Palace Discovered in Jerusalem Reveals the Reliability of the New Testament The palace of Herod Antipas (son of Herod I who succeeded him), may have been discovered in the old city of Jerusalem. This would have been the same palace where Jesus stood trial before Herod, over 2000 years ago! According to Shimon Gibson, an archaeologist from […]
The Legacy of Herod & the Impact of Jesus in History Part 2 King Jesus In my previous article “A Take of Two Kings: Part 1 – King Herod,” I presented an overview of the life and legacy of Herod I, (also known as Herod the Great.) Herod was declared King of Judea by the […]
The Legacy of Herod & the Impact of Jesus in History Part 1 King Herod Herod’s Authority & Lineage as Israel’s King When Jesus was born two-thousand years ago Israel was a nation occupied by Imperial Rome. Although Rome ultimately controlled the eastern Mediterranean at that time, Israel did have a king – and he […]
Was There Really A Census During the Time of Caesar Augustus?
Archaeology Illuminates & Affirms a Key Fact in the Christmas Story By all counts, Luke’s gospel is a wealth of historical information. He opens it this way: Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us… it seemed good to me also, […]
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned – Isaiah 9:2 On March 19th 2007 the earth experienced one of the most fantastic and amazing events in the heavens – a total eclipse of the sun! Solar eclipses have been […]
Thutmoses III and the Biblical Exodus A friend of mine who studies Ancient Near Eastern languages at Yale University (Matthew Glassman), alerted me to an interesting article about an amazing discovery recently made in Cairo, under someone’s house no-less! According to the article, Egypt’s Antiquities Minister, Mamdouh al-Damaty stated that, “a group of men discovered a […]
A Modern Commentary of C.S. Lewis’ ‘Learning in Wartime’ Today it is easy to see why many Christians may be discouraged and feel the need to “circle the wagons,” – to not see the need to cultivate a life of the mind, including learning apologetic arguments for Christianity, or even learning anything new at all. […]
For better or worse I was a child of the 80’s, and during that time a new rock band came on the scene that changed pop music, both in Britain, America and eventually the world. I immediately loved their sound as soon as I heard it. Their style was unique, and the lyrics had a real […]
In the third installment of the Indiana Jones movie series, The Last Crusade, “Indy” goes to the chalkboard in his tweed jacket and writes down the word “FACT” and underlines it. Then he says to his eager listening students: “Archaeology is the search for fact not truth. If it’s truth you’re interested in, Dr. Tyree’s […]
Do Ideas Have Consequences? Indeed They Do!
In 1948 an English professor at the University of Chicago penned a book whose main idea resonates well into the modern world and into today’s news headlines. The professor was Richard Weaver and his book was Ideas Have Consequences. The main thesis of Weaver’s book is that philosophy undergirds all of society. What we believe […]