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The "Errors" in the King James Bible
In this book, Dr. Ruckman examines four hundred so-called contradictions, which scholars have supposedly found in the King James Bible, and he answers every major attack on the words of the King James text as we presently have it. He shows that no one has ever proven one error in that text. The reader is given complete, irrefutable, and Biblical answers to the “corrections” made by the scholars in these alleged “problem texts.” An indispensable tool for answering the Bible’s critics; one ministry has even used this book as a resource for successfully countering the Moslems’ attacks on the Bible and answering those Moslems who are sincerely seeking the truth about the Bible and Jesus Christ.
(Print Length: 511 pages)
(Print Length: 511 pages)
557 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 26, 2012
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Peter S. Ruckman
172 books84 followersPeter Sturges Ruckman (November 19, 1921 – April 21, 2016) was an American Independent Baptist pastor and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida (not to be confused with Pensacola Christian College, also in Pensacola, Florida).
Ruckman was known for his position that the King James Version constituted "advanced revelation" and was the final, preserved word of God for English speakers.
Ruckman was known for his position that the King James Version constituted "advanced revelation" and was the final, preserved word of God for English speakers.
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April 16, 2018
I'm a KJV Bible believer. I've been a Christian since 2013. Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved, and go to heaven.
I wanted to like Ruckmann. He may or may not be my Brother Christ--but the man is mean as hell.
While the book has such good information in it, a lot of the time, Ruckmann's rude attitude is just too much. I couldn't finish reading this book, even though I really tried to.
If the lost will know the Church by its love, then it would be hard for them to know Ruckmann by his attitude, and I mean that in as loving a way as possible.
Please guard yourself, if you read this.
And if you're a nonbeliever, you need Jesus. He loves you, and He died for you.
I wanted to like Ruckmann. He may or may not be my Brother Christ--but the man is mean as hell.
While the book has such good information in it, a lot of the time, Ruckmann's rude attitude is just too much. I couldn't finish reading this book, even though I really tried to.
If the lost will know the Church by its love, then it would be hard for them to know Ruckmann by his attitude, and I mean that in as loving a way as possible.
Please guard yourself, if you read this.
And if you're a nonbeliever, you need Jesus. He loves you, and He died for you.
May 31, 2024
A FIRM DEFENSE OF THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS AND THE KJV
Peter Sturges Ruckman Sr. (1921-2016) was an American Independent Baptist pastor and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida. He wrote many other books and gave many recorded sermons.
He wrote in the Preface to this 1980 book, “God’s final showdown with Conservatives, Fundamentalists, and Evangelicals at the end of the Laodicean Church period (Rev. 3) will have to do with the controversy over the authority of the Authorized Version… The disturbing fact remains that the church … has finally arrived in this last century at the jumping off place: Is THE BOOK from which she received her ‘doctrines’ true, or not?” (Pg. vii)
He outlines, “The present volume will demonstrate three truths about THE BOOK. 1. The faculty members of Christian schools and Seminaries are dedicated to planting the maximum amount of UNCERTAINTY about THE BOOK that they possibly can into the minds of their students. 2. Their motive for service is NEGATIVE and CRITICAL, and they approach the Book with the preconceived idea that it CANNOT be perfect. 3. They will grasp at any straw to deny the God-given text, and they will ignore or ridicule any believer’s attempt to justify that text.” (Pg. ix)
He charges, “The modern apostate Fundamentalist is a liberal HUMANIST when dealing with the AUTHORITY OF GOD. He may ‘profess’ faith in the ‘original autographs’ since no one can check them to see whether he believes in them or not… but when it comes to BIBLICAL AUTHORITY… his god is his paycheck.” (Pg. xi)
He clarifies, “The attitude of the saved scholars who disagree with us may vary from ridicule to extreme bitterness, but our attitude toward them… will always be consistent: We will TOLERATE them, we will promote SOME of their works, we can LOVE THEM as brothers in Christ (if they are), and we can PUT UP with their ridicule and bitterness. However, we will certainly not hesitate to CORRECT THEM every time they correct the text, and our attitude towards their ‘scholarship’ in such cases will be the attitude of a Bible believer toward an infidel: toleration but no compromise, no persecution but no RESPECT either.” (Pg. xv)
He explains, “The ‘problem texts’ with which we are about to deal, then, are the ones that bothered every Communist, atheist, Fundamentalist, Catholic, Liberal, Socialist, Satanist, Buddhist, junkie, Mason, Priest, Bishop, Pope, Conservative, Evangelical and President for the last four centuries.” (Pg. 5)
