     Pensacola Bible Institute 
         Course Catalogue
           P.O Box 6235
       Pensacola, Fl 32503
           904-476-1387
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                                Table Of Contents
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Purpose.................................................1
History.................................................1
Dr. Peter S. Ruckman....................................2
Statement of Faith......................................5
Board of Directors and Faculty..........................6
Doctrinal Viewpoint.....................................7
Student Life............................................9
Location................................................9
Admission..............................................10
Application Procedure..................................11
English Proficiency Examination........................12
Midyear Admissions.....................................12
Expenses...............................................12
Grading System.........................................13
Graduation Requirements................................13
Schedule...............................................14
Calendar...............................................14
Description of Bible Courses...........................15
General Courses........................................19
Preacher's Courses.....................................21
Specialized Courses....................................22
Accreditation..........................................26
Bible Baptist Church...................................26
Bible Baptist Bookstore................................26
Bible Believer's Bulletin..............................26
Theological Seminar of the Air.........................27
Course Credits.........................................28
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                    PENSACOLA BIBLE INSTITUTE                     1

PURPOSE:  The Institute was originated to supply a func-
tion in modern Christianity which has been
neglected by the vast majority of denominational and non-
denominational schools. This function does not make the Pen-
sacola Bible Institute any better than any other school, but it
enables it to fulfill a purpose which is absolutely necessary for
    Its function is to train young men to do TWO things-and
TWO things only. One of these is to know the English Bible
of the English-speaking people from cover to cover, and the
other is to be able to assemble this information and deliver it
to a congregation in such a manner as to successfully transmit 
the message.
    This instruction is unique in that it will lay the primary em-
phasis on PREACHING, rather than on the executive and pro-
motional branches of the Church; and it will lay the emphasis
on the Reformation text of the English-speaking people, rather
than on the critical theories that have been used to destroy the
authority of that text. As Victor Hugo said: ''England has two
grcat books, Shakespeare and the Bible England made Shake-
speare, and the Bible made England This Protestant heritage,
connected with the Bible that was used by the founding fathers
of our own country, is the heritage preserved in the Pensacola
Bible Institute, and the REASON for this preservation will be
clearly taught and analyzed from every point of view: critical
historical. non-christian, Christian, orthodox, non-orthodox
liberal. and Roman.


HISTORY:          In September of 1965, the first class of the 
                  Pensacola Bible Institute, a group of twelve
students, met in a one room block building. This meeting was
the result of a burden that the Lord had given to Dr. Peter S.
Ruckman, founder and president of the Institute. Having sent
numerous young men (saved and called to preach under his
ministry) to the fundamental schools and having them come back
with their faith in the word of God destroyed, he determined

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to start a Bible institute that would preserve the student's faith
in God's word, the Authorized Version.
    A generous friend donated the present site of the Pensacola
Bible Institute, which originally housed one small classroom.
The Lord has continued to bless the Institute; the school now
has three classrooms, a student lounge, a nursery, a gymnasium,
and recording facilities. A church auditorium and a separate
building for the book and tape ministry were built in 1978.
    Since 1965 the Institute has graduated over four hundred
fifty students, and one fourth of these are now in full time ser-
vice as pastors, teachers, missionaries, associate pastors, and
evangelists. During this time the Bible Baptist Church has or-
dained sixty-five preachers, while at the same time more than
two hundred and fifty young men were called to the ministry
in meetings which Dr. Ruckrnan held across the nation.
    This Institute is interested in the training of Bible-believing
preachers, and all its resources are available for that purpose.

DR PETER S.          Dr. Peter S. Ruckman was born in Wil-
   RUCKMAN           mington, Delaware (November 19, 1921)
                     and raised in Topeka, Kansas (1922-1942).
After moving from Kansas to Alabama in 1943, he received
his B.A. degree from the University of Alabama (1944). In his
religious background he was "christened and confirmed" in
the Episcopal Church, and before his conversion to Christ, Dr.
Ruckman also became a student of Oriental religions while serv-
ing with the United States Army in the Far East. Following this,
he was a candidate for confirmation in the Roman Catholic
Church (1949). Having been naturally blessed with a gift for
reading and assimilating written rnaterial, Dr. Ruckman finished
the Harvard Five Foot Shelf of Classics before he was twenty-
two, and attained the state of Samhadi before he was twenty-
five by applying the teachings of the Sutras, Vedas, Shasta,
Puranas, Gitas, and the teachings of Gautama Buddha.
    Dr. Ruckman was led to a saving knowledge of the Lord
Jesus Christ on March 14, 1949, by Hugh Pyle, who at that
time was pastor of the Brent Baptist Church in Pensacola,
Florida. His call to the ministry came during a Billy Graham

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meeting in Greenville while he was studying radio at Bob Jones
University. He finished his formal education with six years of
raining at Bob Jones (four full years and two accelerated sum-
er sessions), complet-
ing requirements for the             (Picture of Dr Ruckman.
Master and Doctor of                  Not available in ASCII text 
Philosophy Degrees.                   Format)
Reading at a rate of
seven hundred words a
minute, Dr. Ruckman
had managed to read
about sixty-five hundred
books before receiving
his doctorate; and he still
reads an average of one
book a day. With this
background-over twelve thousand books read and
ssimilated-Dr. Ruckman holds to the King James Authorized
version of 1611 as the final and absolute authority in matters
of faith, practice, doctrine, science, religion, philosophy,
morals, education, and politics. Dr. Ruckman teaches church
nistory, theology, manuscript evidence, problem texts, and soul-
winnmg as wcll as Bible courses and courses designed for the
pastorale. With eleven years practical experience as a full-time
evangclist and twenty-eight years practical experience as a full-
time pastor, Dr. Ruckman is able to give students an "in-depth''
view of the ministry in the twentieth century.
    During his pastorate at the Brent Baptist Church of Pen-
sacola ( 1960-1972), the church paid off $325,000 in debts, or-
daincd thirty-eight young men to the ministry, established a book
and tapc ministry, founded a Bible institute, and took on the
support of thirty-two missionaries. Over five hundred profes-
sions of faith took place during this pastorate with three hun-
dred of them joining the church and following the Lord in bap-
tism. With ten independent Baptist churches (plus forty-five
Southern Baptist churches) in a town of seventy thousand, still
more young men were called to preach at Brent than at any three
other churches combined. One hundred and sixty-seven full-

