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

Continuing our evaluation of Mark Ward’s understanding of the Confessional/StandardSacred Text position we now turn to a treatment of his three point objection to our position. Ward’s objections are as follows: 1.) Ward is “satisfied” with the current theological construction of his side though simultaneously calls for more work to be done in field ofContinue reading “Mark Ward and His Three Critiques of Confessional/SST Theology”

In a recent podcast Mark Ward asked the question, ”Why can’t we say the N/A 28 is further sanctified?” For context, on the same podcast but in a different episode I stated that the TR had gone through refinement across its several iterations. I argued further that the impelling force behind the transitions from oneContinue reading “Mark Ward and Why Not The N/A 28”

In making the case for a Standard Sacred Text of the Bible for the English-speaking church I am often asked, “How does the Bible become the standard?” The questioner desires to know the mechanism and the means whereby the believer and the English-speaking church at large is able to know and then claim a StandardContinue reading “Called Pastors and a Standard Sacred Text”

It has struck me as of late that there seems to be an educational divide between those who hold to the Confessional/Traditional/Ecclesiastical/Standard Sacred Text and are formally trained versus those who hold to the CT and are formally trained. Why is it that those like John Burgeon, Edward Hills, Theodore Letis, and Jeff Riddle canContinue reading “The Curriculum of Higher Education and Modern Textual Criticism”

For the modern evangelical text-critic, is there any word in the Greek that we are certain beyond a shadow of doubt is indeed the original word of Scripture written at the hand of Paul or Peter? If yes, what word or words and based on what manuscript evidence and method are those words deemed certainlyContinue reading “The Initial Text is a Unique Defeater for Modern Evangelical Text-Criticism”

From the perspective of apologetic method, the Christian’s presupposing of the authority of Scripture IS playing with a level playing field. Such a presupposition is not “sneaking” in one’s worldview. It is blatantly and obviously showing the Christian’s worldview. Yet this is often looked down upon by many in academia, even Christian academia. Anecdotally, theContinue reading “Presupposing the Authority of Scripture IS Playing with a Level Playing Field.”

Years ago, while at Westminster [East] I had the opportunity to take a semester long class on Francis Turretin’s Institutes of Elenctic Theology with Dr. Scott Oliphint and Dr. Jeff Jue. Turretin’s Institutes served as the Systematic Theology textbook of the Academy at Geneva during the Third Wave of the Reformation. The text was inContinue reading “Reason and Revelation: A Shift Between Turretin and Hodge?”