Gen. 1:1 to the end of revelations. And as God says in Amos 3:3, “Can two walk together unless they be agreed?” We heard yesterday that many who heard Rick speak last year took Rick’s DVD’s and have been sharing them all over, so God is multiplying our work with Confound the Wise Ministries as He did with the loaves and fish, and you, dear friend, are very much a part of this work as you have given support and prayers through the years.
Here is a sampling of how God has been working mightily in and through us along the way:
While traveling through KY on the way to Wofford where Rick has his roots and family that still lives there, we got a call from a pastor before we passed through Louisville. Long story short he and his wife met us for lunch. Both he and his wife were surprised that Rick would bother with such a small church that can’t afford to pay us. When we shared that this is at the heart of our ministry and that we do not have a fee, simply a love offering would do, because we want the message God has given Rick to be available to all who will come, not just at the churches that can afford to have a big conference. They were amazed and the pastor invited Rick to speak the next night, Thursday, (“just a handful usually show up.”) and on Sunday, saying they have a congregation of 50-60. The pastor sent out an e-mail to his congregation (50 showed up on Thurs.evening). Thursday morning he got a call from one in his fellowship who said she was once married to Rick’s brother. The pastor called Rick, and Rick wasn’t surprised, but blessed, because God had been preparing his heart for this reunion. She had been going to this church in Louisville for about 5 years and recently had been praying and seeking counseling with the pastor’s wife for forgiveness and reconciliation. Rick called her before the Thurs. meeting and she said one of the miracles of all this is that her son, Rick’s nephew, was coming with her Thursday evening. He and Rick talked at some length (he’d not been in church since his mom and dad divorced in 1998). Also, for some time I had been praying that the truth in Isaiah 58:12-14 would become a reality in families as well as in lives as the foundation of God’s Word is established and “old waste places” restored through us and through Confound the Wise ministries as we “go for God’s glory.”
We arrived safely in Wilsey, KA on Friday, 7/18/10. The day before, (Thursday) the Lord kept our truck/camper/trailer with car from flipping over on Interstate 70 in MO. We were doing 65 when a large RV bumped the spare tire on the right side of the trailer, the car trailer and our truck began wildly fish tailing and the truck was going up on 2 wheels from side to side and the camper was also going from side to side. Rick, miraculously brought it back into order, and as other vehicles on the Interstate saw what was happening they ALL backed off. We were quite shaken, but no one was hurt. Other than a tire mark on the other RV and the inside of our camper was disheveled, but we know, first hand, that the LORD’s mercy is new every morning (it happened around 10:30am), His mercy truly endures forever (Ps.136).
Keep praying, the Lord is doing wonderful things before His soon return.
July 20th, 2010
The following are excerpts from people who have communicated with us recently:
“your message is so important. Our God is great – the Creator of the universe and worthy to be praised. My prayer; that God will lead you in His path to reach those He has prepared, He is Faithful.”
Yes, God is truly faithful. Here are a few answers to this prayer as we continue to “go” for God’s glory:
“We thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and are so glad you and your wife were able to come and share with us here in Oak Harbor, WA. We are homeschooling our children and will incorporate your material in educating our daughters. It is our prayer that our Lord Jesus Christ richly blesses you as you endeavor to spread the truth of His gospel around the country and the world.”
This person is a prayer warrior who has prayed for some people for YEARS. Rick’s testimony encouraged her to continue to press forward as an intercessor, she said, “I want to thank you so much for going where God has led you.”
“I just finished reading Ken Ham’s book, “Already Gone,” and I’m convinced that ministries like Confound the Wise are key to our approach with young people. May the Lord give you strength and vitality as you travel and serve Him. May He enlarge your sphere of influence and open doors of opportunity.” They further let us know that they are greatly looking forward to our return visit and lectures for their youth camp this summer, as well as looking forward to meeting Pete Greer and to hear his lectures along with Rick’s lectures.
June 14th, 2010
It had been a long time since this young man attended church other than last Mother’s Day. After his mom attended Calvary Chapel Eastside, WA and heard Rick’s lecture, she offered her son $25 to come with her to Rick’s evening presentation. Her son stayed 15 minutes longer than he intended and when his mom went to his apartment to pay him, he told her, no, that he was grateful for Dr. Oliver’s presentation because for the first time he was clearly shown there are alternatives to the secular science, and he’d be back to church since he now chooses to believe God’s Word.
This is why we are out here, and as we “go,” we hear this over and over. Many have decided to either accept Jesus as their Savior for the first time, or if they have left the church, they have returned and decided to walk with God again.