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time pastors, evangelists, and missionaries have traced their call
to the ministry to the preaching or the teaching of Dr. Ruckman
(1980). He continues today holding weekend Bible conferences
throughout the United States while carrying a twenty-two sub-
ject teaching load out of thirty-three subjects taught at PBI.
    Dr. Ruckman stands for the absolute authority of the
Authorized Version and offers no apology to any recognized
scholar anywhere (recommended by anyone) for this stand. This
has brought forth a roar of protest from such men as lohn R.
Rice, Robert Sumner, Bob Jones, III, and the faculty at Bob
Jones University and Pensacola Christian College. In spite of
this opposition, PBI continues to turn out soul-winning, street-
preaching, Bible-believing young men who can handle a Greek
New Testament as well as the graduates of any other institution. 
    Dr. Ruckman continues, by the grace of God, to minister
in the Laodicean church age. He gives the Lord Jesus Christ
all the credit and all the glory for anything that may have been
accomplished in his ministry, and he refuses to sit in judgment 
on the word of God as other ''recognized" Fundamental scholars
have done. Young men and women wishing to learn the Bible
can learn it at PBI without losing their faith in it. In an age when
many Christian schools are attacking the AV 1611, this ministry
is needed. God has raised it up, and God will honor it.

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                                 Statement of Faith
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To PASTORS AND MINISTERS ALREADY IN THE MINISTRY
    For purposes of identification, the Pensaeola Bible Institute
adopts the stand of premillenial Baptist doctrine. If there is any
argument or disagreement about what the Institute teaches. the
administration wishes it to be known that the following posi-
tion is taken by the Institute, without apology:

A. The absolute. sole, authoritative rule for students is the
     Reformation Text of the AV 1611, King James Bible.

B. This is to be interpreted. scripture with scripture. with no
     regard to anyone's traditional way of private interpretation.

C. The plain sense of the plain English is always to be taken,
      rather than appealing to some "original" that no one has
      ever found.

D. The born-again believer is eternally secure and awaits the
     literal, visible, bodily Second Coming of the Lord Jesus
     Christ .

E. The believer is baptized in water, by irnmersion, to show
    his identification with the Lord Jesus Christ.

F. The local church is a self-governing, autonomous body.
    separate trom state or ecclesiastical interference through
    religio-politico bosses.

G. Whenever any man, church, or organization denies that the
    word of God means what it says, aai it says it, whcre it says
    it, that man, church. or organizatjoll is to be ignored in
    spiritual matters. We acknowledge allegiance to our govern-
    ment as law-abiding citizens, and we uphold its Constitu-
    tion. By the grace of God, we will not recognize the spiritual
    authority of anyone who superimposes the private interpreta-
    tions ot his church over the Holy Scriptures.

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Board Of Directors
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Dr. Peter S. Ruckman                             Dr. Roy L. Clipper
Mr. Robert W. Mitchell                           Mr. John R. Neidlinger
Mr. Brian Donovan                                Mr. O. Wayne Hughes

FACULITY
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Petcr S. Ruckman..........B.A, M.A., Th.M., Th.D., Ph.D.
Laurence M. Vance.........B.D., Th.M., Th.D.
Brian Donovan.............Assoc. Pastor and Youth Director
Ronald M. Forte...........B.D.
Keith Karbine.............B.D.
Ruth Meacham..............B.S.


STATEMENT OF FAITH
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      FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SUBSCRIBERS

     We believe that the God who inspired the Scriptures is
powerful enough to preserve them in the form in which He in-
tended us to have them.
     We believe in the providential PRESERVATION of the
true word of God as well as in thc providential INSPIRATION
ot' the word of God. We further believe that the purpose of this
preservation was to maintain the infallibility of the inspired,
original tcxt.
     We believe that the providential preservation of the New
Testament concentrated itself on the Greek text within the sphere
of the Greek Church through Antioch, Syria, and that the text
of the majority of manuscripts from this area is the providen-
tially preserved and AUTHORIZED text. The text of the ma-
jority is the standard text.
     This text is thc Textus Receptus of the Syrian (Byzantine)
extraction, coming to the English-speaking people through the
Reformation in the Balkans and Germany. The final and outstan-
ding representative of this text is the Authorized King James,
AV 1611. which represents a purified, neutral text (Beza's fifth
edition with improvements over Erasmus).
     We subscribe to a moderate Calvinism and a moderate
dispensationalism.

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    We believe in all the historic, fundamental doctrines of the
Baptist taith in regard to the Virgin Birth, the Deity of Christ,
the Vicarious Atonement, the Bodily Resurrection, and the Se-
cond Coming.
    We believe in the authority of the local church and in its
separation from political and state entanglements. We practice
the two ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper. We or-
dain the two offices of deacon and elder, with the presiding
elder being called a bishop or pastor.
    We believe in free grace and the gift of eternal life given
to anyone who will receive the Lord Jesus Christ as his own
Savior. We bclieve in personal work. prayer, visitation, giv-
ing, and ministering to the sick and needy. We believe that prac-
tical application of Bible truth is as important as correctness
in doctrine or profession of faith.

