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7th Century BC Stamp Bearing Name of King David’s Son Unearthed in Jerusalem | i24NEWS

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Bruce

The less than half-an-inch sealing was uncovered by an Israeli teen volunteer at City of David excavation site A minute stamp seal from 2,600 years ago bearing the name of King David’s son was recently found in an excavation site…

Tagged with: Archeology, Christian Apologetics, Faith
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Faith, Witnessing

Is the Jesus of History the Jesus of Faith? | Ted Wright

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Bruce

IS THE JESUS OF HISTORY THE JESUS OF FAITH? HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY SAY YES! Jesus mythicists can best be described as people who are “highly skeptical” if not completely doubtful that Jesus Christ ever existed. Of course, most of what…

Tagged with: Archeology, Christian Apologetics, Faith
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Christian Apologetic Resources, Defending Christianity

Is There Any Archaeological Evidence for Exodus? — Cyber Penance

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Bruce

This is a WordPress repost of an excellent article regarding Archaeological Evidence for some of the main Old Testament patriarchs. Please note that there is a link in this particular post on an earlier post that addresses Archaeological Evidence for…

The Archaeological Evidence for the Kings in the Old Testament | Dewayne Bryant

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Bruce

The Bible offers a fairly concise account of the roughly five-hundred-year history of the Israelite monarchy from the time of Saul through the final destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. This account can be found in the books of 1-2…

Tagged with: Archeology, Christian Apologetics, Old Testament
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Old Testament

Why Archaeology is Important for the Christian | Lenny Esposito

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Bruce

The Bible is unique among sacred texts in that it is set against a historical backdrop. Do recent archaeological discoveries validate or discredit the Biblical accounts? In this introductory video to the series, Lenny explains the relationship between archaeology and…

Tagged with: Archeology, Christian Apologetics
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Defending Christianity

Clearly, the Roman Emporer Tiberius Never Existed. — Cyber Penance

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Bruce

This is truly noteworthy, check it out, you’ll be glad you did! Recently on Twitter, Peter J. Williams started this hilarious thread to make a point that some of the ways that skeptics try to disprove that Jesus ever existed…

Tagged with: Christian Apologetics, World History
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Defending Christianity, Textual Criticism, World History

Biblical Archeology and Textual Criticism Reference Links

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Bruce

These are some of the Biblical Archeology and Textual Criticism links that I’ve added to my Christian Resources page during the last couple of years. Could save you some time if you’re looking for some references. BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/new-testament-political-figures-the-evidence/ biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/50-people-in-the-bible-confirmed-archaeologically/…

Tagged with: Archeology, Christian Apologetics, Textual Criticism
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Defending Christianity, Textual Criticism

Biblical Archaeology: Ring of Pontius Pilate Discovered — Is Christianity True?

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Bruce

This is a WordPress repost of an excellent article originally authored by J. Steve Lee on his ischristianitytrue.wordpress.com website that deals with archaeological discoveries that confirm the Biblical record. Please note the list of additional discoveries at the bottom of…

Tagged with: Archeology, Christian Apologetics
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Defending Christianity

6 Myths About the Dead Sea Scrolls | The NIV Bible

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Bruce

This is a WordPress repost of an excellent article originally authored by thenivbible.com In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd stumbled into the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century. He and his cousin found seven scrolls containing ancient Scripture in a…

Old Testament Passages Quoted in the New Testament

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Bruce

I am sure that you have probably heard it said that you can’t fully appreciate the New Testament without having read and come to appreciate the Old Testament. This is, unquestionably true. The table below itemizes all of the instances…

Biblical Archaeology

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Bruce

When one takes the time to study any particular field of science, one inevitably comes to the conclusion that nothing is simple. It doesn’t matter what branch of science you investigate, be it the natural sciences, (includes cosmological, geological, chemical, and…

Does Archeology Support the Bible?

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Bruce

This is an WordPress repost that was authored by Teri Dugan at her truthfaithandreason.com website in March 2016. It is reproduced here for your convenience. As always, Teri presents an excellent overview of how the science of Archeology is an additional witness to…

Best Summary on Old & New Testaments Historical Accuracy

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Bruce

SOURCE: http://truthfaithandreason.com/ I’ve already shared the links for these two posts by Teri Dugan on a previous post but the information she presents is so well laid out, accurate and concise that I just had to make it readily available in…

Biblical Archaeology: Tower of Babel

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Bruce

The Tower of Babel is recorded in Genesis 11:1-9. Critical scholars have traditionally viewed this story as mythical and not historical. There just seemed to not be enough corroborating evidence. But, recently the Smithsonian Channel’s show titled Secrets aired…

Tagged with: Archeology
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Christian, Old Testament, Religion

Old Earth Versus Young Earth Creationism

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Bruce

Source: http://www.findingtruthmatters.org/theology/creation-ideas.html One of the most contentious issues among Christians today is the age of the universe. Is it 6000 years old like 17th century Bishop Ussher calculated, or is it around 13.7 billion years old like scientists say? How we…

Factual Evidence to Support the Historicity of the Bible

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Bruce

Source: http://www.equip.org/articles/biblical-archaeology-factual-evidence-to-support-the-historicity-of-the-bible Archaeological finds that contradict the contentions of biblical minimalists and other revisionists have been listed above. There are many more, however, that corroborate biblical evidence, and the following list provides only the most significant discoveries: A Common Flood Story.…

Tagged with: Christian Apologetics, Christian Resource
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Christian, Old Testament, Religion

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Bruce

Source: https://www.probe.org/the-dead-sea-scrolls/ The Old Testament that we use today is translated from what is called the Masoretic Text. The Masoretes were Jewish scholars who between A.D. 500 and 950 gave the Old Testament the form that we use today. Until the…

Exodus of Israel from Eqypt

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Bruce

I ran across a very informative and well documented video available on YouTube of relatively recent archaeological research that was conducted regarding Israel’s Exodus from Egypt and the crossing of the Red Sea. The link to the video is here: Exodus of…

Tagged with: Archeology
Posted in Apologetics, Archeology, Old Testament, Religion