Living Waters is a website full of evangelism resources. A lot of resources are available for free. They also have resources for sale, including a selection of really unique tracts.

I recommend you check out Hell’s Best Kept Secret. It is a message from Ray Comfort about the non scriptural evangelism techniques that are often used today, and how they can often lead to false conversions . Below is a quote from the site about the message:

Why do 80-90% of those making a decision for Christ fall away from the faith? What is the principle that Spurgeon, Wesley, Whitefield, etc., used to reach the lost? Why has the Church neglected it? Don’t let anything stop you from listening to this incredible teaching.

I encourage you to check it out. You can read, listen, or watch it on their site.

I just put a new entry in The Vault. It is the notes from my Basic Puppetry Workshop.

The notes were designed to support the hands-on activities in the workshop, but they shoud be of some value on their own. They give some basic information, as well as listing some resources for puppets, scripts, and other supplies.

I came across an interesting article today. It seems the Vatican has issued a statement defending Darwinism. I know there are a lot of Christians who believe this, but I was really surprised to hear this coming from the Vatican.

“Theistic Evolution,” the idea that evolution is the tool God used to create the universe, presents a lot of problems. For me, the biggest issue is the origin of suffering and death. The Bible teaches that suffering and death are the consequence of mans sins. However, for evolution to be true, suffering and death were around millions of years before man ever came in the scene. This calls into question the very nature of God. If Darwinism is true, then suffering and death don’t exist as the result of mans sin, but because God chose to design suffering and death into creation from the beginning. This is just one of many theological problems that arise from Theistic Evolution.

In the Vatican’s statement, Cardinal Paul Poupard is quoted as saying, “The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim.” I certainly agree that the Bible was never intended to be a book on science. However, if the Bible is true, then whatever statements the Bible makes that reflect on science must also be true.

So, what about all the scientific evidence for evolution? If you believe what you see on TV or read in the popular press, you’d come to the conclusion that evolution is an established, proven fact.

The truth is, there are multiple ways the evidence can be interpreted, depending on your presuppositions. Darwinism is a popular interpretation, because it is the best answer if you begin with the presupposition that the world came into being through entirely natural means. In other words, if you choose to be an atheist, Darwinism is all you’ve got.

However, there is some evidence that is very problematic for Darwinists. For example, the ocean gets saltier over time. However, it is nowhere near salty enough to be as old as it would need to be for Darwinism to be true. Another problem is Carbon-14 being found if fossils, coal and diamonds. The amount of Carbon-14 decreases over time. If these items are anywhere near as old as Darwinists claim, the Carbon-14 should be long gone.

The same evidence used to support Darwinism can also be interpreted in light of a Biblical framework. You don’t have to turn your back on science to believe the Bible. A good source of information on this is Answers in Genesis. I encourage you to check it out.

I’m back from another mini US tour. This one started on October 29th at Southpointe Christian Center in Sacramento, CA.

I performed for their Harvest Faire. It was a big event, with carnival games, inflatable attractions, food, and entertainment. The weather was great, and I even got a little bit of a sunburn.

After the event, I went to the airport to leave the California sunshine and head to Alaska. Unfortunately, my plane didn’t make it off the ground. They had to abort take off due to mechanical problems. So, instead of getting to Alaska that evening, I had to spend the night flying from Sacramento to Las Vegas to Seattle and finally arriving in Anchorage the next morning. I was able to get a nap at the hotel before the event that afternoon.

This event was another Harvest festival, but unlike the one in Sacramento, this one was indoors. (They had just had their first snow.) Alaska was beautiful, but I didn’t have time for sight-seeing. I had to take the red-eye out that evening. Thanks to the mechanical trouble delaying my arrival, I spent less than a day in Alaska.

The next event was in La Crosse, Wisconsin on the first. This was an All Saints day event at Blessed Sacrament School. I went straight from the airport to the school. By this point, I was tired, and it was a pretty long program for an elementary school audience, 75 minutes. I made it through, and the kids loved the show.

Now I’ve got a little time off to recover, and at this point I need it.