It is really sad and tragic. As you've just read from the Bible, greedy
false prophets who are destitute of truth will come come to us, associating
financial gain with godliness. The Bible says to turn away from them!!! Ken
Ham, Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron, Pat Robertson, Eric Hovind and Paul
Taylor and umpteen more... they've all got something to sell, and they're
raking in the big money! (Ray
Comfort's Pay Of The Master machine). The desire and pursuit of money
is one of the most harmful habits in the believer's life. Because
covetousness is so natural (carnal), it is rarely recognized for the evil
that it is. But its outworkings are tragic.
It's ok for a ministry to sell things to keep the doors open, but it's evil and a rotten sin when making money becomes the main priority. All Ken Ham is talking about regarding his Noah's ark theme park is how much money and jobs it's going to generate! Religion is the road to apostasy. We all need the unchanging truth of the Word of God!!! The holy Bible warns...
1st Timothy 6:8-10 warns, “And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.”
Ken Ham is an evil man with a greedy heart, who has exploited the Bible and Christianity to become filthy rich. Mr. Ham's so-called “ministry” Answers-In-Genesis (AIG) takes in about $20,000,000 each and every year! This is NOT how a true man of God behaves. The gospel isn't even preached on his Answers-In-Genesis website. Like the contemptible Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) industry that mocks God's holiness, it's all about the LOVE OF MONEY. Woe unto the wicked!
“It is not persecution of the church in China that I fear. The church has always been able to weather persecution. My fear is love of money in the church.” —Chinese pastor
“Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that is 'finding his place in it,' while really it is finding its place in him.” —C.S. Lewis (Into The Wardrobe)
“Money will buy a bed but not sleep, books but not brains, food but not appetite, finery but not beauty, medicine but not health, luxury but not culture, amusement but not happiness, a crucifix but not a Saviour, a temple of religion but not heaven.” —Author Unknown
Christianity began as a new birth by faith in Jesus Christ. When it went to
Athens, Greece it became a philosophy. When it went to Rome it became an
organization (the demonic cult of Roman Catholicism). When it spread
throughout Europe it became a culture. And sadly, when Christianity came to
America it was turned into a lucrative business! The truth is that it's NOT
Christianity at all; but rather, evil exploitation of the name of
Christianity for personal profit. Jesus said that God's house ought to be a
place of PRAYER, not MAKING MONEY!!! Jesus called them “thieves.” We've got
a bunch of religious thieves and con-artists running around in Jesus' name,
suckering the churches out of their money!
The Evils of the Young Earth Creation Gang
Rachel Maddow rightfully exposes Ken Ham and his money-making circus of Young Earth Creationists for the fools they are. The fraud of a Young Earth Creation lends ammunition to atheists, liberals and other unbelievers in Christ to blaspheme the Church. Ken Ham's new NOAH'S ARK THEME PARK EXHIBIT in Kentucky is all about making lots of money, under the excuse of proving jobs for the local economy. May I say, Christianity is not a business. Moreover, what Ken Ham is doing isn't even Christianity; but rather, the exploitation of Christianity, corrupting the Word of God to mean something that it is not.
Ken Ham is a false prophet who foolishly teaches that the earth is only 6,000 years old, and that dinosaurs and man lived at the same time (only true in the cartoon The Flintstones) and that Noah took baby dinosaurs onto the ark. What a joke! The Bible is being ravished by Godless, greedy, Hollywood producers; and Godless, money-grabbing, sinister ministers alike! 'Creation Science Evangelism' and 'Creation Today' (Eric Hovind's new ministry) are becoming money-making businesses. Ken Ham's apostate Answers In Genesis (AIG) took in over $22,000,000 in 2010. Former AIG administrator, Paul Taylor, now works with Eric Hovind and Creation Today. Ken Ham has turned the Bible into a lucrative business, which is wrong. Eric Hovind is marketing new t-shirts promoting a Young Earth heresy, which concerns me greatly. I don't see souls being saved, I see money being made... money, money, money! A word of Caution about Kent and Eric Hovind's ministry.
On March 28, 2014 Hollywood is releasing a film titled, “NOAH.” False prophet Ray Comfort has produced his own film titled “Noah The Movie” to counter Hollywood's butchering of the film (portraying Noah as a drunken lunatic). Albeit, money-grabbing ministers Ken Ham (Answers In Genesis) and Eric Hovind (Creations Science Evangelism) are promoting Ray Comfort's film and SELLING IT. Profits for everyone!!! Please read, the Unscholarly Rubbish Of Answers-In-Genesis!
“Whatsoever I thankfully receive, as a token of God's love to me, I part with contentedly as a token of my love to Him.” —Theophilus Gale (Online Snippet of His Life)
It is tragic that these so-called “ministers” (servants) of the gospel are profiting handsomely from their works. But these aren't works for Jesus Christ; but rather, self-righteous works to benefit themselves. The gospel ought not be for sale! It is wrong, sinful and unethical to exploit the Bible to make money.
Matthew 21:13, “And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
Have you ever heard any of these guys teach about the need, command and importance of prayer? Of course not, because they're in the business of making money to sustain their extravagant lifestyles. Ken Ham is using a bunch of double-talk in an attempt to convince people that his non-profit (what a misnomer) Answers-In-Genesis organization is only a “MEMBER” of the ArcEncounter LLC investment company which will build and run the theme park.
“Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man's real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact index to a man's true character. All through Scripture there is an intimate correlation between the development of a man's character and how he handles his money.” —Richard C. Halverson
ArcEncounter LLC is spending $150,000,000 investment to build the Noah's Ark theme park, which will include an actual full-sized replica of Noah's Arc. Ken Ham downplays his involvement in the theme park tourist attraction, continually repeating the claim that Answers-In-Genesis is only a member of ArcEncounter LLC.
