BBB:Bible Believers vs. the BBF

   The official paper of the BBF, The Baptist Tribune, has been
encouraging people to buy material from a man we call "Hot Dog Hymers"
in California, and from Gary Hudson in Florida. Both of these up-
starts decided to play "scholar" and take on the "big, bad wolf,"
Ruckman, and make an issue out of a word which was coined by Bob Jones
Jr. and Bob Jones III back in the 1960's--"Ruckmanism" (meaning anybody
who believed the Bible was a higher authority than Christian education).

   We thought you might be interested in how a Bible believer responds
to the BBF bombardment: "Thank you for your encouraging letter. Your
efforts, including this one, always gives my husband and I a spiritual
lift. You need not feel compelled to answer all of our letters since
you are about the only preacher that writes to us that actually has
more important things to do--unlike Gary Hudson and his gang. But when
you do feel expedient to reply, we appreciate it. My husband is still
laughing hysterically about the part where you said 'I'm afraid you are
going to get bombarded from all sides once you have shown an interest.'
As you know from his letters, he has been receiving assorted junk from
Hymers, Waite, and Hudson. He is laughing about how easy it has been to
lambast their peashooter bombardment. Waite sent a newsletter but never
answered his rebuttal of it. Hymers dropped out after one rebutt, but a
certified mail challenge to his $1000 sweepstakes prompted one more
reply. Four letters to Curtis Hutson explaining why we wouldn't renew
our subscriptions or send money have received no answer, only more
pleas for support. Only Gary Hudson continues to write, and he has
evaded anything of substance. WE EXPECTED MORE FROM THESE SCHOLARS THAN
COMICAL ENTERTAlNMENT. I keep telling my husband to quit wasting time
with these screwballs, but after a hard day's work, he wants the
opportunity for some leisurely relaxation, so he continues to entice
them."

   And there is the typical Bible believing response from a real Bible
believer who holds the Bible to be a higher authority than
Fundamentalist scholars and Christian educators.
