By Jim on
Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
Crime
Peter Ruckman

A pardon expert emailed me his life’s work. Then he killed his two sons and himself.

Local reporting

Discussion

Thu, 03/15/18

For people like this that kill kids and then themselves, I hope they rot a special place in hell. That is God’s call of course, but that is a special kind of evil that deserves it’s special kind of treatment.

Thu, 03/15/18

Just like his dad, P.S. was divorced. The article gives no clues as to why, but I suspect that this had something to do with it.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

Thu, 03/15/18

Whatever one may think of Peter Ruckman, Sr…this is a horrible tragedy. My prayers go out to Prof. Ruckman Jr.’s surviving relatives, especially his former wife, Heidi.

"Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." - David Wells

Thu, 03/15/18

It is my understanding that PR Jr. had been estranged from his father for years.

"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan