Biblical Archeology
More copies of the Bible have been bought than any other book in the entire recorded history of the Earth, making it the most influential book ever published. But the Bible has in recent years also been derided by skeptics as little more than a collection of fables, myths, legends and yarns. For example, for…
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Dr. Sean McDowell, an Associate Professor of Apologetics at Biola University, describes a recent archeological discovery in Israel that could be decisive evidence that the Hebrews were a literate culture when they arrived in the Promised Land following their 400 year-captivity in Egypt. Why is this discovery so important? Because critics have argued that the…
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Is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ important? Paul the Apostle said if Jesus Christ was not actually resurrected on the third day after His crucifixion, then Christians are the biggest fools of all. Put otherwise, without a risen Jesus Christ, there is no hope for Christians, or anybody else. And what about the other possibility…
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Here’s something to ponder the next time you find yourself wondering if there really could be a God acting within and shaping human history — the Jewish people have survived for more than two millennia despite efforts from of old to erase them from the face of the Earth. Hmmm, maybe then it’s no mere…
Read MoreArcheologists discovered the Pool of Silom in the City of David area of Jerusalem in 2004. But does that discovery in and of itself prove that Jesus spread mud on a blind man’s eyes and told him to go wash in the Pool of Silom, whereupon his sight was restored, as told at John 9:1-11?…
Read MoreThere was a time when critics argued that the Old Testament’s King David was never a real person, that his story was just too full of fantastic deeds and trials to have been anything other than fables. Then, according to my friend and colleague, Quin Hillyer, in 2005 Israeli excavationist Eliat Mazar “discovered, on a…
Read MoreCritics for centuries have seized upon specific claims, features, names and silences in the New Testament about the life and times of Jesus Christ. An example of such claims is that of Luke concerning the Roman Governor of Syria, Quirinius, and the census that drew Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem to be registered. Millions of…
Read MoreThere is a reference in I Samuel 27 to David raiding towns and villages of the Geshurites, among others, during the year and four months in which he lived among the Philistines to escape the wrath of King Saul. The Old Testament was for centuries the only ancient reference to the Geshurites, but that appears…
Read MoreAt first glance, I thought this was something straight out of the fever swamp section of the National Enquirer newsroom or maybe even the Midnight News, but, no, the following news report was produced and appeared on a credible Israeli news outlet. The claim being reported is that by using 3D imaging made possible by…
Read MorePretty much everybody has at least heard about Noah’s Ark and the great flood in the ancient world that destroyed all life except him and his family, plus the many pairs of every animal. Skeptics of the Bible and Christianity typically dismiss the flood account in Genesis 7 as the product of a localized disaster…
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