DOCTRINAL          Since all ministers are classified, sooner
VIEWPOINTS         or later, by their congregations as Bap-
                   tist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic,
etc., thc Pensacola Bible Institute identifies itself with the historic
Baptist position, which briefly is as follows:
1. Separation of church and state.
2. The autonomy of the local church.
3. Water baptism by immersion
4. The security of the believer.
    Although identification with a group usually involves
FINANCIAL "hooks" and religious and political problems,
the Institute is not tied politically or financially to any Baptist
association or convenlion.
    This is necessary for two reasons:
    I . The emphasis of the Institute is on the Reforrnation text
ot the English Bible (AV 1611). Most Christian schools and
seminaries rccommend the ASV (1901), the New ASV, or the
NIV as superior to this text and teach students to take the AV
(1611) ''with a grain of salt.''
   2. Thc present religious set-up shows that convention Bap-
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political situations This is not the historic Baptist position, and
the Institute cannot subscribe to it, although it cannot condemn
individuals who may have followed their own BELIEVING
PREACHERS-not to erect a superstructure of a religio-politico
nature.
    Students finishing the three years of study are thoroughly
prepared for any Baptist school they may wish to attend. They
will reccive TWO things at the Institute not presently available
in ninety percent of the other schools in which they may pur-
sue their course of studies:
    I . An unshakable faith that the King James Bible is the word
ot' God, with the ability to prove this from the Greek manuscript
evidence
    2. An ability to stand before an audience and effectively
deliver a mcssage, after having had more than forty opportunities
lo preach before a critical audience and after having the messages
analyzed, criticized, and reformed.
    ALL DOCTRINAL VIEWPOINTS WILL BE TAUGHT
IN THE INSTITUTE so that the student will have an understan-
ding of the position taken by every major denomination on the
essenlial doctrines of Christianity. These viewpoints will be
analyzed and discussed, checked with the scriptures. confirm-
ed in Ihe original tongues, compared with as many as twenty-
eight versions of the Bible, noted in the histories of doctrines,
and commented on in the classroom.  Doctrines thus treated will
include the Nature of the Church, Regeneration. Justification,
Sanctitication, Adoption. Atonement, Baptism, the Lord's Sup-
per. Angelology, Christology, Redemption, Demonology. the
Authority of the Scripture, the Inspiration of Scripture, Har-
martiology, Soteriology. and Eschatology.

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STUDENT            Pensacola Bible Institute is made up of peo-
    LIFE           ple, not buildings, and learning is not limited
                   to the classroom.
    Because it is located on the Gulf Coast in an area with four
military bases and two universities the opportunities for stu-
dent witness are excellent. Many students group together to pur-
chase radio time in Pensacola and Mobile. The missions, jails,
nursing homes, and hospitals in the city provide choice fields
for Christian work.
    Advanced students are sometimes able to serve in temporary
pastorates. The wives have several meetings a year designed
to provide the close spiritual fellowship they need.
    Although the Institute has no organized athletic program,
sports are encouraged. On weekends one will find groups of
students practicing karate or playing volleyball, racquetball. or
hockey in the gymnasium.

LOCATION            The Pensacola Bible Institute is located
                    at the corner of Jo Jo and Jernigan Roads,
twelve miles north of Pensacola's downtown area.

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  A                 The Pensacola Bible Institute expects its students to
                    possess the basic qualities of honor, integrity, and
  D                 maturity and to conduct themselves accordingly. Con-
                    sequently, the Institute has only as many rules and
  M                 regulations as are necessary to maintain order and
                    discipline. It is assumed that all students will respect
  I                 the rights of others, and any conduct contrary to this
                    principle will receive the immediate attention of the
  S                 administration.
                       Students are required to sign a pledge that they
  S                 neither drink, smoke, dance, nor attend the theater and
                    that they are NOT engaged (nor intend to be engaged)
  I                 in any lorm of activity against the established govern-
                    ment of the United States of America. Students who
  O                 cannot abide by the Christian instructions of First Cor-
                    inthians and Ephesians in their practical conduct as
  N                 ministers will not bc accepted by the Institute or will
                    be expelled on review by the Board of Directors if such
  S                 misconduct cffects the testimony of the Institute
    The administration expects all students to use good taste
in their dress and appearance. Men are expccted to dress ap-
propriately for class, and slacks are not considcred appropriate
women's attire for class.
    Students who cause dissention over doctrinal or personal
controversies can be dismissed or suspended by the president.
The Institute's doctrinal position concerning hyper-Calvinism
and hypcr dispensationalism is clearly stated in its publications,
givcn to all new students at orientaition so that these might not
become an issue during the year. Should a student be suspend-
ed, he may appeal this action to the Board ot Tnlstees.
    No student will be rcfused enrollment because of race or
nationality, but he will he subject to examination by the Board
ot Directors about his conversion experience, his desire to serve
the Lord, and his attitude toward the authority of the Bible.

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APPLICATION                 Applications for enrollment may be
PROCEDURE                   obtained from the Registrar, Mr.
                            Robert W. Mitchell, P.O. Box 6235.
Pensaeola. Florida 32503. These should be returned with the
registration fee as carly as possible. Applications are maintained
at the office on file. but registration must be completed in per-
son on either of the last two Sundays in August, before classes
begin in September. No students will be admitted for credit after
the second week of school.
    A 2''x 3'' black and white or color photograph must be
submitted with the school application.
    Credits from other colleges and institutes will be considered
upon receipt of validated transcripts and accepted at the discre-
tion of the president.
    No previous educational achievement is required. A high
school diploma is nol a prerequisite to admission.

