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Peter Ruckman
Peter Sturges Ruckman (November 19, 1921 – April 21, 2016) was an American Independent Baptist pastor, author, Bible teacher, and founder of the Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with Pensacola Christian College).
Ruckman was known for his belief that the King James Version of the Bible constituted "advanced revelation" or "new revelation", and was the final preserved word of God in the English language. He was also a proponent of Christian Zionism, dispensationalism, and the doctrine of eternal security.
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Ruckman was a son of Colonel John Hamilton Ruckman (1888–1966) and a grandson of General John Wilson Ruckman (1858–1921). Ruckman was raised in Topeka, Kansas, attended Kansas State University, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama.
Ruckman entered the U.S. Army in 1944 as a second lieutenant and volunteered to serve with the occupation forces in Japan. While there, Ruckman studied Zen Buddhism, and spoke of "the experience of nirvana, which the Zen call samadhi, the dislocation of the spirit from the body". Ruckman returned to the United States "uneasy, unsettled, full of demons". He worked as a disc jockey and radio announcer by day and a drummer in various bands by night. After he began to hear voices, he met with a Jesuit priest to explore joining the Roman Catholic Church. On March 14, 1949, Ruckman received Jesus Christ after talking with evangelist Hugh F. Pyle in the studios of WEAR radio in Pensacola. Ruckman attended Bob Jones University, where he received a master's degree and PhD in religion.
Ruckman served as pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Pensacola, and his writings and recorded sermons were published by his Bible Baptist Bookstore. Like his father, Peter Ruckman had artistic talent, and he often illustrated his sermons in chalk and pastels while preaching. In 1965, Ruckman founded Pensacola Bible Institute, in part because of disagreements with other institutions with regard to Biblical translations. Ruckman continued teaching a Sunday school class and participating in other church-related activities until April 2015, when he retired at 93.
Ruckman married three times, the first two marriages ending in divorce. He had ten children. His son P.S. Ruckman Jr., a professor and authority on presidential pardons, apparently killed his two sons and himself.
Ruckman believed in "King James Onlyism", arguing that the King James Version of the Bible, the "Authorized Version" ("KJV" or "A.V."), provided "advanced revelation" beyond that discernible in the underlying Textus Receptus Greek text, and was therefore the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. Ruckman believed that any edition of the Bible not based on the text of the KJV was heretical and could lead one to lose not only their "testimony [and] ministry" but even their life.
Ruckman distinguished between the Textus Receptus of the KJV, and the numerically fewer manuscripts of the Alexandrian text-type underlying most modern New Testament versions. Ruckman characterized those who endorsed the latter as members of the "Alexandrian Cult" who believe that while the autographs were God-inspired, they have been lost and that therefore there is "no final, absolute written authority of God anywhere on this earth". Ruckman also wrote that the Septuagint was a hoax perpetrated by the "Alexandrian cult" under the leadership of the Church Father Origen (as part of his Hexapla) in the 3rd century AD in order to subvert belief in the integrity of the Bible.
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Peter Ruckman
Peter Sturges Ruckman (November 19, 1921 – April 21, 2016) was an American Independent Baptist pastor, author, Bible teacher, and founder of the Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with Pensacola Christian College).
Ruckman was known for his belief that the King James Version of the Bible constituted "advanced revelation" or "new revelation", and was the final preserved word of God in the English language. He was also a proponent of Christian Zionism, dispensationalism, and the doctrine of eternal security.
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Ruckman was a son of Colonel John Hamilton Ruckman (1888–1966) and a grandson of General John Wilson Ruckman (1858–1921). Ruckman was raised in Topeka, Kansas, attended Kansas State University, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama.
Ruckman entered the U.S. Army in 1944 as a second lieutenant and volunteered to serve with the occupation forces in Japan. While there, Ruckman studied Zen Buddhism, and spoke of "the experience of nirvana, which the Zen call samadhi, the dislocation of the spirit from the body". Ruckman returned to the United States "uneasy, unsettled, full of demons". He worked as a disc jockey and radio announcer by day and a drummer in various bands by night. After he began to hear voices, he met with a Jesuit priest to explore joining the Roman Catholic Church. On March 14, 1949, Ruckman received Jesus Christ after talking with evangelist Hugh F. Pyle in the studios of WEAR radio in Pensacola. Ruckman attended Bob Jones University, where he received a master's degree and PhD in religion.
Ruckman served as pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Pensacola, and his writings and recorded sermons were published by his Bible Baptist Bookstore. Like his father, Peter Ruckman had artistic talent, and he often illustrated his sermons in chalk and pastels while preaching. In 1965, Ruckman founded Pensacola Bible Institute, in part because of disagreements with other institutions with regard to Biblical translations. Ruckman continued teaching a Sunday school class and participating in other church-related activities until April 2015, when he retired at 93.
Ruckman married three times, the first two marriages ending in divorce. He had ten children. His son P.S. Ruckman Jr., a professor and authority on presidential pardons, apparently killed his two sons and himself.
Ruckman believed in "King James Onlyism", arguing that the King James Version of the Bible, the "Authorized Version" ("KJV" or "A.V."), provided "advanced revelation" beyond that discernible in the underlying Textus Receptus Greek text, and was therefore the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. Ruckman believed that any edition of the Bible not based on the text of the KJV was heretical and could lead one to lose not only their "testimony [and] ministry" but even their life.
Ruckman distinguished between the Textus Receptus of the KJV, and the numerically fewer manuscripts of the Alexandrian text-type underlying most modern New Testament versions. Ruckman characterized those who endorsed the latter as members of the "Alexandrian Cult" who believe that while the autographs were God-inspired, they have been lost and that therefore there is "no final, absolute written authority of God anywhere on this earth". Ruckman also wrote that the Septuagint was a hoax perpetrated by the "Alexandrian cult" under the leadership of the Church Father Origen (as part of his Hexapla) in the 3rd century AD in order to subvert belief in the integrity of the Bible.
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