King James Detractors complain ad nauseum that David Otis Fuller reprints material from the book of Seventh-day Adventist Benjamin George Wilkinson. And it is true that he did, however inadvisable it may have been. These pointer-outers usually do not mention at all, or at least downplay, that Fuller reprints material of many other writers besides Wilkinson: Bishop, Hills, Hoskier, Martin, Wilson, and others in Which Bible (1970); Burgon, Gaussen, Philpot, and Which Version by Philip Mauro in True or False (1973); Brake, Burgon, Hills, and others in Counterfeit or Genuine (1975). Obviously, Doug Kutilek and those of his ilk know this but do not feel they can make enough hay using these other names. So, mum’s the word.
Philip Mauro wrote Which Version: Authorized or Revised six years before Wilkinson wrote Our Authorized Bible Vindicated. He was part of the orbit that created the famous “Fundamentals” series of books in the early 1900s. He condemned the Revised Version and supported the King James Bible. How many times have you heard the King James Detractors mention this fact? Few to none, I suspect.
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I am sure President Nixon had incredibly high approval ratings, and one of the most popular, and I had heard the list of accomplishments one time that just went on and on...but all that anyone remembers is Watergate, and scandal, and resignation - which more than likely was a... well let's not go there. He was President when I was very young, and all my thoughts of him were that he was a crook - which I do not believe now was totally accurate.
I know PVKsr knew Fuller and travelled with him and thought very highly of him.
As do others.
In retrospect, Fuller should have left Wilkinson alone, with JJ Ray - but he did not and he made a mistake that stained the KJB movement.
I think a good blog post may be - "what can we learn from Fuller" and "Making it better after Fuller"... I don't know Mr. Vaughn, as usual - grace and peace.
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