[It was our, (the Drapper family's), plans to do creation based evangelism in Lyme Regis over this weekend that actually lead to us having to leave our last church. They wanted nothing to do with young earth, 6 day creation based outreach and thought it was wrong to be doing evangelism in Lyme Regis when the church is about 1.5 miles from Lyme by beach walk.]

Over a number of years we have tried to get the local churches to run a young earth marque or exhibistion in a church hall that is within the fossil festival area, but with little success. The Local Baptists, who have the most prominant church building in the high street, take a thistic evolution stand, or they did the last time I asked them. Bethany chaple who’s building is up a norrow back street do support the young Earth position and did allow Andrew Sibley to put up a small creation display.

The Fossil Festival could probably be better described as a festival of evolutionary propaganda to young children, (5-12 year olds). I do not have any photographs of the young children at the event as attitudes to taking or posting of photos of children make it difficult, but most of the teaching exhibits are directed at children and on Friday the place was full of young school children, (not teenagers, young children).

My wife is saying that I will get comments saying that I am prosalitising children too. Well, I never aim to reach chidren without their parents and I always address the message on the tracts to the parents and ask them to read it before the children. I normaly only use chidlren’s tracts to get an opportunity to talk to the parents. Some balance brought into the teaching that chidlren recieve would be no bad thing, but that is not the area that I am happiest at working. Read the rest of this entry »

The Government is not content with undermining all public standards of decency if is going to brake the church too.

Equalities minister Maria Eagle said religious believers should push ‘gay rights’ in their communities, but in the meantime the state would do it.

The tolerant left once again has shown just how totally intolerant it is to anyone who has standards of decency.

At present churches can restrict certain posts to heterosexuals as long as those posts are for the purposes of organised religion, which could include jobs like a youth worker. Under the new legislation this exemption will be greatly narrowed to only jobs that involve leading worship or explaining doctrine.

Maria Eagle, the Government’s equalities minister said that “while the state would not intervene in narrowly ritual or doctrinal matters” it would tell churches what to do in other areas.

She also said “members of faith groups have a role in making the argument in their own communities for greater LGBT acceptance, but in the meantime the state has a duty to protect people from unfair treatment.”

See http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090520/government-to-force-gay-youth-… for more information.

Kent Hovind

A few people have asked me about the story behind Kent Hovind ending up in prison. We I really do not know the full story. I do know it was over a stand as he saw it, against un constitutional taxes.

The article below is a comment from Tyron Foreman’s Blogspot, “Free Kent Hovind”. (You can find out more here)

Anonymous writes:

The Tax Trap: How A Florida Couple Declined Participation In A Government Ponzi Scheme And Ended Up In Prison Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday I had the privileged of taking Deborah to Woodroffe senior school in Lyme Regis to speak at a lunchtime Christian Union.

Time was short, but we were early enough to make the most of every minute. We arrived, the children arrived, but still we waited. It was to be led by the local school’s worker and he apparently has trouble getting through the school as so many people know him and want to talk.

The CU was opened by the school’s worker and started with a game, (Peter, Paul), Deborah was lost. Help! Had I brought her up as a social inadequate, (as so many have said of us as home schoolers), who could not even join in a simple game? No, there were some girls outside the door and no one was asking them in. Deborah got up out of the game and invited them in. Confusion! Still the game went on, with one empty chair. Deborah returned, but still looked lost.

Just play I mouthed. “Why? – There is no point in it!” She asked. She played. Much time used up they handed over to Deborah. My nerves were a wreck. Could she now get back into the stride? Was she thrown and not able to get back up? (never be the Dad of a Read the rest of this entry »

This interview was broadcast on TWR UK on Monday, 4th May

You can listen to the programme below.

For more information on Trans World Radio UK go to www.twr.org.uk

Last night as I was going to bed I found a note.

Dear Daddy,

I love you so much.

Thank you for helping me understand the Bible more.

Love from

Kirsty xxx

Bless you Kirsty, you make a daddy very happy.

Baptist Times Article

Re: “Cocooned, for now at least”, Baptist Times, Published on the 19^th March 2009.

Read the Baptist Times Article here.

As many of you will know, last year the BBC commissioned a documentary about our family. It was originally intended to contrast our family, especially Deborah with other teens. In the end it focused quite a lot on Deborah and her faith.

The documentary was biased and cut to make Deborah look totally focused on Hell, (not so bad a thing then you think of it, but untrue). The producer and I think the cameraman kept asking Deborah to not smile, and have then set this footage to melancholy music that make Deborah look sad and lonely. Nun of this surprised us.

We as Christians do not expect fair treatment from the Secular media. We expect our words and actions to be misrepresented, misinterpreted and used against the Gospel. I would not want or expect to get soft or favourable coverage from the Christian news media. They would not be doing their journalistic jobs if they gave Christians an easy ride and were more rigorous with the non-Christians world. But we would at least expect a good standard of journalistic integrity and not sensationalistic and slanderous misrepresentation.

However, our experience has, at times, been Read the rest of this entry »