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I would never trade my first year of learning the Bible.
That commentary that I was saved while reading was written by Peter S. Ruckman. Most of the books and sermon booklets that were in the big cardboard box were also by Dr. Ruckman. I have since come to realize that though he is an extremely intelligent man, he gets most of his teaching from reading a zillion books, not from the Lord teaching him. Anyway, I will say this, I came away from his teachings with a tremendous belief that the Bible is the word of God.
Dr. Ruckman also was a strong believer in Gospel tracts and witnessing. I had been saved less than a month before I ordered some of his tracts. When they came to the house, I was waiting for the mail man to get there. I shoved tracts in every locker of the High School (it seemed like it anyway). I also left them in the boys bathrooms. I left them everywhere.
My art teacher was very close to me, and I really wanted him to get saved, so I gave him the Commentary, all 500+ pages of it. LOL I don't think he ever did read it. When he returned it to me, he gave me a small paperback about two neanderthal villages named Adam and Eve. Sigh.
Perhaps the best thing about that first year happened about 6 months into it. I was in the car when I realized that for 1/2 a year I hadn't even thought of the occult or the paranormal. How wonderful! God had taken it completely away. Talk about putting off the old man, and putting on the new man!
That commentary that I was saved while reading was written by Peter S. Ruckman. Most of the books and sermon booklets that were in the big cardboard box were also by Dr. Ruckman. I have since come to realize that though he is an extremely intelligent man, he gets most of his teaching from reading a zillion books, not from the Lord teaching him. Anyway, I will say this, I came away from his teachings with a tremendous belief that the Bible is the word of God.
Dr. Ruckman also was a strong believer in Gospel tracts and witnessing. I had been saved less than a month before I ordered some of his tracts. When they came to the house, I was waiting for the mail man to get there. I shoved tracts in every locker of the High School (it seemed like it anyway). I also left them in the boys bathrooms. I left them everywhere.
My art teacher was very close to me, and I really wanted him to get saved, so I gave him the Commentary, all 500+ pages of it. LOL I don't think he ever did read it. When he returned it to me, he gave me a small paperback about two neanderthal villages named Adam and Eve. Sigh.
Perhaps the best thing about that first year happened about 6 months into it. I was in the car when I realized that for 1/2 a year I hadn't even thought of the occult or the paranormal. How wonderful! God had taken it completely away. Talk about putting off the old man, and putting on the new man!
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