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  ENGLISH                      All men not having a college tran-
PROFICIENCY                    script in English are required to take
EXAMINATION                    an English examination to determine
                               their placement in the English
program. This English examination is given on the night of
orientation. All English requirements may be completed in one
summer, prior to the first year enrollment. Registration for this
purpose is scheduled during the first week of June.

  MIDYEAR           Students are encouraged to enter their pro-
 ADMISSIONS         gram with the fall semester since the ma-
                    jority of the courses cor-tinue through both
semesters. Midyear entrance will exclude the student from
several courses and require an additional year in order to
graduate .

EXPENSES        Student expenses at the Pensacola Bible In-
                stitute are moderate, Evening classes make
it possible for a man to support himself and his family while
attending, and tuition may be paid by the week, month, or
semester in advance.
    The Registration fee is $15.00 each school ycar. This is
not retundable and must be paid by every student, including
those auditing classes, those entering midyear, and wives at-
tending classcs.
    A student's wife is allowed to attend free of charge the
classes in which her husband is enrolled. Femalc students who
marry during the semester must pay for that scmester.
    Tuition costs $2.00 per class-hour per week.
    This totals $36.00 per class per semester.
    Textbooks are provided free of charge.
    There is a make-up exam fee of at least $2.00 per exam,
and points will be deducted.
    There are no nursery facilities for any age children during
classes except during Wednesday night Bible classes.
    As there are no dormitory facilities, it is necessary for
students to obtain their own housing.  The school has no agent
set up to assist with housing or jobs.  It is best to arrive at least
a month before school starts to obtain employment and housing.

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GRADING                 All work is graded in letters which may be
SYSTEM                  interpreted as follows:

A................... 94- 100
B....................88-93                   I ..............Incomplete
C....................78-87                   PC ..........Passed on Condition
D....................70-77    
F.................... 0-69

    Any course dropped during the year should be reported to
the teacher and to the secretary within the week of dropping
the class. If thc secretary is not notified the student will be
required to pay the tuition for the course for the whole semester
and will receive a grade of F. No courses may be added for
credit after the third week of sehool.
    Report cards will be given to students at the end of each
semester and a permanent record is kept on eaeh student.
    Dr. Ruekman will be the final authority on any credits given
to a student from another school.
    To he eligible to receive credit for any course the student
must attend at least fourteen weeks out of the eighteen week
each class meets.
    Make up work should be done as soon after the absence
as possible. All work must be made up before final exams unless
special permission is given by the instructor. There is a charge
for make-up tests.

 GRADUATION                     Pensacola Bible Institute offers a
REQUIREMENTS                    three year program leading to a
                                Bachelor of Divinity degree.
    Degrees are conferred publicly on scheduled commence-
ment dates.  Only those students who take all of the courses given
in the catalogue on pages 16-26 are eligible for this degree, and
they must take Hebrew and Greek to qualify. Certificates of
completion are awarded to students who have not completed
the language and preaching courses.
    No degree will be conferred until all tuition and fees have
been paid.

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SCHEDULE            The Institute conducts a three year course,
                    in six eighteen-week semesters. Each
weck has twenty class periods, meeting Monday through Fri-
day, 6:00-10:00 PM. The classes are taught on a three year.
rotating schedule.

CALENDAR           School opens the first Monday in
                   September (Labor Day), with Orientation
at 7:00 PM.  There is a two week break in December, and classes
resume the first week of January. There is a spring break, and
the year concludes with graduation in the last week of May.

    Dr. Peter S. Ruckman teaches all Bible classes (except
John), Church History, Evangelistic Song Leading, Preacher's
Problems, The Local Church, Advanced Theology. Problem
Texts, and Manuscript Evidence.

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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES
BIBLE COURSES

B101-102-201-202 GENESIS     (4 Semesters-72 hours)
A detailed verse by verse study of each word in Genesis,
with comparative cross references in the other sixty-five
books Critical theories on the authorship will be taught (Tub-
ingen, Graf-Wellhausen. etc.) plus the material by Harry
Rimmer and Wilbur Smith on the apparent conflicts between
Genesis 1-3 and modern "science." Classic works on the
book (Leupold, Pink, etc.) will be used in conjunction with
the Bible itself with the sermon notes on the book from
Moody, Torrey, Sunday, McClaren, Truett, Machen.
Wilson, etc. Of course, Delitzsch and Gesenius will be re-
ferred to on the Masoretic Text of Jacob ben Chayyim. The
first twelve chapters will consume approxirnately thirty hours
of the total seventy-two.

B103-104  ROMANS                     (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A detailed study, with special emphasis on the New Testa-
ment revelation of salvation by grace, apart from works. Dr.
Barnhouse's material will be referred to, along with the stan-
dard commentaries. Attention will be given to alterations in
the Grcek Receptus and the Westcott and Hort text of the
ASV and RSV. where they deal significantly with the Dei-
ty Person or work of the Messiah. Opinions of Scofield,
Lipsius, Lietzmann, Julicher, Ruckert, Schaff, and Sunday
will bc taken into consideration in the exposition.

B105  GALATIANS                            (I Semester-18 hours)
A detailed study covering the contents of both epistles. Special
attention will be given to the dispensational teaching of Stam,
Bullinger, and O'Hair in connection with these epistles, and
Wuest, Trench, and Alford will be referred to in conjunc-
tion with the critical apparatus of Nestle's Greek Text (a com-
pilation of the readings of Weiss, Westcott and Hort, and

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Tischendorf, with occasional readings of Von Soden,
Tregelles, Griesbach, etc.). Doctrines of the Reformation
are stressed, and in particular the "body mystery'' of the
church as revealed by Paul.


