Peter Van Kleeck Jr. Ph.D.

Do You Believe?

And is it unbiblical to believe such a thing? If not, then let us believe it and while you’re at it…join us.

Asymptotic Certainty and the Purity of Scripture

Here at StandardSacredText.com we encourage defenders of the Bible to think outside the tired old box of competing evidential interpretive schemes and look to other disciplines to make our case. I mean it is the Bible after all, the epistemic source of all life and godliness. Surely the means and modes for defending the certaintyContinue reading “Asymptotic Certainty and the Purity of Scripture”

Dr. Riddle’s Rejoinder to Matthew Everhard on the Why I Preach Appendix

For Those in the Back, Edification Does Not Require Intelligibility: A Story

Mark Ward is fond of leveraging I Corinthians 14 in the text and translation debate. Unfortunately he completely overlooks the fact that Paul clearly has in mind those languages foreign to the hearer. As such Ward has removed Paul from the immediate context in order to critique the use of a version of modern EnglishContinue reading “For Those in the Back, Edification Does Not Require Intelligibility: A Story”

Meme Because…

I just started a new job and it wants more of my time. Also, it’s Saturday so sit back, relax, and laugh a little. May the Lord’s Day be a day of doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. Blessings.

Would We Be Better With Multiple Versions?

What about Christianity is better with multiple versions? By “better” I mean closer to Scriptural truth and teaching? Would Christianity be better with multiple versions of God?Would Christianity be better with multiple versions of the Trinity?Would Christianity be better with multiple versions of Jesus?Would Christianity be better with multiple versions of the atonement?Would Christianity beContinue reading “Would We Be Better With Multiple Versions?”

Looks Like James White is Looking to Debate a KJV Defender

Keep it up. The more we keep these issues in the greater evangelical conversation the better for pre-critical Bible defense. We’ll see who gets the chance.

Providentia Extraordinaria: Extraordinary Providence

“A further distinction can be made between (1) providentia ordinaria, ordinary or general providence, by means of which God conserves, supports, and governs all things through the instrumentality of secondary causes in accord with the laws of nature; and (2) providentia extraordinaria, extraordinary or special providence, according to which God in his wisdom performs specialContinue reading “Providentia Extraordinaria: Extraordinary Providence”

The KJV is Too Difficult to Read: A Story

My wife and I homeschool our children and have been doing so for 14 years. From time to time we would join a homeschool co-op to supplement our home education. One year I was asked to co-teach a 9th grade science class. As usual I would have the textbook and my Bible on the tableContinue reading “The KJV is Too Difficult to Read: A Story”

Scripture and a Robust Christian Worldview

When discussing topics regarding text and translation with those who object to the TR and KJV invariably my interlocutor reminds me that “You can get saved out of other versions” or some variation of this truth. This claim seems to imply that all credible versions [whatever that means] are equal because they each contain theContinue reading “Scripture and a Robust Christian Worldview”