So the second episode of Mark Ward’s Textual Confidence Collective [TCC] dropped yesterday. I watch to stay up on the current goings on. I watch to hear a new argument perhaps. I watch to see if someone among them could could offer our arguments a beautiful death. To co-op the words of Stelios, “I haveContinue reading “Ward’s Textual Confidence Collective is Turning Out to be a Dumpster Fire”
Author Archives: Peter Van Kleeck Jr. Ph.D.
Critical Text Advocates Don’t Like Our Argument Because It Doesn’t Bow To Their Gods
Before we get into today’s post I want to make sure we avoid a potential False Friend. Throughout today’s post I will be using the word “rancor” which means “bitter deep-seated ill will” as opposed to “the Rancor” from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi pictured above. I just wanted to make sure there wasContinue reading “Critical Text Advocates Don’t Like Our Argument Because It Doesn’t Bow To Their Gods”
A Recent Interaction With Mark Ward
Whether on YouTube or a blog you can always listen to/read what the author has to say and then you can scroll down to the comments. Depending on the topic and the people that make their way to the comments section, sometimes the comments can be helpful and sometimes you can read threats of bodilyContinue reading “A Recent Interaction With Mark Ward”
The Emotional Trauma Behind the Textual Confidence Collective
Having watched the first episode of Mark Ward’s Textual Confidence Collective it seemed to me that all those involved, with possible the exception of Hixon, were taught poor Bibliology. That Bibliology could not stand significant scrutiny which led to traumatic experiences for at least Mark, Peter, and Timothy. For the latter two there was familialContinue reading “The Emotional Trauma Behind the Textual Confidence Collective”
Ward Continues to Show Himself To Be Out of His Depth
Ward recently offered reasons for why he believes KJV-Onlyism and Confessional Bibliology are for all intents and purposes the same argument. Dr. Riddle took the opportunity to help Ward with his confusion on this point in a recent Word Magazine episode. Below is a video of that episode where Riddle carefully works through the fallacyContinue reading “Ward Continues to Show Himself To Be Out of His Depth”
A Recent Discussion with Elijah Hixon (Part 2)
In yesterday’s post I shared a portion of a discussion I had with Dr. Elijah Hixon over the weekend on Mark Ward’s Facebook wall. Here is the rest of that discussion. _______________________________________________________________________________ Hixon: Peter Van Kleeck Thanks for this. Your reasoning with your credentials sounds a little close to saying I should trust that you’re rightContinue reading “A Recent Discussion with Elijah Hixon (Part 2)”
A Recent Discussion with Elijah Hixon
Over this last weekend I was in a Facebook discussion with Dr. Elijah Hixon. Some of his credential are: (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is a research associate at Tyndale House in Cambridge. He completed his doctoral thesis on a trio of manuscripts from the sixth century and their scribes. His areas of research include NewContinue reading “A Recent Discussion with Elijah Hixon”
The Historical Flow and the Authoritative Means: How Do We Know What is Scripture?
Over the weekend I had several fruitful conversations with Critical Text/Multiple Version Onlyists. These conversations are going to serve as the larger bulk of my musings this week on the textual/version issue. One conversation I had over Sunday lunch with a very hospitable family form my church. At one point in the discussion I beganContinue reading “The Historical Flow and the Authoritative Means: How Do We Know What is Scripture?”
Is the Angel at the Pool of Bethesda Scriptural?
Do you remember the story in John 5:3-4 of the angel who moves the waters at the pool of Bethesda and the first to enter would be healed of their infirmity? This story appears in the KJV and many modern translations remove it. Here again we draw on the work of Will Kinney to showContinue reading “Is the Angel at the Pool of Bethesda Scriptural?”
The Failure of Mark Ward’s Arguments Continue to Mount
In a recent Mark Ward video, discussed in this post, he attempts to defend his argument that Edification Requires Intelligibility by appealing to I Corinthians 14. Ward contends that while 1 Corinthians 14 is clearly dealing with the gift of and speaking in tongues during public worship, 1 Corinthians 14 also has immediate application toContinue reading “The Failure of Mark Ward’s Arguments Continue to Mount”
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