He suggests, “There are several reasons why God allows ‘problem texts.’ 1. To identify Himself as the AUTHOR of the Bible. The Creator of life allows exactly the same thing in nature (water doesn’t obey the laws of contraction and expansion, Venus rotates in reverse… ); therefore, to think that He would not allow apparent discrepancies in a Book that is a revelation of HIMSELF is unthinkable. 2. To stimulate men to study and think… 3. To test a scholar’s heart and motive… 4. Problem texts often lead to spiritual truth behind the bare letter of the word… 5. But above all, one must never forget that Ezekiel 14; 2 Thessalonians 2; and 1 kings 22 are as much a part of the Bible as John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13.” (Pg. 6-7)
He states, “Let’s just observe again how the enemies of the AV text never learned to READ PROPERLY, shall we? … A. You ignore the English text you are reading by pretending that it could not be infallible because it is not the ‘original.’ B. Then in your ignorance and rejection, you stumble over something you can’t understand because you refused to honor the text you have. C. You then pretend that the av TEXT (the Bible) is WRONG and that a man who believes it is a ‘divisive inerrantist.’ Do you know what YOU are, stupid, for rejecting that text? You are a schismatic shyster.” (Pg. 47-48)
He observes, “The motives for attacking the AV text must be connected with the desire of the old nature to usurp the authority of the Holy Spirit, for they certainly have nothing to do with ‘trying to restore the originals.’ You wouldn’t know whether you or anyone else had restored them or not---because YOU DON’T HAVE THEM… After confessing that NO Greek text is perfect and NO English translation is perfect… they think they are being impressive by quoting an IMPERFECT AUTHORITY which they have nullified before they quote it.” (Pg. 56-57)
He acknowledges, “This brings us to 1 & 2 Samuel … which contains (along with 1 & 2 Kings) perhaps more ‘contradictory’ material than any other two books in the Bible. The companion volumes for Samuel and Kings, of course, are 1 & 2 Chronicles.” (Pg. 171)
Of the statements in 2 Sam 8:4 and 1 Chron 18:4 about number of chariots, horsemen, and footmen, he asserts, “Didn’t it ever occur to Feinberg, Melton, Walvoord, English, Gaebelein, Culbertson, Porter, MacRae, Mason, Martin, McClain, and Smith that professional soldiers might not be as stupid as ‘Bible scholars’? Why wouldn’t a war chariot have SPARE HORSES?... Obviously, the Syrians have ten horsemen per chariot… First Kings 4:26 states that Solomon had 40,000 stalls for CHARIOT HORSES. How many CHARIOTS did these 40,000 horses hook up to?... The number of chariots is 4,000 according to 2 Chronicles 9:25---TEN HORSES per chariot. And that, boys and girls, is the difference between ‘serious’ Bible study… and playing Ring-Around-the-Rosy with self-inflated belly-worshippers whose education has gone to their head.” (Pg. 183-184)
He summarizes the ‘Creed of the Alexandrian Cult’ [i.e., scholars who accept textual criticism of the Textus Receptus]: “1. There is no final, absolute authority but God. 2. Since ‘God is a Spirit,’ there is no final, absolute authority that can be seen, heard, read, felt, or handled. 3. Since all books are material, there is no book on this earth that is the final and absolute authority on what is right and what is wrong or on what constitutes truth and what constitutes error. 4. There WAS a series of writings which … would have constituted an infallible and final authority… 5. However, this series of writings was LOST, and the God who inspired them was UNABLE TO PRESERVE their content… 6. SO God chose to ALMOST preserve them through Gnostics and philosophers from Alexandria… 7. So there are two streams of Bibles: the most accurate… is a matter of ‘preference’… 8. The most inaccurate translations are those that brought about the German Reformation … and the worldwide missionary movement of the English-speaking people… 9. But we can ‘tolerate’ these is those who believe in them will tolerate US… let us all agree on one thing: THERE IS NO FINAL, ABSOLUTE WRITTEN AUTHROITY OF GOD ANYWHERE ON THIS EARTH.” (Pg. 211-213)
He outlines, “Our rule of thumb shall continue to be: The ‘Authorized’ text of the Protestant Reformation is correct. It is the Holy Bible, preserved in English, without proven error. It is our infallible and final authority in all matters of textual criticism, manuscript evidence, revisions, translations, Greek scholarship, ‘intrinsic probabilities,’ and Hebrew and Greek grammar. Where Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, and Conservatives differ with it, they merely demonstrate their ignorance and their conceit.” (Pg. 278)
He contends, “if a man is paid a salary in a school to attack and overthrow the authority of God Almighty and then goes about that business by LYING or telling half-truths, he is a PROFESSIONAL LIAR.” (Pg. 359) He continues, “We say that he is an APOSTATE… whether he is an Evangelical or a Satanist. For example, no Christian who believed in sound doctrine… would even tolerate the readings of the NASV in John 1:18; Colossians 1:14; and Luke 2:33. You have to be doctrinally UNSOUND to tolerate such falsehood… Who does this? Bob Jones University, Tennessee Temple University, Liberty University, Moody Bible Institute, Hyles-Anderson College, Arlington Baptist College, Baptist Bible College, Pensacola Christian College … and the other 35 ‘Christian’ schools.” (Pg. 361)
He concludes, “There are no REAL problems in the Authorized text of the Holy Bible that amount to anything, alongside the problems that the modern Christian scholar has: lying, blindness, deceit, laziness, insincerity, fraud, stupidity, and conceit.” (Pg. 411)
Any book by Peter Ruckman is going to be polemical and passionate. But this book will be of great interest to staunch defenders of the KJV, as well as students of apologetics who rely on the KJV.
