Old Paths Bible Church, box 151, Strathalbyn, SA 5255, Meeting at 16 Burnside Road Strathalbyn

Old Paths Bible Church, Strathalbyn invites you to

The Restoration of Thought, Foundation and Family Conference

October 18th 2008, 10 AM to 5 PM

At the RSL Hall, High Street Strathalbyn, South Australia

To register for the conference, please contact
pastor Greg McPherson: 08 85363307
or
Joseph Stephen: 0416 090232
E-Mail: joestephen@internode.on.net

1 Chronicles 12:32  And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

At the time of the transfer of the kingdom from Saul to David, there were thousands that drew sword but only 200 men who understood the times and knew what Israel ought to do and the rest were at their commandment. We live in perilous times and there be many who draw the sword of the Spirit but few who understand the significance of the times and what ought to be done. Never before in history has there been such an attack on the very fundamentals of what God ordained as vehicles of His oracles. Today, the religion of Humanism is what Christianity was to the world 400 years ago. There are three major areas under attack. Humanism has replaced the Christian worldview which governs the very thought processes which underpin our culture and the definition of values, morals and law itself. Humanism vehemently and successfully propagates its philosophies via the public education system and through government control.

The literal six day creation and worldwide flood of Genesis are undermined and discarded for the so-called scientific approach of evolution, the main doctrine of the religion of Humanism, effectively destroying the foundation of the entire Bible, the Atonement and truth itself. Though not an ounce of evidence exists for macro evolution which claims that all of us originated from a rock, it is still taught as science and its related theories permeate all subjects taught in the public education system and many Christians also believe directly or indirectly in the lies.

The family, the very atom of society has disintegrated causing society to crumble. The role of men and women is confused and directionless children rule by virtue of parents rendered powerless by the increasing control of the State, convinced that nothing they do can influence their children anyway. Our nation demonstrates its hopelessness by destroying its own unborn children or preventing them from being conceived, convinced that the world is over populated. Christians are largely ignorant having been educated by the Humanists so that the Bible is interpreted from a humanistic point of view. Meanwhile, the Muslims are quickly and quietly taking dominion of the world as Christianity is swallowed up by humanism.

It is an important fact to realize that when we talk about fundamentailism, law makers and proponents of our public education system are also fundamentalists, they are Humanist fundamentalists with an agressive agenda. Education is inescapably religious. There is no such thing as a nutral school or government agency divorced from religion. All schools are religious being based upon certain presuppositions, the main two being Humanism and Christianity. in fact every man is religious. He either vehemently worships himself or something else. This is why as Christians we need to hold fast to the very first commandment to have no other Gods before the Lord Jesus Christ which in its outworking will cause us to be as vehement in doing the agenda of our Heavenly Father as the Humanists are at working toward theirs which is to eliminate Christianity from our thought, our foundation and our family.

Psalm 10:4  The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

The Restoration of Thought, Foundation and Family conference will present seminars on

This is about rebuilding the foundation of our nation family by family because, as David asked: “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Ps 11:3).

The implications of these three issues are far reaching and our attitude to these three issues will unequivocally determine the state of Christendom in our nation. Unless we reform our thinking to be consistent with God's heart rather than the Humanistic agenda, unless we take God at His word and interpret our world from His revealed truth and unless we build our society with families following God's order and pattern, within only several generations, Christianity will be a by-word. One might argue that the Lord said that the gates of hell would not stand against His church which is true, however, He also posed the question, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8).
(Joseph Stephen)

Conference Schedule

Note, this schedule is approximate only and may change:
  1. 10:00 AM: "The Restoration of Thought, Foundation and Family" by Joseph Stephen - This introductory seminar will challenge Christians to think like Christians and to conform their thinking and practise to the revealed will of God rather than the humanistic agenda most of us have been indoctrinated with.
  2. 11:00 AM: "God's pattern for the Christian family" by Pastor Greg McPherson and son Joshua Mcpherson - This seminar will give a brief overview of the Biblical pattern for the family and how it differs from the modern family. Joshua will give testimony to how the outworking of this pattern in his own family has equipped him for the next generation of this multigenerational vision of faithfulness
  3. 12:00 PM: "God's pattern for the education of our children" by Joseph Stephen - This seminar will look at the Biblical pattern for the education of our children and God's true test of success
  4. 1:00 PM: Lunch break
  5. 2:00 PM: Book Stall
  6. 2:30 PM: "Creation/Evolution: the Controversy" by Dr Carl Wieland from Creation Ministries International.
  7. 3:30 PM: "Dinosaurs & the Most-asked Questions—Answered!" by Dr Carl Wieland from Creation Ministries International.
  8. 4:30 P:M: Book Stall

Sample Lecture Extracts

Below we will gradually post a selection of edited clips from the sample cd distributed with the printed invitation as well as other relevant resources. As mentioned on the cd, many of these speakers will not be present at the conference though the material covered by these speakers is indicative of what we hope to present.
  1. What God Thinks About Children (Joseph Stephen)
  2. Do Large Families Really Contribute to Global Warming? Watch a 5 minute trailer exposing the fallacies of Global Warming (with permission from Sovereignty International)
  3. How to Think Like a Christian (Doug Phillips)with permission from Vision Forum Ministries
  4. The Patriarchal Vision (Doug Phillips)with permission from Vision Forum Ministries

Jeremiah 6:16  Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein,...
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