B106  PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS   ( I Semester-18 hours)
A detailed study covering the contents of both epistles. Em-
phasis is again on the ''body mystery," with detailed analysis
given to Colossians 2 as it relates to the contemporary Chris-
tian understanding of philosophy and baptism. Nestle's Greek
Text is referred to throughout, with notes of discrepancies
between academic use of "OLDER MANUSCRIPTS'' and
actual practice when forming the text of the epistles. Rejec-
tion of papyrus from the second and third centuries, where
it agrees with the AV 1611, will be noted, and, conversely,
where B (Vaticanus) of the fourth century disagrees with the
papyrus and is still used will be noted as it occurs.

B107-108-207-208   MATTHEW        (4 Semesters-72 hours)
A detailed verse by verse study, with emphasis on the dispen-
sational nature of this Gospel in contrast to the Pauline
Epistles. Critical theories on authorship, Aramaic sources,
"Q'' document, two document theory, etc., will be discussed.
Special studies will be given on the parables and Mysteries
of the Kingdom of Heaven, as they are related to the false
teaching of Ecumenicism and the Roman Church. Exhaustive
study is included concerning the mis-identification of Peter
as the "Rock'' and the misinterpretation of ''This is my
body'' as referring to a physical corpse.

B203   HEBREWS                              ( I Semester-18 hours)
A detailed study giving special attention to the historical posi-
tion of the book and its doctrinal application to each dispen-
sation (past, present, and future). The problem of author-
ship (Paul, Apollos, Barnabas) will be discussed. Commen-
taries used will be John Peter Lange, Adam Clarke, Williams,
Matthew Henry, The Pulpit Commentary, etc., plus the stan-

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dard works of the Greek exegetes-Marcus Dodds, Kenneth
Wuest, Trench. Vincent, Nicolls, etc.


B205-206   1 & 2 THESSALONIANS,
    1 & 2 TIMOTHY, TITUS                   (Semesters-36 hours)
A study with special emphasis given to the passages dealing
with the Second Coming of Christ and to those dealing with
the two offices of the local church-pastor and deacon.

B209-210   EXODUS                         (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A verse by verse, word by word study of all forty chapters,
with a detailed discussion of the "Suph Sea" nonsense taught
at Christian schools. Critical and exegetical analysis of the
mistakes of Lange, Clarke, Dummelow, Jarniesson, Fausset,
Brown, and the Wycliffe Commentary in mishandling pass-
ages. Devotional and practical lessons on the Passover and
wilderness journey, and a detailed study of Tabernacle
typology .

B301-302   REVELATION                   (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A detailed verse by verse study of each word in Revelation,
giving comparative cross-references in the other sixty-five
books. Critical theories on authorship will be noted, with
the three main schools of interpreting the book: historic,
preterist, and spiritual. The premillenial position will be taken
from Larkin. Biederwolf, Pember, Scofield, Moody,
Criswell, R.G. Lee, Pieters (The Theocratic Kingdom).
McClain, and Webb. The a-millenial and post-millennial posi-
tions as presented and taught by Berkhoff, A.T. Robertson,
Kuyper, Dabney, Strong, Shedd, Hodge, Talmage, Beecher,
The New Hampshire Confession of Faith, etc., will be dis-
cussed. Analysis will be made of so-called ''missing
passages'' in Erasmus' Receptus, compared with papyrus
manuscripts and Hesychian-type texts.

B303-304   JOHN                        (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A detailed study with special attention given to the differences
between this and the Synoptic Gospels. Authorship and date


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of authorship will be discussed thoroughly, with reference
to the commentaries listed above, in addition to the standard
work of Farrar, The Early Days of Christianity, and the opin-
ions of A.W. Pink, Lightfoot, Zahn, Westcott, Ebhard,
Holtsmann, etc. Attention will be given to the universal op-
position of Liberalism to this Gospel while accepting the
Synoptics and to the doctrinal reasons for this opposition
where they concern the Deity of Christ and the method of
Salvation.

B305-306   ACTS                        (2 Semesters-36 hours)
What may be sald of all the other Bible courses may be said
of this one, with the addition that special attention is given
to progressive revelation as it is related to the teachings of
Stam, Bullinger, Baker, and O'Hair.

B307-308   DANIEL, HOSEA            (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A verse by verse, exhaustive study giving the student all the
material contained in the Pulpit Commentary, in addition to
information from Phillips and Dumrnelow, the writings of
Larkin and Sir Robert Anderson, and the Scofield notes, plus
practical material not contained in any of these.

B204   JAMES, 1 & 2 PETER              (I Semester-18 hours)
The peculiar characteristics of these epistles are remarked
on and noted. Any relevance to "end time" doctrinal ap-
plications are marked as well as the tremendous practical
truths contained in the ''General" Epistles

B311-312   1 & 2 CORINTHIANS        (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A word by word, verse by verse study of both the epistles,
correcting the errors of Nestle's Greek text, Aland and Metz-
ger's Greek text, and Westcott and Hort's Greek text by com-
paring scripture with scripture. Detailed study of 1 Corin-
thians 7 and 14 giving all passages in either Testament
dealing with the problems discussed there. Problem texts are
analyzed and solved in class.

