QUESTION: 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 Psalms 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 "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.


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