Author Archives: Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr.

Bruce Waltke and M. O’Connor write, “With these facts in mind, we may turn to the Hebrew system, which presents many similarities to English, so many, in fact, that is important for students to bear in mind the many differences between the languages.” Footnoting this statement, Waltke, O’Connor lend support to the Reformation era translatorsContinue reading “The Linguistic Agreement between Hebrew and English”

Whenever we open the sacred book of God, we should lift up our hearts to him, to teach us the true meaning of what we are going to read. This is necessary, because those doctrines, which are its very glory, offend our natural pride, and its precepts contradict our dearest lusts. To receive the one,Continue reading “Henry Venn, 1763, on the Futility of External Evidence to Move the Will to Accept the Authority of Holy Scripture”

First, was there ever such a being named Lucifer? The answer is yes because of what we read in the KJB in Isaiah 14:12, “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” However, according to the ESV in Isaiah 14:12Continue reading “Lucifer: to be or not to be?”

“A supreme and infallible judge is one who never errs in judgment, nor is he able to err; is uninfluenced by prejudice and from whom is not appeal. Now these requisites can be found in nether the church, nor councils, nor pope, for they can both err and often have erred most egregiously, and theyContinue reading “God and His Word have no superior”

Penned in 1523, Luther’s hymn elegantly reflects his interpretation of Psalm 12 and that of Jerome in the 4th c. and Ayguan in the 14th. The first strophe of the sixth stanza has as its antecedent the pure Word: “Thy Word, thou wilt preserve, O Lord, From this vile generation.” Of this hymn Lambert referencesContinue reading “Luther’s Hymn Based on Psalm 12 and the Preservation of the Words”

That the Scriptures are a proposal of all these truths to our understandings in a way of most fair and full credibility, and that appears in these three things. The way of proposal is most credible. The things propounded are in themselves evidently true. The expressions in which they are laid down, are plain, andContinue reading “Nathaniel Ingelo, 1659, on the Credibility of Holy Scripture”

The advocates of a Stand Sacred Text (SST) are held to a level of consistency unknown to the formulators of the Critical Text (CT). The comparison is the difference between a document that claims to be from God, which is inherently absolute in its declarations–pure, infallible, inspired, preserved — and a document that is inherentlyContinue reading “When a Non-Standard is Held as the Standard”

It’s Sunday Morning and everyone is on their way to church, to greet the saints and gather around the preaching of the Word. The parking lot is full. Ushers are at the front door with a welcoming handshake and a visitors card for those who are looking for a church to attend. Kids are runningContinue reading “Imagine Sunday School”

Luke 2:1-20  1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also wentContinue reading “The Birth of Jesus, the Son of God”

Upon the plainness of God’s revelation, depends the certainty of the Christian Religion. This Pillar had need be firm, for the best thing in the world rests upon it. What is acceptable to Christ, and what he will do for us, is to be known by revelation which he hath made of his mind toContinue reading “Nathaniel Ingelo, 1659, on the Certainty of the Christian Religion”