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GENERAL COURSES
===================

G101   OLD TESTAMENT SURVEY     (1 Semester-36 hours)
A general course designed to acquaint the student with the
homogeneity and congruity of the thirty-nine books. All books
will be listed with their number of chapters, verses, and
words.  Authorship and date of authorship will be discussed.
Thc main points and doctrinal content of each book will be
extracted. Thc history of the Theocratic Kingdom will be
traced throughout with occasional references to DeWette, Hit-
zig, Ursinius, Scholtmann, Raschi, Grotius, Umbreit,
Lightfoot, Keil, Delitzsch, etc., and the scientific investiga-
tion of R.D. Wilson will be used on critical problems. Mes-
sianic prophecies will be traced thoughout the verses that deal
specifically with the Second Coming of Christ.


G102   NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY    (1 Semester-36 hours)
A general course as described above, except of course, the
occasional references will be primarily to DeWette, Wes-
tein, Thulock, Weiss. Neander, Olhausen, Calvin, Hodge,
Schumacher, Ironsides, Kemp, Shedd, etc. Special attention
will be given to the temporary transition of the Theocratic
Kingdom to the Kingdom of God with the implications and
involvement that this transition brings with it. The doctrines
of thr Holy Spirit and Salvation (Pneumatology and
Soteriology) will be traced throughout with some attention
to Unger's Demonology, Schafer's Systematic Theology, J.P.
Lewis' War on the Saints, and sirmilar works.


G103-104-203-204   CHURCH HISTORY
                                    (4 Semesters -72 hours)
A course tracing the history of the local church and the
denominational structure (hierarchies and councils includ-
ed) from thc Acts of the Apostles through LaTourette, Philip
Schaff, Eusebius, E.H. Spence, LaGarde, Fisher, Froom,
Dargan, etc. Detailed study will be made of early controver-

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sies (Manichaean, Arian, Docetian, etc.) in the ante-Nicene
and post-Nicene periods; the subsequent deterioration at Nicea
(325 A.D.) under Constantine; the progress and development
of the Pope and the Holy Roman Empire; pre-Reformation
attempts at reform (Tanchelm, Huss, Wycliffe, Savonarola,
etc.); D'Aubigne's work on Calvin and Luther; contemporary
biographies on Wesley, Whitefield, Edwards, Bray, Finney,
Cotton, Cartwright, etc.; and the history of doctrines dur-
ing each period as they deviated from or adhered to the plain
words of literal interpretation.


G105   EVANGELISTIC SONG LEADING  ( 1 Semester-18 hours)
This course teaches the prospective preacher how to read
enough music to handle his congregation until such a time
as he may have access to professional or trained musicians. 
Studies include beats, bars, times, rests, holds, notes, and
staff signatures augmented by patterns for leading each time
signature and effective methods of getting a congregation to
follow holds. attacks. releases, and volume. During the
course, each student is required to stand and lead the class
in song, some of which are picked at random by the instructor.

G301   BAPTIST MISSIONS               (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A historical analysis ot the missionary movement from
Genesis to the present, with special emphasis on New Testa-
rnent missionary practice and its connection to Baptist mis-
sions. Material from the Baptist fellowships at Arlington.
Texas, and Springfield, Missouri, will be used with source
material from Baptist Mid-Missions of Cleveland, Ohio. At-
tention will be given to the need for indigenous LOCAL
assemblies that hold to the fundamental practices of the
historic Baptist position, as listed elsewhere in this catalogue.

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PREACHER'S COURSES
=====================


P101-201-202-309-310   PREPARATION AND 
     DELIVERY OF SERMONS.                 (6 Semesters-144 hours)
This course covers every phase of Bible preaching. All types
of sermons (doctrinal, topical, expository, and textual) are
studied, analyzed, and outlined with practice in outlining and
and preaching extemporaneously, both fifteen and twenty-
five minute messages. The great preachers are studied as to
their METHOD of constructing a message as well as to their
manner in preaching. Voice drills are taught by reading the
Bible aloud, striving for correct diction, breathing, emphasis,
and pronounciation. Pulpit marmerisms are studied along with
effective and ineffective styles of delivery and the use and
misuse of illustrations. In order to pass the course, each stu-
dent will preach inside and outside the classroom.

P103   PREACHER'S PROBLEMS            ( I Semester-18 hours)
A study course giving the scriptural answers to the personal,
domestic, social, and emotional problems of the average mis-
sionary, evangelist, or pastor. The matter of study methods
is discussed along with problems with time, employment,
personalities in the church, finances, personal devotion, and
consecration Chapter and verse are used in answering ninety-
five percent of these problems

P301-302   THE LOCAL CHURCH       (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A course showing how to organize and set up a local con-
gregation that teaches and preaches the Bible doctrines of
Bible-believing people. How to acquire property, set up laws
and by-laws, elect deacons, Choose Sunday school super-
intendents, set up missionary programs, hold revivals, and
establish effective visitation programs to reach the sick and
the unconverted in a community are taught. Local preachers
are called in on three class occasions to give practical ex-
amples of the lessons taught in the classroom. The local
church is traced through scripture, and statistical materlal
is given on the present set-up and its deviation, if any, from
the established Bible pattern.


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SPECIALIZED COURSES
=====================


S101-102-201-202   BEGINNER'S GREEK GRAMMAR
                                (4 Semesters-144 hours)
The texts used will be the standard beginner's grammar by
Robertson, Davis, and Machen. Both years will be spent in
learning and pronouncing the alphabet; memorizing
vocabulary; conjugating the luo verbs; studying first, second,
and third declensions of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives;
working exercises in acccnts and punctuation and in transla-
tion and transliteration of Greek words; learning rules govern-
ing word ordcr and predicate; the first and second aorist
tenses; mi verbs: irregular declensions; the use of the par-
ticiple; contract syllables; and optative and subjunctive
moods. Required for a degree.