June 11th, 2010
God called Rick and me to encourage others to believe and walk according to God’s Word rather than “…science falsely so called. 1Tim. 6:20.”
After Rick’s lectures many have said now they were on the same page with God and that His Word is truly believable from Genesis to Revelation and now they are walking with God again. Amos 3:3 states, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” As our hearts beat with God’s heart we will walk together with Him and other Believers, glorifying Him as He uses us.
A few years ago we were with Dr. Steve Austin on a scientific expedition that proved the nautiloid fossils were laid down catastrophically covering an area so vast it includes four states. We believe this is evidence that confirms a world encompassing flood as declared in the Bible as the Noadic flood
(Gen. 6-9). During our conversation he stated that of all his christian friends who hold PhD’s in science who are theistic evolutionists no longer walk with the Lord. This fact shows compromising God’s Word leads us on a path away from Him.
It occurred to me as I was praising God for opening so many hearts to His freeing Truth that many hearts are beginning to beat with His heart, resulting in changed lives. Many have received salvation for the first time, or now say they want to serve Him and work to reconcile others to His ways and His Word. They have become sheep want to produce sheep.
Our enemy, satan, knows very well that divided a house falls. Satan’s lies and deception have caused many to “think” they believe God and are walking with Him, but unless we choose to believe ALL He has written from Genesis to Revelation, we call God a liar, and do not agree with God. Satan attempts to cause doubt as he shoots at Genesis which is our foundation in the Word of God. He has caused many to doubt God’s Word in the beginning with the lie of macro evolution (life from non life). When we agree with God we stand with Him against the “father of lies, (satan).” But when we choose to believe satan’s lies rather than the Word of God, we stand with satan; thereby calling God a liar. Romans 3:4 states, “let God be true and every man a liar.”
We agree with our Creator God that His Word is true and by faith walk in the truth…walking together with Him and each other.
Thank you for joining us in prayer and support as we “go,” with the purpose of glorifying God.
June 2nd, 2010
In 1976 The science community adopted a “Science Resolution” that is much like the doctor’s Hippocratic oath. But today, if you tried to find it you would have difficulty, why? Because it was adopted in 1976 just as technology was increasing at lightning speed. The thought was technology will catch up and prove we are right in our macro evolutionary beliefs (life comes from non life, and all are connected as shown from Darwin’s theoretical tree of life). The problem is, technology did catch up and has shown, empirically, that information does not originate by itself in matter. Also, all of life has design built into its individual DNA that is not connected to other kinds (dogs, cats etc.) Though the 1976 Science Resolution states that a scientist may go wherever his research leads without retribution or job loss, many people have lost not only their jobs, but are black balled and unable to work in their fields any longer. (Ben Stein interviewed many of these people in his film “Expelled, no intelligence needed,” available at Blockbuster for rental, or through Answers in Genesis for purchase.)
May 25th, 2010
We are currently on Whidbey Island, WA and Rick speaks at Calvary Chapel, Oak Harbor, WA tomorrow night at 7:00pm. This is a beautiful place and we have had a few days to rest and relax with a wonderful view. Please continue to pray for Rick’s back as the pain has been recurring. Pete Greer plans to join us today and for the rest of our 2nd journey.
May 25th, 2010
As we are ready to “go” we continue to be encouraged by notes like this one from a high school teacher in CA. “I pray you will have more open doors to share about creation…I was thinking every church bookstore needs to have a creation science section (with the alternatives to evolution you lecture on) to encourage people with this interesting and powerful information. (since attending your lecture last spring) I share your items every chance I get with students and classes…God bless and be encouraged.”
April 27th, 2010
While we were at the Resurrection Celebration event in Payson, AZ a youth pastor shared with Rick that a young man in his High School group had come to him after hearing Rick’s lecture. The young man had been coming to the pastor over the years with many doubts regarding God’s Word and science. He had shared that after graduation in June, he was going to leave the church. But after hearing what Rick had to share, he now knew God’s Word is true and most of the science that had caused him to doubt God and the Genesis record were mostly man’s opinion. The pastor said the young man’s faith has been restored and he has been sharing what Rick taught him with other youth who had similar doubts. This testimony and many like it have encouraged us as we continue “going” for God’s glory in the ministry of Confound the Wise. Please pray for us as we are preparing to leave next week. Check out the Calendar on this web site as new doors are opening as I write.
April 20th, 2010
We are preparing to leave on our 2nd missionary journey. Last summer we traveled over 8000 miles. Please prayerfully consider assisting with travel expenses. We depend on the prayers and support of fellow believers as we “go” through the open doors of opportunity to share the truth of God’s Word
April 14th, 2010
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