In approaching our 400th post we have decided to actively reach out beyond the blog and to make that first foray into the realm of Facebook. All are welcome to join. We will be posting content there that will not be posted here. Additionally, we will start holding Facebook LIVE events every Saturday around 11am.Continue reading “Standard Sacred Text Is Now on Facebook”
Author Archives: Peter Van Kleeck Jr. Ph.D.
A Little Leaven
“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leavenContinue reading “A Little Leaven”
Necessity, Sufficiency, and the Cursed Fig Tree
We hear over and over from CT/MVO academicians that modern versions are “sufficiently reliable.” When pressed on the meaning of that term it seems that they mean something like, “It is possible to be saved out of many of the modern translations” or “The general gist of all major Christian doctrine is present in mostContinue reading “Necessity, Sufficiency, and the Cursed Fig Tree”
Modern Textual Criticism: A Deathwork (Part 2)
I came across a recent article by a New Testament scholar, Christ Keith, who made the following observations, “Those of us who cherish biblical texts on some level or another also need to exercise the important and necessary right to disagree with the text.” Indeed, the freedom to disagree with the text is almost necessaryContinue reading “Modern Textual Criticism: A Deathwork (Part 2)”
Third World Modern Evangelical Textual Criticism as a Deathwork
Here at StandardSacredText.com we have repeatedly asserted that there was one autograph, there is one canonical apographa (the TR), and as a result it seems only natural to assert that there is one standard sacred text for the English-speaking Church. We believe that text to be the KJV. We anchor our belief in the aboveContinue reading “Third World Modern Evangelical Textual Criticism as a Deathwork”
Classics: Theodore Letis
Orange County Scriptures
Years ago my Dad and I joked about making custom Bibles like Orange County Choppers makes custom motorcycles. We would use only quality materials and, at least back then, we knew Hebrew and Greek well enough to translate the whole Bible. I’m sure we could do the same now but we’ve gotten a bit rusty.Continue reading “Orange County Scriptures”
The Problem with the Standard Sacred Text Position?
So why is it that so many reject the Standard Sacred Text position? What is it about the argument in general that demands intelligent well-meaning Christians reject its major points? I’m quite certain that it is not the fact that we are arguing for a text as we do for the Standard Sacred Text position.Continue reading “The Problem with the Standard Sacred Text Position?”
Reconstructing and Deconstructing the Bible: A Historical Overview
**This post is part two of a series started here** Let us begin with six men: 1.) Karl Marx (1818-1883) – Gave prominent voice to modern Communism and defined the oppressed as all those not in power. For Marx the Church/Religion is a form of power and therefore is an apparatus of oppression. Furthermore, theContinue reading “Reconstructing and Deconstructing the Bible: A Historical Overview”
Random Comparison: Acts 7:1-10 in the KJV and the ESV
Today I chose a random selection of Scripture by opening my Westminster Reference Bible (KJV) and without looking, pointed at a verse and then chose the nine verses after that. My finger landed on Acts 7:1, so let’s compare Acts 7:1-10 in the KJV with the same passage as it occurs in the ESV ActsContinue reading “Random Comparison: Acts 7:1-10 in the KJV and the ESV”