S103-104   THEOLOGY  I          (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A basic course dealing with the main doctrines of the Bible.
The course will consist of a symplifIed systematic theology
covering every major belief found in Chafer or Berkoff. The
course is a requirement for first or second year students as
a prerequisite for advanced theological subjects.

S213-214   CALVINISM            (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A historical exanlination and Biblical analysis of the claims
of Calvinism as originated by Austustine, developed by
Calvin and his followers, and taught by every major
theologian. Attention will be given to the life of Calvin and
the opposing system of Arminianism. Emphasis will be put
on the connection (good and bad) between Calvinism and
Baptists. The Course in the main will consist of an exhaustive,
detailed, Biblical critique of the Five Points of Calvinism
as presented by Calvin, Hodge, Boettner, Pink, Berkhof, and
The Baptist Examiner.


S111-112-211-212   BASIC ENGLISH
                              (4 Semesters-144 hours)
Concentrating one semester each on grammar, usage,

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mechanics, and composition. Semesters must be taken in
order. Classes are available during the summer.


S105-106-209-210-310-311   VISITATION
                               (6 Semesters-108 hours)
Door to door visitation in personal work. Since the Pensacola
Bible Institute is interested in training soul-winning personal
workers as well as preachers, we require every full-time stu-
dent to make regular calls every week, door to door, and
to do personal work on the street and in jails and hospitals.
In addition to this we have regular church visitation on Thurs-
day night throughout the summer after school is out. All men
called to the ministry must engage in street preaching dur-
mg the summer months for all three years of courses. Re-
quired for graduation.

S203-204   PROBLEM TEXTS             (2 Semesters-36 hours)
The work in this course will include a minute examination
of the texts used by Graf-Wellhausen and Astruc for the con-
struction of the modern theory of Grammatico-historico ex-
egesis; examination of two hundred apparent contradictions
in weights, numbers, dates, and ages; examination of fifty
apparent discrepancies in quotations or oversights of
manuscript evidence; plus study in salient passages used to
prove baptismal regeneration, universal salvation, soul sleep,
etc. All texts will be examined, discussed, and solved by the
class with the aid of the instructor. Emphasis will be made
on the juxtaposition of words and letters in the Greek and
Hebrew texts by the translators and scholars themselves who
wish to enforce a subjective opinion or dogma. The main
texts used as proof-texts for the Roman Catholic? Seventh
Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormon, Church of
Christ, communist, socialist, atheist, modernist, Lutheran.
Reformed, and Holiness groups will be examined and dis-
cussed openly.


S205-206   BIBLE ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY 
                                     (2 Semesters-36 hours)
Studies in the historical backgrounds of both Testaments as

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evidenced by past and recent discoveries (ostraca, the tells
excavations, inscriptions on monuments, etc.) with con-
siderable attention to the origin and development of writing
(hieroglyphics, cuneiform, demotic script, etc.) as it is related
to the preservation of Bible manuscripts. Discoveries of
Albright, Schliemann, Bliss, Burrows, Glueck, Robinson
Boussard, Champollion, Emery, Lempsius, and Petrie are
discussed, and pictures of archaeological findings are shown.



S207-208   MANUSCRIPT EVIDENCE
                                        (2 Semesters-36 hours)
The course is an exhaustive study in the texts, versions, revi-
sionS, and alterations of the New Testament. The families
of texts are studied with their contents, origin, compilation,
and preservation. The material used in writing them and revis-
ing them is also studied. The inconsistencies in the Westcott
and Hort text are analyzed; the fidelity of the Textus Recep-
tus is proved; and the student is taught the complete scholastic
tradition underlying the present rash of "revisions,'' including
the Syrian Peshitta hoax the so-called 'non-authentic''
passages in the AV 1611, the faked authority of the Vaticanus
and Sinaiticus, and the additions of the Western family of
manuscripts. References are made to the thirty-five versions.
six different Greek texts, and the entire body of notes in Nes-
tle's ''Critical Apparatus.'' (Prerequisite: Greek 1)

S301-302   HEBREW LANGUAGE          (2 Semesters-72 hours) 
A course to give the student the basic rudiments of the Hebrew
language, including the alphabet, the long and short vowels,
tenses and voices of the verb (Qual, Niph'al, Hiph'il,
Hoph'al, Piel, Pual, etc.), suffixes, construct state, first and
second declensions, etc. Exercises are used from Alleman's
grammar and Morris' workbook, and Delitzsch and Gesenius
are used as lexicon references Required for degree.


S303-304   ADVANCED THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
                                      (2 Semesters-72 hours)
A study in the philosophies of naturalism, idealism, realism.

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pragmatism, and existentialism as they are related to the
modcrn liberal concept of the ''fatherhood of God and
brotherhood of man.'' Use is made of Calvinistic and Ar-
minian theology where their concepts are in line or out of
linc with this current trend of socialism in thie religious realm.
Twelve class periods deal with the teaching and following
of Charles Darwin and their effects on contemporary history.
Eight more class periods are allotted to a survey of abnor-
mal psychology and psychiatry where they seek to usurp
Biblical authority and to set themselves up as a standard of
conduct and a "definer of values." The numerous fallacies
of the theory of evolution are noted and commented on, and
scientific evidence is produced to refute it thoroughly.

S305-306   LIFE OF CHRIST                (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A detailed study concerned with the chronological sequence
of the life of the Lord Jesus Christ and with the harmony
of the four Gospels. Referenccs are made to the standard
works of A. T. Robertson (The Harmony of the Gospels),
Bullinger Stirling, Morgan, etc. The Lord's journeys are
traced, and the different incidents in His ministry are mark-
ed at the places where they occured.

