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

The Evangelical Sin of Name-Calling

Grant Castleberry is currently the senior pastor of Capital Community Church in Raleigh, NC and was the executive director for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. I’ve shared his tweets here before. Largely because I think they’re great and this one is no different. But as I read this one there seems to beContinue reading “The Evangelical Sin of Name-Calling”

Mark Ward’s “False Friends” Argument is Simply Elitist

For those familiar with Ward’s “False Friends” argument you know that the central feature is that the Church is reading words it does not understand with the secondary addendum that the Church does not know that she does not understand those words. The latter is an addendum because without the central feature the addendum isContinue reading “Mark Ward’s “False Friends” Argument is Simply Elitist”

Election Sermons: The Long History of Politics and Preaching

As some of you may be aware, there is a long history of sermons offered on election day. It seems like it was almost a tradition to preach on the role of government and the responsibility of the Christian citizen to vote in accordance with the dictates of Scripture. There are thousands of such sermons.Continue reading “Election Sermons: The Long History of Politics and Preaching”

Properly Basic Christian Belief and Mormon Burning in the Bosom

Below is a Q&A interaction that Dr. William Lane Craig had with a questioner. You can find the original source here which first appeared on March 26, 2016. I share this question and answer to again show that there is yet another way to separate the so called “burning in the bosom” of Mormonism fromContinue reading “Properly Basic Christian Belief and Mormon Burning in the Bosom”

Mormonism and the Spirit/Word/Faith Paradigm

I have been asked on several occasions how I would deal with the Mormon claim of the “burning in the bosom” and its similarity or identicality with the Spirit/Word/Faith paradigm propounded here and other places in defense of the inspiration and authority of the Christian Scriptures. The short answer is that I would not abandonContinue reading “Mormonism and the Spirit/Word/Faith Paradigm”

Dr. Gene Kim and the KJV.

Here we have interesting video where Dr. Gene Kim offers a brief argument answering the argument that anyone can say any Bible is the inspired preserved word of God. I have a few comments but first let’s watch the video. 1.) All evidence has holes in it or potential defeaters which are employed by oppositeContinue reading “Dr. Gene Kim and the KJV.”