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It was such a joy and an honor to speak at Answers in Genesis’ 2025 Answers for Women conference, Resolute: Refuting False Gsopels with Biblical Truth at the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky. It was an amazing experience I will never forget. (And I now have my own bio page at the Answers in Genesis website!)
Due to the popularity of this event, there were actually two separate three day conferences back to back: Monday, March 31 – Wednesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 3 – Saturday, April 5. I taught one session at each conference: Mark and Avoid the New Apostolic Reformation. I also had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion, and be interviewed for the Zero Compromise podcast. And, of course, it was a joy to spend time with my podcast partner and fellow speaker, Amy Spreeman.
I’ll share the podcast episode when it drops on the Zero Compromise channel. The conference video will be available in the future on Answers TV, but Amy and I took our respective teaching notes and turned them into podcast episodes. Amy taught on Progressivism…
…and, as I mentioned, my topic was the New Apostolic Reformation:
While at the conference, we also had the opportunity to interview two of our fellow speakers. Angela Mitchell…
…and Doreen Virtue:
When my husband and I arrived Sunday night at our hotel, it was dark, raining, we were under a flood watch, and the doors of the Ark were already shut. But we weren’t worried because we’re cessationists and we’re not in the New Apostolic Reformation, so we knew this wasn’t a sign from God, just His humorous Providence.😀
What if you’re in room 421? 
Hotel art work 
But our kind hosts had left a lavish welcome basket for me, and that brightened things up a lot.
Just a few of the goodies we speakers were so graciously provided.
Monday morning we had a little time before things got kicked off, so we enjoyed the Truth Traveler virtual reality exhibit at the Ark…
Then it was time to get the show on the road!
Teaching sessions…
Backstage before my session…
My sessions…
There were some great speakers at this conference!
L-R: Georgia Purdom, Avery Foley, Michelle Lesley, Amy Spreeman, Costi Hinn, Jessica Smith,
Doreen Virtue, Angela Mitchell, Patricia Engler
Other speakers’ sessions…
Panel discussion…
Ken Ham kindly invited the speakers to his office for lunch and fellowship.
The conference kept me so busy that I didn’t get to spend much time at the Ark itself, but Providentially, my husband and I visited the Ark and Creation Museum about 18 months ago, in the fall of 2023 (You can see all of our pictures and stuff from that trip here.) I hoped, on that trip, that I’d one day get to meet Ken Ham in person. Now I can check that little item off my bucket list.😀
2023- I got to meet Ken Ham! (Or a reasonable facsimile thereof.) 
2025- Meeting the real Ken Ham.
It’s always fun to get pictures with friends and followers! All of the speakers had “meet and greet” lines after our sessions and Amy and I had a booth in the exhibit hall where we got to meet lots of A Word Fitly Spoken listeners and other friends!
Sweet gifts from conference attendees…
Some parting shots with my favorite people…
What a fantastic week with new friends and old! Many thanks to Georgia, Avery, Stephanie, Lalo, and all of the wonderful staff at Answers in Genesis and the Ark Encounter who treated us like royalty the whole time we were there and worked so hard to host a fantastic conference! It was truly an honor and a privilege to serve the ladies who attended Answers for Women 2025.
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Photo Credits
Thank you to Answers in Genesis, conference attendees, and my wonderful husband, Scott, for taking most of the pictures above.
All other photos by Michelle Lesley.
Please forgive me for looking weird in many of the pictures above. Normally, I would say, “That’s just my face,” but I actually had an eye infection during the conference, and it was swollen most of the week.
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This looks like it was an amazing time. I wish my health would’ve allowed me to attend. I really, really, really wanted to go! It looks like an awesome crowd. And sorry, but I chuckled at Room 421😂 Maybe someday you all will speak near me. But, I live in the state in which modern heresy started. I can’t find one biblically minded person, let alone a whole church filled with them in my city (and yes, I’ve looked at all the websites) God bless!
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Hello Michelle,
My wife and I just finished watching the taped version of your talk (it was posted on Answers TV) and we both agreed that it was extremely helpful! Thank you for pouring your time and effort into what was a clearly well-researched message. I do have one question, however. During your gospel presentation you specifically said that Christ died for “you” (i.e., the listener). But if you are saying that to an unregenerate person who has not been predestined to eternal life (according to the “U” in TULIP), how does that work with limited atonement (“The atonement for sin that Christ made on the cross applies only to those who are, or will, in the future be, saved”)?
Respectfully, how could you truthfully say that Christ died for “you,” if that person hasn’t been elected for life? Considering that you, and I quote, “pretty much agree with all five points [of Calvinism] (and don’t reject any of them outright),” your presentation of the gospel seems to be inconsistent with the doctrine of limited atonement.
I’d like to get your thoughts on this apparent discrepancy between the two. Thank you for your time and consideration!
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Hi there! Thanks for your comment. I’ve answered it in this article.
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