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I apologize for the late notice, but there was no class tonight because Dr. Van Kleeck Sr. Was on the road and Dr. Van Kleeck Jr. had a family engagement. I apologize for not communicating sooner.

Tonight 7/181 at 7:30 we will hold the eighth lecture of series three on “A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — The Holy Spirit and a Standard Sacred Text, part 2.” William Bucanus Served as professor of theology at Lausanne from 1591 to 1603. His major dogmatic work was the Institutes of theContinue reading “Series 3, Lecture 8: A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — The Holy Spirit and a Standard Sacred Text, part 2”

Tonight 7/11 at 7:30 we will hold the seventh lecture of series three on “A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — The Holy Spirit and a Standard Sacred Text.” Henry Venn (1724-1797), the Anglican rector of Huddersfield in Yorkshire and later of Yelling in Huntingdonshire, was the author of the once well-known bookContinue reading “Series 3, Lecture 7: A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — The Holy Spirit and a Standard Sacred Text”

Recently Dr. Riddle had the opportunity to once again offer a series of lectures at the invitation of the Trinitarian Bible Society. In one of those lectures he took the occasion to offer seven theological arguments for the preservation of Scripture. Give it a listen. Also, remember that the Kept Pure In All Ages ConferenceContinue reading “Dr. Jeff Riddle Offers Seven Theological Arguments for the Preservation of Scripture”

Tonight 6/27 at 7:30 we will hold the sixth lecture of series three on “A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — The Unquantifiability of Manuscript Transmission and Canonical Collation.”             The process by which the words of the Canon were collated cannot be classified, categorized, or easily referenced because, as we have seen,Continue reading “Series 3, Lecture 6: A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — The Unquantifiability of Manuscript Transmission and Canonical Collation”

Tonight 6/20 at 7:30 we will hold the fifth lecture of series three on “A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — Canonicity: Historical Overview and the Failure of External Criteria “ The Muratorian Canon (175-225 AD)  was the earliest official list produced by the Church. It was not sanctioning a canon but recognizing aContinue reading “Series 3, Lecture 5: A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — Canonicity: Historical Overview and the Failure of External Criteria”

Tonight 6/13 at 7:30 we will hold the fourth lecture of series three on “A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text: The Theocentricity of the Canon“ Presbyterian scholar and Westminster Professor John Murray articulates the “imprints” of God’s Authorship upon Scripture, writing, “If, as has been shown in the earlier part of this discussion,Continue reading “Series 3, Lecture 4: A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text: The Theocentricity of the Canon”

Tonight 6/6 at 7:30 we will hold the third lecture of series three on “A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text: The Connection Between Apostolic Preaching and the Written Word of God.” According to 1 Thess. 2:13, Paul’s preaching was received as God’s Word –“ye received it not as the word of men, butContinue reading “Series 3, Lecture 3: A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text: The Connection Between Apostolic Preaching and the Written Word of God”

An orthodox Christian theological grounding for a Standard Sacred Text must of necessity begin with Jesus Christ and the Christ-complex – the death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and Pentecost – to be properly formulated (Luke 24: 27, 44). Beginning with the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, “God manifest in the flesh” (1 Tim. 3:16), Christo-centricityContinue reading “Series 3 Lecture 2: Canonicity and Apostolicity (Video)”

This first lecture concerns the issue of first principles and particularly the role of Scripture as the principium cognoscendi or first principle of theological knowledge. Have you ever wondered if it is viciously circular to appeal to the Bible in order to defend the Bible? Have you ever thought the Bible to depend on some prior orContinue reading “Series 3 Lecture 1: Scripture as First Principle (Video)”