What follows is a brief summary of a section of Abram Kuyper’s (1837-1920) view of Holy Scripture. The precision of this Dutch theologian and statesman should emphasize the gulf between modern scholars and scholarship and the ineptitude of reducing the locus of Scripture to an undefined, prejoritive acronym. So distant is such unhelpful rhetoric from sound research and study, the Evangelical muddle historically called Bibliology is hardly recognizable.
The following deals with the “predestined” Scripture, a theme closely linked to “dictation.” Note that both the content and form, “as had been aimed at and willed by God.”
And dictation:
Straining at robust, historic theology while swallowing which TR, variations in spelling, and Ruckmanism/Riplinger has made the defense of Scripture into a caricature of that which once represented and continues to represent the life or death of the Church.
Dr. Peter William Van Kleeck, Sr. : B.A., Grand Rapids Baptist College, 1986; M.A.R., Westminster Theological Seminary, 1990; Th.M., Calvin Theological Seminary, 1998; D. Min, Bob Jones University, 2013. Dr. Van Kleeck was formerly the Director of the Institute for Biblical Textual Studies, Grand Rapids, MI, (1990-1994) lecturing, researching and writing in the defense of the Masoretic Hebrew text, Greek Received Text and King James Bible. His published works include, "Fundamentalism’s Folly?: A Bible Version Debate Case Study" (Grand Rapids: Institute for Biblical Textual Studies, 1998); “We have seen the future and we are not in it,” Trinity Review, (Mar. 99); “Andrew Willet (1562-1621: Reformed Interpretation of Scripture,” The Banner of Truth, (Mar. 99); "A Primer for the Public Preaching of the Song of Songs" (Outskirts Press, 2015). Dr. Van Kleeck is the pastor of the Providence Baptist Church in Manassas, VA where he has ministered for the past twenty-one years. He is married to his wife of 43 years, Annette, and has three married sons, one daughter and eighteen grandchildren.
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