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Question #46 -
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
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.
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