Present Course of Study

Upon my learning a few things about the Biblical practices of the new testament local church, I decided to pursue a course of study on this topic. [I will elaborate more on what I have learned later in Part Two of "Getting Out Of The Baptist Camp" and then in further posts after that. Part One was a good explanation of why I quit using the Baptist name and included at least one or two examples of problems in the modern local church.] So, at first, I thought the best book to read would be Dr. Ruckman's "History of the New Testament Church". In his Preface and Introduction, he referred several times to verses in the book of Acts and his comments on those passages. This had me decide to read first his commentary on the book of Acts and then his Church History.

Now that I have been asked to teach a two to three day seminar on the King James Bible in April, I really need to prepare for that. I must review all of the material that I have already produced on the subject and study other materials (including the Bible itself, of course) to get together enough information in such a format as appropriate for teaching in a seminar. This will include my studying the book of Acts and Church History so I will still be reading the two earlier mentioned books by Dr. Ruckman. With this change of direction in my course of study, I took almost all of my science books back upstairs to the library. Then I cleared off the table on my right hand beside my computer desk and one other table in this room so I could bring other books down from my library upstairs that could be helpful in studying the Holy Bible, its history, its purity and preservation, its internal and manuscript evidence, its soldiers and attackers, etc. I will here give the titles of the books on these two tables in two lists; books that I have not read (or not read completely), and then books that I have read.

List one:

Archaic Words and the Authorized Version (1996, 1999) - Laurence M. Vance
Introduction To The Criticism of the New Testament (1883) - Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
Noyes' Essays (1860) - [Compiled by] George R. Noyes
God Wrote Only One Bible (1955, 1983) - Jasper James Ray
New Age Bible Versions (1993) - G. A. Riplinger
Dictionary of Early English (1968) - Joseph T. Shipley
"O Biblios" - Alan O'Reilly
Problem Texts (1980) - Peter S. Ruckman
Ruckman's Battlefield Notes (2003) - Peter S. Ruckman
A Book About The English Bible (1919) - Josiah H. Penniman
Counterfeit Or Genuine Mark 16? John 8? (1975, 1990) - David Otis Fuller
True Or False? The Westcott-Hort Textual Theory Examined (1973, 1990) - David Otis Fuller
The Highest Critics -vs.- The Higher Critics (1896) - L. W. Munhall
The King James Version Defended (1956, 1984) - Edward F. Hills
A Greek Testament Primer (1887, 1925) - Edward Miller
The Identity of the New Testament Text (1977, 1980) -Wilbur N. Pickering
Bible Study Charts & Outlines (1997) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Bible Translations Test (1983) - James H. Son
Blind Guides - G. A. Riplinger
The Holy Scriptures vs. The Holy Koran (2001) - Peter S. Ruckman
Curiosities of the Bible (1886) - A New York Sunday School Superintendent
The Ministry of God's Word (1971) - Watchman Nee
God's Truth (1973, 1983) - Alan Hayward
Guide To Spiritual Warfare (1984) - E. M. Bounds
Unholy Hands On The Bible, Volume II (1992) - Jay P. Green
Final Authority (1993) - William P. Grady
Bible Version Manual (1975) - Donald T. Clarke
Defending The King James Bible (1992, 1998) - D. A. Waite
The Authorized King James Bible Defended (1983) - Chester A. Murray
Sitting in Judgment Of the Word of God (2000) - John Adair
Things That Are Different Are Not The Same (1993) - Micky P. Carter
If The Foundations Be Destroyed (1994) - Chick Salliby
The Inspiration Of Scripture (1980) - Paul J. Achtemeier
Which Bible Can We Trust? (1982) - Les Garrett
Let's Weigh The Evidence (1983) - Barry Burton
The Book of Books (1918) - John Schaller
Exposition of Psalm CXIX (1843) - C. Bridges
Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? (1977) - Cowdrey, Davis, Scales
The Bible In America (1936) - Marion P. Simms
The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture (1969) - Rene Pache
James I (1967) - David Matthew
The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible (1964) - Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
Our God-Breathed Book - The Bible (1969) - John R. Rice
The Encyclopedia Of Biblical Errancy (1995) - C. Dennis McKinsey
The Bible And The Common Reader (1944) - Mary Ellen Chase
The Paraphrased Perversion of the Bible (1974) - Gene Nowlin
Laughable Laws and Courtroom Capers (1993) - Robert Wayne Pelton
The NIV Reconsidered (1990) - Earl Radmacher & Zane C. Hodges
Interlinear Greek-English New Testament [Stephens, 1550] (1897) - George Ricker Berry
Correct English Simplified Grammar And Drill Book (1915, 1924) Josephine Turck Baker
The Master Book Of Humorous Illustrations (1938) - Leewin B. Williams
The Ministry Of The Word (1970) - G. Campbell Morgan
An All Round Ministry (1900) - C H Spurgeon
How We Got Our Bible (1899) - J. Paterson Smyth
The Public Speaker's Treasure Chest (1942) - Herbert V. Prochnow
The Evolution Of The English Language (1928, 1956) - George H. McKnight
So Many Versions? (1975) - Sakae Kubo & Walter Specht
God's Incomparable Word (1977) - Harold Lindsell
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (1946) - Lewis Carroll
Through The Looking Glass (1946) - Lewis Carroll
Intended Treason (1970) - Paul Durst
Dear Dr. John Where is my Bible? (1973, 1996) - Hebert Evans
A Treasury of Evangelical Writings (1971) - David Otis Fuller
The Bible: God's Word (1972) - Tenis Van Kooten
The New Athenians (1992) - James H. Son
Seventy-five Problems (2001) - Lloyd L. Streeter
Bible Versions Which is the REAL Word of God? (1998) - Stewarton Bible School Publications
Kept Pure In All Ages (2001) - Jeffrey Khoo
The Divine Inspiration Of The Bible (1917) -Arthur W. Pink
The English New Testament (1949) - Luther A. Weigle
The Battle For The Bible (1976) - Harold Lindsell
InterLinear Greek - English New Testament [Nestle] (1958) - Alfred Marshall
The New Testament In The Original Greek (1906) - Brooke Foss Wescott and Fenton John Anthony Hort


