Author Archives: Peter Van Kleeck Jr. Ph.D.

An orthodox Christian theological grounding for a Standard Sacred Text must of necessity begin with Jesus Christ and the Christ-complex – the death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost – to be properly formulated (Luke 24: 27, 44). Beginning with the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, “God manifest in the flesh” (1 Tim. 3:16), Christo-centricityContinue reading “Series 3 Lecture 2: Canonicity and Apostolicity (Video)”

This first lecture concerns the issue of first principles and particularly the role of Scripture as the principium cognoscendi or first principle of theological knowledge. Have you ever wondered if it is viciously circular to appeal to the Bible in order to defend the Bible? Have you ever thought the Bible to depend on some prior orContinue reading “Series 3 Lecture 1: Scripture as First Principle (Video)”

Tonight at 7:30pm EST we will begin lecturing through A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text. The first lecture concerns the issue of first principles and particularly the role of Scripture as the principium cognoscendi or first principle of theological knowledge. Have you ever wondered if it is viciously circular to appeal to the Bible in orderContinue reading “Series 3: A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text – Lecture 1: Scripture as First Principle”

Welcome to those defenders of the providentially preserved infallible and available Scriptures as well as to those who have yet see the light of pre-Enlightenment Bibliology. First off, starting next Tuesday (May 23) we will begin lecturing through A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text. The first lecture concerns the issue of first principlesContinue reading “Kiss the Royal Seal of “…Or The Apparatus””

Here is the second installment and conclusion I had with ChatGPT. As we continued the discussion it turned to the role of textual criticism in arriving at the correct reading. I used 1 John 5:7 as a test case because it is thought to have a probability of 0 as to originality. As a result,Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence and a Standard Sacred Text (Part 2)”

Today I began a conversation with the artificial intelligence ChatGPT. This is the first part of our conversation. I found it interesting in a host of ways and Lord willing we will talk about it on our YouTube channel next week. For now, take a look at the interaction and leave your thoughts and commentsContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence and a Standard Sacred Text (Part 1)”

The Author of regeneration according to John 3 is the Holy Spirit. John 3:6-7, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I say unto thee, Ye must be born again.” Demarest writes, “The Holy Ghost is the Author of regeneration:Continue reading “Series 2, Lecture 12: 1 Peter 1:23-25 and the Link Between Regeneration and the Scripture primarily in the writings of William Ames, 1641 (video)”

Of Matthew 24:35 James Morrison, in his commentary on Matthew observes, “What an immeasurable height here must have been within the self-consciousness of our Lord, when he thus contrasted the imperishableness of his own words with the perishableness of the heaven and earth! It is to his prediction in the preceding verse that he speciallyContinue reading “Series 2, Lecture 7: Matthew 24:35”