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

Romans 8:26: The Holy Spirit and the Act of Providential Preservation

Last Sunday I had the privilege of hearing a sermon from Romans 8:26 with particular emphasis on the term “helpeth”. The pastor began his exegesis by telling a story. He told of a time when he went to a local farmers market, one of his favorites, where the Amish would bring fresh apples and pressContinue reading “Romans 8:26: The Holy Spirit and the Act of Providential Preservation”

American Worldview Inventory 2022 – A National Worldview Study of Parents and Pastors

Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center directed by George Barna released its findings of the American Worldview Inventory 2022 and had 6 distinct releases. It was broken into two parts, the first regrading parents and the second regarding pastors. In both cases the conclusions where at best discouraging. Regarding parents of pre-teens, the study found,Continue reading “American Worldview Inventory 2022 – A National Worldview Study of Parents and Pastors”

The 13th Warrior and Textual Recovery

In 1976 renowned fiction writer of Jurassic Park fame, Michael Crichton wrote The Eaters of the Dead. Crichton wrote the book on a dare. He had an academic colleague who proposed to teach a class on the “The Great Bores” of literature the first of which he considered to be Beowulf. Crichton disagreed. He thoughtContinue reading “The 13th Warrior and Textual Recovery”

Traditional – Ecclesiastical – Confessional – Standard

It was recommended yesterday by one of our readers that I offer a brief treatment of the interrelation of the following positions: Traditional Text position, Ecclesiastical Text position, Confessional Text position, and the Standard Sacred Text position. Often when seeing different terms we expect that each term would denote different things. In this case, asContinue reading “Traditional – Ecclesiastical – Confessional – Standard”

Where the Conflict Really Lies

Over the weekend I had a couple interesting experiences. On Saturday I spent over 3 hours watching this debate between a real and properly defined KJVO advocate and Nate Cravatt co-host of The Recovering Fundamentalist podcast and MVO advocate. Observation 1: Cravatt was wholly incapable of appreciating the reality that beliefs can be properly basicContinue reading “Where the Conflict Really Lies”

Speak the Same Thing: The Tower of Babel in 21st Century American Churches

“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” I Corinthians 1:10 Man has often attempted to reach God, to be God and toContinue reading “Speak the Same Thing: The Tower of Babel in 21st Century American Churches”

Deathworks, Forgetfulness, and Modern Textual Scholarship

What could be less then to afford him praise,The easiest recompence, and pay him thanks,How due! yet all his good prov’d ill in me,And wrought but malice; lifted up so highI sdeind subjection, and thought one step higherWould set me highest, and in a moment quitThe debt immense of endless gratitude,So burthensome, still paying, stillContinue reading “Deathworks, Forgetfulness, and Modern Textual Scholarship”