Pastor David Hoffman Is Wrong To Promote A Flat Earth And Geocentricity

Genesis 7:10, “And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.”

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” —George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)”

Kindly said, respectfully, Pastor David Hoffman discredits himself as a trustworthy preacher by ridiculously teaching that the earth is flat. It is not good. Science easily proves in numerous ways that the earth is a sphere, not flat. The International Space Station circles the earth 16 times each day in orbit. I just bought a Common Man's Reference Bible for $155. I wanted to learn what I could from Pastor Hoffman as a fellow King James Bible preacher, and refute his shameful teaching that we live on a flat earth that doesn't move through space (aka, the heresy of Geocentricity). I bought Pastor Hoffman's soft cover lambskin 6th edition (2021) of 'The Common Man's Reference Bible.'

On page 13 in his commentary for Genesis 7:10, Pastor Hoffman writes (this is the full quote):

“Religious evolutionists believe the earth is rotating over 1,000 miles an hour at the equator while the earth travels around the sun over 66,600 miles per hour. When the windows of the firmament were opened, a deluge of water settled to its own level and covered the earth. The waters are naturally contained within a massive wall of ice commonly called Antarctica or the ends of the earth (Job 26:10; 37:10; Ps. 135:7; Prov. 8:29; Jer. 51:15-16; Amos 5:8). The natural physics of the upper surface of water at rest is a horizontal plane or sea level.”

Religious evolutionists? No, Pastor Hoffman, legitimate scientists! Legitimate science is correct that the earth spins on its axis 1,040 miles per hour at the equator, and indeed the earth does in fact orbit the sun at 67,000 miles an hour. Pastor Hoffman is blatantly WRONG!

Here are the above cited passages by David Hoffman, so you can examine them for yourself...

Job 26:10, "He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end."

Job 37:10, "By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened."

Psalms 135:7, "He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries."

Proverbs 8:29, "When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth."

Jeremiah 51:15-16, "He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures."

Amos 5:8, "Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name."

Nothing in these inspired Scripture passages support Pastor Hoffman's heresy that the earth is flat. The old adage is true: "To the man with a hammer in his hand, everything looks like a nail sticking up." By teaching that the earth is flat, Pastor Hoffman alienates learned sinners who because of his stark ignorance of scientific FACTS will disregard anything else he has to say. So it is a big deal, a problem.

In my 6th edition of The Common Man's Reference Bible, Pastor Hoffman's commentary for Genesis 1:7 is exactly the same as Rick Jacoby describes in this video. You can plainly hear Pastor Hoffman teach a flat earth heresy by searching YouTube for his video title: "The Bible Overcomes Preconceived Ideas - Part 4 - Geocentric with a Stationary and Circular Earth." 

Science proves that the earth is NOT flat. The Sun and planets revolve around a common center of mass known as the barycenter, which is influenced by their respective gravitational pulls. While the Sun is the dominant mass in the solar system, the gravitational effects of the planets, especially the larger ones like Jupiter, can shift this barycenter slightly outside the Sun. Geocentricity is FALSE!

RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!