Peter Sturges Ruckman Sr. (1921-2016) was an American Independent Baptist pastor and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, Florida. He wrote many other books and gave many recorded sermons.
He wrote in the Preface to this 1980 book, “God’s final showdown with Conservatives, Fundamentalists, and Evangelicals at the end of the Laodicean Church period (Rev. 3) will have to do with the controversy over the authority of the Authorized Version… The disturbing fact remains that the church … has finally arrived in this last century at the jumping off place: Is THE BOOK from which she received her ‘doctrines’ true, or not?” (Pg. vii)
He outlines, “The present volume will demonstrate three truths about THE BOOK. 1. The faculty members of Christian schools and Seminaries are dedicated to planting the maximum amount of UNCERTAINTY about THE BOOK that they possibly can into the minds of their students. 2. Their motive for service is NEGATIVE and CRITICAL, and they approach the Book with the preconceived idea that it CANNOT be perfect. 3. They will grasp at any straw to deny the God-given text, and they will ignore or ridicule any believer’s attempt to justify that text.” (Pg. ix)
He charges, “The modern apostate Fundamentalist is a liberal HUMANIST when dealing with the AUTHORITY OF GOD. He may ‘profess’ faith in the ‘original autographs’ since no one can check them to see whether he believes in them or not… but when it comes to BIBLICAL AUTHORITY… his god is his paycheck.” (Pg. xi)
He clarifies, “The attitude of the saved scholars who disagree with us may vary from ridicule to extreme bitterness, but our attitude toward them… will always be consistent: We will TOLERATE them, we will promote SOME of their works, we can LOVE THEM as brothers in Christ (if they are), and we can PUT UP with their ridicule and bitterness. However, we will certainly not hesitate to CORRECT THEM every time they correct the text, and our attitude towards their ‘scholarship’ in such cases will be the attitude of a Bible believer toward an infidel: toleration but no compromise, no persecution but no RESPECT either.” (Pg. xv)
He explains, “The ‘problem texts’ with which we are about to deal, then, are the ones that bothered every Communist, atheist, Fundamentalist, Catholic, Liberal, Socialist, Satanist, Buddhist, junkie, Mason, Priest, Bishop, Pope, Conservative, Evangelical and President for the last four centuries.” (Pg. 5)
He suggests, “There are several reasons why God allows ‘problem texts.’ 1. To identify Himself as the AUTHOR of the Bible. The Creator of life allows exactly the same thing in nature (water doesn’t obey the laws of contraction and expansion, Venus rotates in reverse… ); therefore, to think that He would not allow apparent discrepancies in a Book that is a revelation of HIMSELF is unthinkable. 2. To stimulate men to study and think… 3. To test a scholar’s heart and motive… 4. Problem texts often lead to spiritual truth behind the bare letter of the word… 5. But above all, one must never forget that Ezekiel 14; 2 Thessalonians 2; and 1 kings 22 are as much a part of the Bible as John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13.” (Pg. 6-7)
He states, “Let’s just observe again how the enemies of the AV text never learned to READ PROPERLY, shall we? … A. You ignore the English text you are reading by pretending that it could not be infallible because it is not the ‘original.’ B. Then in your ignorance and rejection, you stumble over something you can’t understand because you refused to honor the text you have. C. You then pretend that the av TEXT (the Bible) is WRONG and that a man who believes it is a ‘divisive inerrantist.’ Do you know what YOU are, stupid, for rejecting that text? You are a schismatic shyster.” (Pg. 47-48)
He observes, “The motives for attacking the AV text must be connected with the desire of the old nature to usurp the authority of the Holy Spirit, for they certainly have nothing to do with ‘trying to restore the originals.’ You wouldn’t know whether you or anyone else had restored them or not---because YOU DON’T HAVE THEM… After confessing that NO Greek text is perfect and NO English translation is perfect… they think they are being impressive by quoting an IMPERFECT AUTHORITY which they have nullified before they quote it.” (Pg. 56-57)
He acknowledges, “This brings us to 1 & 2 Samuel … which contains (along with 1 & 2 Kings) perhaps more ‘contradictory’ material than any other two books in the Bible. The companion volumes for Samuel and Kings, of course, are 1 & 2 Chronicles.” (Pg. 171)
