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.  Introduction Peter Ruckman is best known for his view that the 1611 King James Version of the Bible is the perfect Bible in English. He held the view that the 1611 King James Version was so perfect that it could be used to correct the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts. We have explored some of this in a previous post . In short, Ruckman believed in a type of "re-inspiration" of the King James Version such that it was rendered superior to even the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts from which it was translated. Ruckman's work consistently makes it clear that it is the 1611 KJV that he believes was "re-inspired," and not a later update to the KJV (we will look at these in a minute). It is the 1611 KJV that he defends with his arguments from crown authority and lack of copyright. 1  It is the 1611 KJV that Ruckman argues was re-inspired when he claims that the Holy Spirit urged the King James translators to write. 2  It is the 1611 King James Version that Peter Ruckman def...

  For the past couple of years, I have done a year in review in which I take a look at the most popular articles from the previous year. Most of the time, I am surprised to find that the articles that I think will be the most popular are not usually the most popular. It is also fun to compare the rankings between the previous year and the current year. The way these rankings work is simple: We are counting down the top 10 posts based on the number of times they were viewed over the course of the previous 12 months. This does give an advantage to the posts that are written earlier rather than later. However, it is also interesting to see which posts remain in the top 10 year after year. If you would like to compare this year's ranking with the rankings from 2023, you can find last year's post here . 10. The Holy Spirit Taking the number 10 spot this year, having been viewed around 100 times, is an incredibly early article on the Holy Spirit. This article has replaced 2023's ...

Introduction Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States. One of the most well-known facts about his life is that he taught Sunday School at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. I am not sure that he still teaches Sunday School there, given his current health. However, his teaching at Maranatha Baptist Church spanned several years. While I respect Jimmy Carter, he is not immune from error, even when it comes to interpreting the Bible. A statement from Jimmy Carter has been circulating around Facebook. The statement comes from a 2012 interview Jimmy Carter gave to the Huffington Post. This statement is shown below: This argument didn't originate with Jimmy Carter. It was around before Jimmy Carter's interview. We will examine in a subsequent post whether or not this argument is accurate. For the purposes of this post, I think it is necessary to share why the interpretive method used by Jimmy Carter here is not solid. Despite its lack of merit, this interpret...

  Introduction There are different beliefs within the King James Only Movement. I would like to explore two of them in this introduction. It is important to understand some key distinctions between these two groups, or else it may seem that I am attacking a position that I am not attacking. Therefore, I will draw a distinction between two different groups within the King James Only Movement. The first camp simply asserts that the King James Version is the best English translation. This claim could be labelled the "Classic KJV-Only" position. This is the position that was held by what appears to be the majority of people who advocated for the King James Version's superiority to other translations up until about the middle of the 20th century. Typically, a person in this group will hold to the idea that the Textus Receptus is divinely preserved, and the King James Version is the best translation from the Textus Receptus. Or, in some cases, that the Textus Receptus is the be...

  Introduction I have previously  about the topic of repentance. In my previous post on the topic, I was mostly providing a short commentary on the Church of the Nazarene's Article of Faith on repentance. Repentance is not something that is optional. God calls everyone, everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30). It is not only for a few, and it is not something that is optional if we want to follow Christ. In fact, it is something that everyone is not only offered, but something that everyone needs . If all have sinned, and repentance means turning away from sin, then everyone needs repentance. I did not anticipate writing a follow-up post on this topic after my article on the Nazarene Church's Article of Faith, since I kind of assumed that most people would have understood the concept of repentance based on the previous post that I made. However, it seems that there are still some myths surrounding the topic of repentance. It is the purpose of this post to address one of the biggest ...