Moving some of my books I came across this 1876 Bible prepared to commemorate the American centennial. The first photo lists this edition’s commendations and why it was selected as the centennial edition. The second photo contains 1 John 5:7 which was present 5 years before the critical text corrupted this passage by its removal.Continue reading “1876 Centennial King James Bible”
Author Archives: Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr.
An Eschatological Grounding For A Standard Sacred Text
This volume considers the question, “What is the eschatological future of the Bible?” by way of fresh, optimistic exploration of the Scripture. For instance, “Is Scripture incinerated with the re-formation of the New Heaven and Earth?” Or “Does forever mean forever in every case except when applied to Scripture?” The focus of this volume isContinue reading “An Eschatological Grounding For A Standard Sacred Text”
Canonicity: Why the Bible Has 66 Books
A new Study Guide entitled, Canonicity: Why the Bible Has 66 Books, prepared by Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr., is now available at Amazon Books. Designed as Sunday School curriculum for High School through all adult classes, seminars, and family devotions, the Study Guide builds a strong, historically proven, theological case for the collation ofContinue reading “Canonicity: Why the Bible Has 66 Books”
Gilbert Tennet, 1744, “5 Qualities of Scripture’s Canonicity”
Where is Dr. Ward’s Ph.D. level response to Psalm 12:6-7?
By What Standard Are You Worshipping God in an Acceptable Manner?
Scripture Endures Forever
What are we as Christians to make of these passages? Are we to disregard them as oriental hyperbole, or a literary device, or a contextually limited application? Or are we to accept the clear and conspicuous, historically anchored meaning of “forever”? To reject the truth of Scripture’s “foreverness” presents the need to reinterpret the passagesContinue reading “Scripture Endures Forever”
The Department of Education, Big Pharma, and Bible Publishers
Riding home from a family visit, we were listening to the radio and a commentor’s observation on the existence of the Department of Education. He scoffed at the notion that the DOE functioned to educate children. In summary, he concluded that the education of children was not the department’s purpose because well-educated children would giveContinue reading “The Department of Education, Big Pharma, and Bible Publishers”
Why Do Christians Defend the Bible in the Same Manner as Unbelievers?
Why Do Christians Defend the Bible Like the Unbeliever?
Why do Christians defend their Bible in a manner similar to the unbeliever? Instead of asserting the Bible as infallible and the preserved Word of God, contemporary apologetics often begins with Christians on the defensive. The apologist typically counteracts the critic’s evidential defeaters using a similar set of evidential arguments, leading to a back-and-forth ofContinue reading “Why Do Christians Defend the Bible Like the Unbeliever?”