46. What is a Ruckmanite?

QUESTION #46:
What is a “Ruckmanite?”

ANSWER:
“Ruckmanite” is a name Bible critics call anyone who disagrees with them.

EXPLANATION:
Peter Sturges Ruckman was born in 1921. He has spent years studying the manuscript history of the Bible. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Bob Jones University.

He has personally founded or helped to found dozens of churches. He is the founder and president of the Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida, where he has trained hundreds of preachers, missionaries and Christian laymen. He has also authored over forty books and Bible commentaries.

He is, without a doubt, the most outspoken champion of the King James Bible in this generation. He is considered an extremely dangerous foe to the Bible critics who teach that God has not preserved His Bible perfect. (In spite of Psalm 12:6, 7).

His arsonal consists of an above average intellect, years of studying Bible manuscripts and a caustic delivery. This abrasive preaching style so offends (and scares) today’s limpwristed “soldiers of the Lord” that they shrink from any confrontation with him, OR the facts he presents.

ALL Bible critics claim to believe that the Bible is the “perfect word of God without a mixture of error.” They make this claim to deceive the people in their congregations. They live in fear that a member of their congregation will pick up one of Dr. Ruckman’s many books and discover the difference between someone who “claims” to believe that the Bible is perfect and someone who really does.

Many Christians on their own, have concluded that the Bible (King James Bible) is the absolute perfect word of God. They, in complete innocence, will question their pastor’s “improvements” on scripture and suddenly find themselves denounced as a “Ruckmanite. ” In many cases they have never even heard of Dr. Peter S. Ruckman.

This denunciation is a simple yet desperate tactic. No Christian wants to be guilty of “following a man.” Therefore, the Bible critic reasons that if Bible believers can be accused of “man following” they will discard their conviction and humbly follow them.

I once met a preacher who rejected the thought of being grouped with Bible believers because he would then be a “Ruckmanite.” He claimed, ” I don’t follow any man.”

This sounds very pious. He later informed me that he was a “Calvinist.” (A follower of the teachings of the man, John Calvin).

So, today, anyone who really believes that the Bible is the perfect word of God without a mixture of error AND can produce it instead of just talk about it can expect to be called a “Ruckmanite” by someone who feels threatened by their faith and confidence.

2 Comments

  1. Leo Hopkins III on March 1, 2022 at 9:34 pm

    I used to attend a Southern Baptist Church in suburban New Orleans. When I informed the pastor of my KJV conviction, and that we should only use the KJV, it was like I opened a can of worms. This pastor I had respected, broke bread with, and even became friends with on Facebook became so offended, that he demanded I apologize to him and his seminary colleagues, many of which included students and professors who were members of this church. I was shunned from fellowship, blocked on social media and eventually left the church.

    • Matthew on May 25, 2022 at 10:57 am

      Matthew 5:10-12
      10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
      11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
      12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

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