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BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN November 2017 Page 1 Bible Believers’ Bulletin Vol. 41 No. 11 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17) November 2017 The Flat Earth Conspiracy By Brian Donovan race of scientifically advanced giants, When I was a younger boy, I re- who were between 400-800 years old, member going through the checkout dwelt inside. They could be reached lines with Mom at the market and by flying to the North Pole and any seeing a newspaper called The Na- plane trying to fly directly north or south tional Enquirer. In 1953, the paper would eventually fly into the hollow was turned into a sensational tabloid earth as it is not possible to fly over the by its owner, named Pope, for the sole poles. Admiral Byrd and a few others purpose of more sales. The Enquirer had encountered this “truth” and it was used wild conspiracy headlines that being hidden from us in a massive con- often grabbed the attention, but by the spiracy. I bought the book called The 1960’s the stories became laughable. Hollow Earth by Raymond Bernard, Stories included that Hitler and JFK B.A., M.A., Ph.D. and still have it in my were alive, the government controlled library. It certainly was “intriguing” to the weather to kill us, the moon landing read. There are supposed to be 1400 was a hoax, Elvis was alive, as was mile wide openings at the north and Marilyn Monroe and Jimmy Hoffa and south poles that will bring you into the aliens abducted people and implanted hollow earth if you try to fly over the devices to control the mind and erase poles, but in a concerted conspiracy, memory, etc. Back in 1981, as a young no one is allowed to do that or ever Christian, I was told about a conspiracy talk about it if they get close enough to that the earth was hollow and that a the openings. As a young Christian, I listened and watched closely as a few older Christians got caught up in the In This Bulletin conspiracy and constantly talked about The Flat Earth Conspiracy ...............1 it and the need to get to the bottom of it. What Every American Should It became their “gospel”, not only with Be Thankful For ...........................2 other Christians but with lost sinners. Acts 8:37 and Final Authority .........24 Another old conspiracy theory that National Embarrassments .............31 Continued on 13 New Commentary on Mark—see page 9 Page 2 November 2017 BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN What Every American Should Be Thankful For By Dr. Peter S. Ruckman the righteous forsaken, nor his “Praise ye the LORD. I will praise seed begging bread” (Psa. 37:25). the LORD with my whole heart, in We ought to thank God for the natu- the assembly of the upright, and in ral resources God has put in this land. the congregation” (Psa. 111:1). Before the white man came over here, I am no “pinko,” Communist, or this land belonged to the Indians, and Socialist. I am a red, white, and blue for various reasons, among which was American. My people were military the idolatry of spirit worship (animism), people for four generations. I was they couldn’t appropriate all of it. As raised on the flag and to believe dying one nation, this country has more in combat in the service of this country natural resources than any other on was the greatest honor a man could earth. As a continent, Africa has more, have. Of course, since I have been but Africa is broken into several na- saved, I don’t believe that anymore. I tions by tribalism and false religions. believe the greatest honor a man can Some parts of Africa have been deci- have is to live and die in the service of mated by diseases spread through his Lord and Saviour. fornication (like AIDS). Because of all Nevertheless, I am still a loyal the in-fighting and disease, the Afri- American. I must admit, I have lost cans can’t make sufficient use of the a lot of my patriotism over the years, resources they have. mainly by studying the leaders and America is a big country. That used the government. But I am still a real to be reflected in its machines, its American. The Declaration of Inde- farm lands, its literature, and even in pendence, the Constitution, and the its citizens. I have traveled all around Bill of Rights were all written by my the world, and there aren’t the fertile crowd: white, straight, male, Anglo- farmlands like you find in Iowa, Ohio, Saxon Protestants. If that offends and Illinois. There are no mountain you, too bad. You say, “If you don’t ranges like in the Rockies and the like America, Ruckman, why don’t you Smokies. There certainly are higher leave it?” You leave it; my bunch was ones like the Himalayas, but they are here first. not wooded and beautiful like the ones Now there are some things for here in the United States. No country which every real American should be has rivers like the Missouri and the thankful to God, and its leadership Mississippi. The Nile and the Amazon over the last few decades is not one certainly are bigger, but when it comes of them. But the first one to which I to climate, industry, and farming, the want to draw your attention is found in Missouri-Mississippi system beats the Psalm 111:5—“He hath given meat other two hands down. unto them that fear him.” America is a big country. I travel David wrote, “I have been young, farther in a year than the Apostle Paul and now am old; yet have I not seen Continued on 3 BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN November 2017 Page 3 What Every American Should Be Thankful For Continued from 2 Now I know there are a lot of unsaved traveled in a lifetime, and it’s all in the people in this country who don’t fear same country. If you’ve ever traveled God and don’t keep His command- to another country, you don’t real- ments. But I’ll tell you what you do ize what a blessing it is to live in the have in this country, which is rapidly United States. Russia and China may disappearing with all the “politically be larger in territory than America, but correct” mess—it is a sense of humor. as a citizen, you can’t just pick up and You should thank God for that. Ameri- move where you want when you want. cans have always had a native sense Those governments restrict the move- of humor about things that allows ments of their citizens. them to know a fake when they see it. Up until the 1980s, this country was Television has been the curse of self-sustaining. Not anymore. Now we this country; it has greatly curtailed the are in debt to Communist China. We ability of the average American to spot have more oil reserves than any other a fake. With Hollywood and New York nation on earth, but because of the feeding Americans their sense of hu- Communists in the Democratic Party mor (usually left-wing, dirty stuff), most and the environmental movement, the Americans have been conditioned to Moslems in Saudi Arabia and the So- take the news media seriously. Never cialists in Venezuela have us, literally, take CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and FOX over a barrel—a barrel of oil. seriously. Nevertheless, this nation has great Your Saviour said, “that which resources. Nearly everyone in this is highly esteemed among men is country has enough to eat, and if you abomination in the sight of God” don’t, you can get help getting food. (Luke 16:15). So the best rule of Fifty-eight percent of the American thumb is, if the news media is for population eats out weekly. The sad something or trying to make a god or fact is, a lot of the wheat and corn goddess out of someone, don’t hesi- grain in this land are turned into liquor. tate two seconds to make fun of it (or These “the-sky-is-falling” envi- him or her). Just go ahead and mock ronmentalists complain about “over- it and ridicule it; you’ll get it right nine population.” As of 2015, our population times out of ten. was 321.4 million, and that was down G.I.s are great ones for making about fifty million from the last time I jokes about things that normally preached this sermon. With that size wouldn’t be funny, but they do that population, there is enough land in this to keep from going crazy. A group of country to provide five acres to every Marines go into an attack, and some American. “gunny” gets blown up into a thousand Back to Psalm 111: “A good un- pieces. One private says to his buddy, derstanding have all they that do “It’ll take more than that to stop the his commandments” (Psa. 111:10). Continued on 4 Page 4 November 2017 BIBLE BELIEVERS’ BULLETIN What Every American Should Be Thankful For Continued from 3 their children sacrifice themselves in Sarge.” That may be morbid, but it’s service to a false god, the imams who funny. It’s called “iron humor.” teach them they can get to paradise There was a bumpersticker out and fornicate with 72 perpetual virgins when Clinton and Obama were in for doing it, or the victims they killed office that said: “Lee Oswald, where and maimed.