Of the statements in 2 Sam 8:4 and 1 Chron 18:4 about number of chariots, horsemen, and footmen, he asserts, “Didn’t it ever occur to Feinberg, Melton, Walvoord, English, Gaebelein, Culbertson, Porter, MacRae, Mason, Martin, McClain, and Smith that professional soldiers might not be as stupid as ‘Bible scholars’? Why wouldn’t a war chariot have SPARE HORSES?... Obviously, the Syrians have ten horsemen per chariot… First Kings 4:26 states that Solomon had 40,000 stalls for CHARIOT HORSES. How many CHARIOTS did these 40,000 horses hook up to?... The number of chariots is 4,000 according to 2 Chronicles 9:25---TEN HORSES per chariot. And that, boys and girls, is the difference between ‘serious’ Bible study… and playing Ring-Around-the-Rosy with self-inflated belly-worshippers whose education has gone to their head.” (Pg. 183-184)
He summarizes the ‘Creed of the Alexandrian Cult’ [i.e., scholars who accept textual criticism of the Textus Receptus]: “1. There is no final, absolute authority but God. 2. Since ‘God is a Spirit,’ there is no final, absolute authority that can be seen, heard, read, felt, or handled. 3. Since all books are material, there is no book on this earth that is the final and absolute authority on what is right and what is wrong or on what constitutes truth and what constitutes error. 4. There WAS a series of writings which … would have constituted an infallible and final authority… 5. However, this series of writings was LOST, and the God who inspired them was UNABLE TO PRESERVE their content… 6. SO God chose to ALMOST preserve them through Gnostics and philosophers from Alexandria… 7. So there are two streams of Bibles: the most accurate… is a matter of ‘preference’… 8. The most inaccurate translations are those that brought about the German Reformation … and the worldwide missionary movement of the English-speaking people… 9. But we can ‘tolerate’ these is those who believe in them will tolerate US… let us all agree on one thing: THERE IS NO FINAL, ABSOLUTE WRITTEN AUTHROITY OF GOD ANYWHERE ON THIS EARTH.” (Pg. 211-213)
He outlines, “Our rule of thumb shall continue to be: The ‘Authorized’ text of the Protestant Reformation is correct. It is the Holy Bible, preserved in English, without proven error. It is our infallible and final authority in all matters of textual criticism, manuscript evidence, revisions, translations, Greek scholarship, ‘intrinsic probabilities,’ and Hebrew and Greek grammar. Where Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, and Conservatives differ with it, they merely demonstrate their ignorance and their conceit.” (Pg. 278)
He contends, “if a man is paid a salary in a school to attack and overthrow the authority of God Almighty and then goes about that business by LYING or telling half-truths, he is a PROFESSIONAL LIAR.” (Pg. 359) He continues, “We say that he is an APOSTATE… whether he is an Evangelical or a Satanist. For example, no Christian who believed in sound doctrine… would even tolerate the readings of the NASV in John 1:18; Colossians 1:14; and Luke 2:33. You have to be doctrinally UNSOUND to tolerate such falsehood… Who does this? Bob Jones University, Tennessee Temple University, Liberty University, Moody Bible Institute, Hyles-Anderson College, Arlington Baptist College, Baptist Bible College, Pensacola Christian College … and the other 35 ‘Christian’ schools.” (Pg. 361)
He concludes, “There are no REAL problems in the Authorized text of the Holy Bible that amount to anything, alongside the problems that the modern Christian scholar has: lying, blindness, deceit, laziness, insincerity, fraud, stupidity, and conceit.” (Pg. 411)
Any book by Peter Ruckman is going to be polemical and passionate. But this book will be of great interest to staunch defenders of the KJV, as well as students of apologetics who rely on the KJV.
April 18, 2020
This is more of a reference book that you can pull down and find the answers to the claims of skeptics, but you would also do well to read it like a devotional. Take one textual issue a day and you'll get a Bible college education.
Every Bible believer should own a copy.
Every Bible believer should own a copy.
February 1, 2020
This shows that the supposed contradictions of the Bible can be solved by the Bible without referring to an outside source from it. However, the tone is not for everyone, hence 4 stars. If you can get past that, though, it's a blessing.
July 1, 2018
Must-have reference for supposed KJV errors.
December 3, 2022
Debunks false claims athiest made
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