We’re pleased to have Mr. John Feakes of Winnipeg, Mr. Rob Gottselig of Regina, Mr. Floyd Gadd of Brandon and Mr. John Plett of Neepawa presenting this year. For more information about these speakers, please visit our Conference 2011 Information Page.

One of their presenters, geologist Dr. Emil Silvestru, joined us for WMBC 2009. Listen to audio of his presentations here.

Mr. John Plantz, Evangelist/Teacher

TOPIC: Jesus in the Hebrew Bible

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Mr. Carl Teichrib, Editor-in-Chief, Forcing Change Journal

TOPIC: Emerging World, Emerging Faith

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Mr. Calvin Smith, Creation Ministries International Canada

TOPIC: What About the Dinosaurs?

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Mr. Calvin Smith, CMI Canada

TOPIC: The Tower of Babel

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Mr. John Plantz, Evangelist/Teacher

TOPIC: Christ in the Tabernacle

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Mr. Carl Teichrib, Forcing Change Journal

TOPIC: The Fear of God: The Missing Ingredient

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Mr. John Plantz, Evangelist/Teacher

TOPIC: Israel and Its Blessing

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Mr. Carl Teichrib, Forcing Change Journal

MISSIONS PERSPECTIVE: Our Changing World and the Great Commission

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“When all came to all, the utmost that they would be able to allege would be that he had healed a withered hand on the Sabbath. Overlooking the commendation due for the miracle of healing, they laid the emphasis upon its being done on the Sabbath; and held up their hands with horror that such a secular action should be performed on such a sacred day.”

~C.H. Spurgeon, Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts, 1886

One of the driving forces behind the establishment of Westman Bible Conference is the experience we’ve all had of what people do when they forget how to live by trusting Christ and His Word: naturally, we all tend to fall back on religious practice, whether traditional or fad-based, because it’s what we can do without Jesus.

Spurgeon’s words lay open the reality of how insufficient that is for being truly Christlike.

“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.”

~John 15:5 (NASB)

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Neither are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
” For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

~Isaiah 55:6-9 (NASB)

The board and volunteers of WMBC hope this year’s conference uplifts and encourages you as we come together to look to that higher way. Whether you join us by internet or in person, may God richly bless this weekend for His glory.

The scientific world was recently rocked by the discovery of what appeared to be the unquestionable missing link between fish and land-dwelling amphibians, one of the classic images of evolutionary theory. The fossilized remains, which contained only part of the creature, were discovered in Arctic Canada and given the scientific name Tiktaalik roseae. It was touted worldwide as indisputable evidence that tetrapods (four-footed, land-dwelling animals) evolved from fish that had crawled out of the water.

However, as with so many other instances in the incredibly complicated search for origins, Tiktaalik is not quite the Golden Fleece paleontologists have been looking for. Read the whole article at ABR >>

What is Westman Bible Conference? (highlights video, 7 min)

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Session 1: Genesis, the Gospel and the Creation/Evolution Issue

Dr Emil Silvestru, Creation Ministries International

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Session 2: Sin, Death and Suffering

Pastor Larry Bird, Portage La Prairie Bible Baptist Church

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Session 3: Waters of Contention: Was Noah’s Flood Fact or Fantasy?

Dr Emil Silvestru, Creation Ministries International

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Session 4: The Evolution of Human Evolution

Dr Emil Silvestru, Creation Ministries International

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Session 5: Man as God

Carl Teichrib, Forcing Change

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Session 6: The Cross of Christ

Pastor Larry Bird, Portage La Prairie Bible Baptist Church

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Session 7: Money as God

Carl Teichrib, Forcing Change

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Bonus Session: Pastor Bob Dunlop

Guest Speaker, Faith Fellowship Baptist Church

During his most recent period of ministry in Manitoba, Pastor Bob Dunlop was mentor to one of WMBC’s board members. WMBC is delighted to share this sermon, given at our host venue the day after the conference, with Pastor Dunlop’s permission.

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Guest Speaker, Faith Fellowship Baptist Church

During his most recent period of ministry in Manitoba, Pastor Bob Dunlop and his wife were mentors to one of WMBC’s board members and wife. WMBC is delighted to share this sermon, given at our host venue the day after the conference, with Pastor Dunlop’s permission.

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Calvin has spoken on creation topics since 2001 at youth groups, Christian schools, churches and small groups. He has also appeared on the CTS live call-in television program ‘Nite Lite Live’ several times, speaking about the creation/evolution issue. He also co-hosts CMI’s TV show Creation Magazine Live!

Through lots of reading, Calvin has become well equipped to talk about many aspects of science and history that relate to the creation/evolution controversy. He has consistently immersed himself in creation apologetics through seminars, classes, scientific papers and hands-on opportunities to study. When asked what formal science background he has, Calvin responds, “the same as Charles Darwin. His only formal training was in Theology!” (You can read Calvin’s full ministry profile at Creation.com.)

Calvin has interesting information to share about discoveries surrounding cell composition at the molecular level. Calvin is interested in molecular robots called ‘kinesins’. The ‘kinetic’ sound of the name implies motion, and that is certainly the case.

This 2006 video took 14 months to create, and was a joint project between animators at Harvard and Yale. It’s a theoretical rendering of the processes involved in protein transfer within a leukocyte.

In this article at Creation.com, Calvin writes,

Every cell also has ‘general laborers’ in the form of miniature genetic robots called ‘kinesins’. These are a family of tiny biological machines that transport material around in cells. They bring things to certain locations and remove parts that shouldn’t be there. They really are organic robots!

Amazingly, kinesins are inside every living plant and animal on Earth! (Even single-celled creatures have kinesins.) This suggests that evolutionists must factor this in when proposing the ‘first living thing’. It seems unlikely that the first living thing could have functioned without kinesins when everything today has them.

This session had special significance to conference organizers, as Mr. Teichrib discussed where and how to invest. We have enjoyed investing in the attendees, the volunteers and most of all in time focussed on the Lord.

Plans are in the works for next year already. Stay tuned, and maybe we’ll see you there.