Having read Mark Ward’s book Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible a couple times now I thought it good to offer a brief but pointed assessment of his main argument, that is, the False Friends Argument. In sum Ward rightfully maintains that the KJV has what he calls false friends. FalseContinue reading “The “False Friends” Argument and Doing the Math”
Author Archives: Peter Van Kleeck Jr. Ph.D.
Knowledge of the Sciences vs. Knowledge of Scripture
Welcome to the Brickyard. This is a place to find quotes for use in your own research and writing. The bricks are free, but the building is up to you. The following quotes are from Abraham Kuyper’s Sacred Theology and particularly Chapter 2: The Fundamental, Regulative, and Distinctive Principle of Theology, or Principium Theologiae. “When IContinue reading “Knowledge of the Sciences vs. Knowledge of Scripture”
A Scriptural Example of Moving from One Version to Another
Mortimer Adeler in How to Speak; How to Listen, reminds his reader that an example is not for proving but for explaining some element of one’s position. Additionally, it is commonly understood that an example does not meet at every point the thing being explained. If I offer an example of how a Golden RetrieverContinue reading “A Scriptural Example of Moving from One Version to Another”
Making the Standard Sacred Text Case w/ Dwayne Green (Part 3)
Canonicity (Part 2)
In this video Dr.’s Van Kleeck continue their treatment of canonicity and the means whereby the canon was recognized by the believing community.
Variae Lectiones (Variant Readings)
variae lectiones: variant readings; specifically, variant readings in the several ancient codices of Scripture that led to debate concerning the infallibility of the scriptural Word. Richard Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology, Term: variae lectiones. First, the Reformed Scholastics, or the Third-Wave Reformers, understood that there wereContinue reading “Variae Lectiones (Variant Readings)”
Making the Standard Sacred Text Case w/ Dwayne Green (Part 2)
Do the “Details” Defeat the Standard Sacred Text Position?
In a recent interaction I had on the frontier of the digital Wild West an accusation was brought against the Standard Sacred Text position by Dr. Elijah Hixon which stated that TR specific or KJV specific arguments are fine so long as they don’t address the details. But as soon as the details are takenContinue reading “Do the “Details” Defeat the Standard Sacred Text Position?”
Making the Standard Sacred Text Case w/ Dwayne Green (Part 1)
Can Multiple Versions Equally Be God’s Word?
In a recent discussion I had in the Wild West of Facebook back-and-forth I was told by a couple of my interlocutors that multiple differing manuscripts, multiple differing Greek texts, and multiple differing versions were all the word of God. I found this puzzling and I found it puzzling for the following reasons: 1.) PremiseContinue reading “Can Multiple Versions Equally Be God’s Word?”
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