S312-313   ADVANCED GREEK       (2 Semesters-36 hours)
A review of the first two years of grammar, plus the addi-
tion of the ablative, locative, and instrumental cases.  Exten-
sive reading and translation of the New Testament is per-
formed.  Greek syntax is studied directly from Mestle's text 
and Burgon's Causes of Corruption in the Traditional Text.

MASTERS          A two year Master of Theology program is
                 available to graduates of P.B.I.'s Bachelor
of Divinity program.  There are three requirements:
I ) Commit to memory two chapters of the New Testament.
2) Submit two reports, each consisting of at least twenty
letters from religious leaders dealing with an assigned topic.
3) Submit two written papers dealing with current
theological trends, teachings, and particular subjects.

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    The Master's program does not require attendance at the
school, and the tuition is $200.00. Further details are available
from the Registrar.

ACCREDITATION                 The Pensacola Bible Institute is
                              not accredited. However, the
training is so thorough that graduates are equipped to meet the
requirements of any Baptist mission board. In addition, some
Baptist colleges and universities will accept the credits receiv-
ed from the Institute. A student is thoroughly prepared to pur-
sue furlher education after graduating from PBI.


  BIBLE                 The Pensacola Bible Institute shares its
BAPTIST                 facilities with the Bible Baptist Church. As
CHURCH                  a result of this close association and in an
                        effort to promote the teaching and preaching
of thc King James Bible, it has two ministries that reach around
thc world: the Bible Baptist Bookstore and the Bible Believer 's
Bulletin.

BIBLE  BAPTIST                 The Bible Baptist Bookstore
  BOOKSTORE                    distributes the publications of the Bi-
                               ble Believers Press to individuals
through a mail order operation. In addition, it handles a group
of fine. scholarly works on the King James text by David Otis,
Fullcr, Edward Hills, J.J. Ray, Dean Burgon. Donald Clark.
Dick Cimino, alld others. A catalogue is available listing the
books and recordings available.

   BIBLE            The Bible Believer's Bulletin is a monthly
BELIEVER'S          publication for Bible believers. It contains
  BULLETIN          the most current news about those who
                    are standing for and against the King
Jams Bible-the pure word of God.
    To receive this publication, send a donation of $5.00 per
year for postage to the Bible Believer's Bulletin, P.O. Box 7135.
Pensacola, FL 32534.

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THEOLOGICAL                 Anyone desiring to put on a thirty
  SEMINAR                   minute radio broadcast can obtain the
 OF THE AIR                 tapes by writing to the Bible Baptist
                            Bookstore, P . O . Box 7135, Pen-
sacola. FL 32534, or by calling (904) 477-8812. He will receive,
FREE OF CHARGE, 104 thirty minute broadcasts which will
be mailed out as they are needed. Those wishing to sponsor
such broadcasts have only to pay the postage for sending and
returning the tapes as they are used. They are done on a high
quality recorder on one side only at 71/2 rpm to radio station
specifications.



    Pensacola Bible Institute has recently revised its grading system
and increased the number of credits awarded per class hour The
course information now stands as follows:

Course#          Name                      Sems      Hours     Credits
B101-102  Genesis 1                          2          36          4
B201-202  Genesis ll                         2          36          4
B103-104  Romans                             2          36          4
B105      Galatians, Ephesians               1          18          2
B106      Philippians, Colossians            1          18          2
B107-108   Matthew 1                         2          36          4
B207-208   Matthsw ll                        2          36          4
B203       Hebrews                           1          18          2
B204      James                              1          18          2
B205-206   1-2 Thessalonians, 
                    1-2 Timothy, Titus       2          36          4
6209-210  Exodus                             2          36          4
B301-302  Revelation                         2          36          4
B303-304  John                               2          36          4
B305-306  Acts                               2          36          4
B307-308  Daniel - Hosea                     2          36          4
B311-312  1-2 Corinthians                    2          36          4
G101      Old Testament Survey               1          36          4
G102      New Testament Survey               1          36          4
G103-104  Church History 1                   2          36          4
G203-204  Church History ll                  2          36          4
G105      Evangelistic Song Leading          1          18          2
G301-302  Baptist Missions                   2          36          4
P101-102  Sermon Prep. and Delivery 1        2          72          8
P201-202  Sermon Prep. and Dellivery ll      2          36          4
P309-310  Advanced Prep. and Delivery        2          36          4
P103      Preacher and his Problems          1          18          2
P301-302  Local Church                       2          36          4
S101-102  Greek Grammar 1                    2          72          8
S201-202  Greek Grammar ll                   2          72          8
S312-313  Advanced Greek                     2          36          4
S103-104  Theology 1                         2          36          4
S213-214  Calvinism                          2          36          4
S303-304  Advanced Theology                  2          72          8
S111-112  Basic English                      2          72          8
S211-212  Basic English                      2          72          8
S105-106  Visitation Prep,                   2          36          4
S209-210  Visitation                         2          36          4
S310-311  Visitation                         2          36          4
S203-204  Problem Texts                      2          36          4
S205-206  Archaeology and Geogrephy          2          36          4
S207-208  Manuscript Evidence                2          36          4
S301-302  Hebrew Language                    2          72          8
S305-306  Life of Christ                     2          36          4
                           
                           Totals                      1692       188

                           MASTER'S DEGREE COURSES
                           =======================

M401    INDEPENDENT STUDY                                            4
            (Commit to memory two chapters of the New Testament.)
M402    INDEPENDENT RESEARCH                                        16
     (Submit two reports, each consisting of at least twenty let-
      ters from religious leaders dealing with an asslgned topic.)
M403    MAJOR THESIS                                                16
M404    MINOR THESIS                                                 8
                          Totals                                    44