List Two:

The Holy Bible (1611) - God
In Awe of Thy Word Understanding The King James Bible (2003) - G. A. Riplinger
A Guide to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament (1886, 2003) - Edward Miller
The Unknown Bible (1984) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Scholarship Only Controversy (1996) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Book of Acts (1974) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Language of the King James Bible (1998) - G. A. Riplinger
General Biblical Introduction (1937) - H. S. Miller
Ruckmanism Exposed (1998) - R. L. Hymers, Jr.
Inspiration and Interpretation (1861, 1999) - Dean John William Burgon
The Revision Revised (1883, 2000) - Dean John William Burgon
The Last Twelve Verses of Mark (1871, ?) - Dean John William Burgon
The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels (1896, 1998) - Dean John William Burgon
The Causes of Corruption of the Traditional Text (1896, 1998) - Dean John William Burgon
Manuscript Evidence (1970) - Peter S. Ruckman
Biblical Scholarship (1988) - Peter S. Ruckman
Why I Believe The King James Bible Is The Word of God (1983) - Peter S. Ruckman
About the New King James Version (1983) - Peter S. Ruckman
About The New Scofield Reference Bible (1979) - Peter S. Ruckman
The NIV (1990) - Peter S. Ruckman
Survey Of The Authorized Version (1978) - Peter S. Ruckman
How To Teach The "Original" Greek (1992) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Myth of Early Revisions (1986) - David F. Reagan
The Christian Liar's Library (1997) - Peter S. Ruckman
1 in 23,000,000 (2001) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Mythological Septuagint (1996) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Last Grenade (1990) - Peter S. Ruckman
The Monarch Of The Books (1973) - Peter S. Ruckman
Satan's Masterpiece! The New ASV (1972) - Peter S. Ruckman
Thy Word Is Truth (1957) - Edward J. Young
Biblical Criticism (1957) - Wick Broomall
A Brief History of English Bible Translations (1993) - Laurence M. Vance
Believing Bible Study (1967, 1977) - Edward F. Hills
Purified Seven Times (1998) - Bill Bradley
The King James Version Debate (1979) - D. A. Carson
The Book (1975) - Dick Cimino
NKJV Nonsense (1992) - Daryl R. Coats
Crowned With Glory (2000) - Thomas Holland
All About The Bible - Sidney Collett
In The Beginning (2001) - Alister McGrath
The Translators Revived (1858, ?) - Alexander McClure
The Answer Book (1989) - Samuel C. Gipp
The Bible Believer's Book of Truth (1998) - James L. Melton
Which Translation Should You Trust? (1993) - Timothy S. Morton
The History Of The New Testament Church (1982) - Peter S. Ruckman
Evidences Of The Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of the Holy Scriptures (1836) - Archibald Alexander
One Book Stands Alone (2001) - Douglas D. Stauffer
Gipp's Understandable History of the Bible (1987, 2000) - Samuel C. Gipp
The Burial of Barry's 64 Questions - Herb Evans
Sixty-six Reasons For Keeping Our Protestant Bible (1987) - William A. DeJonge
In The Beginning Was The Word - Danny C. Doege
A Tale of Three Cities: Where The Bible Versions Began (1997) - David F. Reagan
God Has Only One Bible - Perry F. Rockwood
Which Bible Should I Read? (2000) - Paul Wilde
Does God Have A Controversy With The King James Bible? (1997) - H. Wayne Williams
The King James Only Controversy (1995) - James R. White
Which Bible Is God's Word? (1994) - Gail Riplinger
The New King James Bible Do We Need It? - Chris Sherburne
Translators To The Readers (1611, ?) - Miles Smith
Profiting From The Word (1970) - Arthur W. Pink