Sermons and Biblical Studies

Ernest B. McGinnis Introduction The ancient Greek city of Delphi had a worldwide impact, as seen throughout the writings of the ancient historians and poets of the classical period. We find the influence of Delphi in the writings of the greats from Homer to Plato, and the power of the Delphic Oracle stretched from Asia … Continue reading “DELPHI’S
INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT1”

Gordon Franz Introduction1 The Psalms of the Sons of Korah, like the other psalms, express the inner-most feelings of the psalmists as they experience real-life events. The Korahites were the descendants of Kohath, son of Levi, and were responsible for guarding the Temple (1 Chr 9:19). They also led in Temple singing (2 Chr 20:19). … Continue reading “ARCHAEOLOGY,
ASSYRIAN RELIEFS AND THE PSALMS OF THE SONS OF KORAH”

Colonel David G. Hansen (USA Ret.), Ph.D. BSpade 20:1 (Winter 2007) p. 3 Introduction In a recent article for this journal, I suggested that knowing the geographical context of Biblical events could help the reader better understand the total message of the Bible (Hansen 2005). Since the original readers and hearers of the Old Testament … Continue reading “GIBEON:
ITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND CONTEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE”

Henry B. Smith, Jr. As our readers know, ABR works in the field of archaeology to demonstrate the historical reliability of the Bible for the purpose of edifying the church and providing evidence to sincere skeptics so that they may consider and accept the truth-claims of the Christian faith. Foundational to our ministry is the … Continue reading “THE
DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL INERRANCY”

Bruce R. Crew Introduction An earlier article focused upon the possible routes taken by the Magi from their homeland to worship the Christ-Child in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, as well as their escape from King Herod via the land of the Nabateans (Crew 2005c: 102–113). The article supports the view that the town … Continue reading “WHY
NOT NABATEA?
THE FLIGHT OF JOSEPH’S FAMILY FROM BETHLEHEM TO EGYPT AND MIGRATION TO THE TOWN
OF NAZARETH IN GALILEE”

Richard Lanser The accompanying article by Crouse and Franz is a fascinating compilation of historical data regarding proposed locations for Noah’s Ark. Taken together, those records present a reasonable case for giving credence to the Mt. Cudi site near Cizre, Turkey. However, not all agree it is a “compelling” one. In the interest of completeness, … Continue reading “THE
CASE FOR ARARAT”

Friedrich Bender1 (Reprinted by permission from UMSCHAU-Kurzberichte aus Wissenschaft und Technik, vol.72, no. 1.Translated from the original German by W. Pasedag, ABR.) Tectonic Lifting of the Taurus Mountains of Turkey Wood remains from Cudidag, a mountain range at the northern rim of Mesopotamia, were dated with the 14C method; they are 6500 years old, i.e. … Continue reading “WOOD
REMAIS FROM THE “LANDING SITE OF NOAH’S ARK” NEARLY 6500 YEARS OLD”

Bill Crouse and Gordon Franz (A defense of the Cudi Dagh site has been published previously by Bill Crouse in Archaeology and Biblical Research vol. 5, #3, Summer 1992; TJ vol. 15(3); and in The Explorers of Ararat, edited by B.J. Corbin, chapter 7.) For its historical claims the first eleven chapters of Genesis are … Continue reading “MOUNT
CUDI — TRUE MOUNTAIN OF NOAH’S ARK”

Henry B. Smith, Jr. In the 600th year of Noah’s life, on the 17th day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened (Gn 7:11). For centuries, the Biblical Flood described in chapters 6–8 in the book of Genesis was … Continue reading “THE
GENESIS FLOOD:
AN INTERPRETATIVE KEY TO THE PAST”

David E. Graves Role of the Imperial Cult The worship of the Emperor was an important part of Smyrna’s culture from early in Rome’s rise to power. Kistemaker writes that in order to make the spirit of Rome concrete throughout the empire, Romans presented the emperor as its embodiment, and thus worship of the emperor … Continue reading “LOCAL
REFERENCES IN THE LETTER OF SMYRNA
(RV 2:8-11), PART 4:
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND1”