Sermons and Biblical Studies

Gordon Franz If I mentioned the city Nineveh, what would come to your mind? Most likely you would say Jonah. We have all heard the story about Jonah being swallowed by the great fish and then going to Nineveh to preach against the city. His message was short and to the point, “Yet forty days, … Continue reading “NAHUM,
NINEVEH AND THOSE NASTY ASSYRIANS”

Brian Janeway [Hazor had been the head of all these kingdom. Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed them, not sparing anything that breathed, and he burned up Hazor itself (Joshua 11:10–11).] Plan of Hazor, showing excavation areas. Readers of Bible and Spade are well aware of the tale of the … Continue reading “HAZOR
2002”

David G. Hansen One of the most vociferously attacked historical accounts in the Bible is the Old Testament description of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan as recorded in the book of Joshua. According to many critics, the archaeological evidence supports neither the Biblical version nor date of the Conquest events. In a recent analysis of … Continue reading ““LARGE
CITIES THAT HAVE WALLS UP TO THE SKY”:
CANAANITE FORTIFICATIONS IN THE LATE BRONZE I PERIOD”

Part 1 of 3 Brad Sparks Naturalistic theories of the Ten Plagues attempt to account for the miraculous events of Moses and the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt using natural phenomena in an exotic biological chain reaction of red algae, anthrax and various other epidemic pathogens and insects, plus flood water, red river mud, … Continue reading “RED
ALGAE THEORIES OF THE TEN PLAGUES:
CONTRADICTED BY SCIENCE”

Wilbur Fields Our archaeological diggers who work at Khirbet el-Maqatir stay at the beautiful Messianic Jewish settlement called Yad Hashmona, 8½ mi west of Jerusalem. Just 1 mi east of Yad Hashmona is the Arab city of Abu Ghosh, “famous” for robbing 19th century pilgrims going to and coming from Jerusalem by charging them heavy … Continue reading ““WE
ARE STANDING ON ‘HOLY GROUND’” AT KIRIATH JEARIM”

The Moabite Stone In 1868, a German missionary discovered an inscribed basalt monument in Diban, Jordan. The next year, French scholar Clermont-Ganneau came to study it. Realizing its importance, he made an impression of the inscription and then attempted to purchase it. The villagers, assuming there might be treasure inside, heated the stone over a … Continue reading “GREAT
DISCOVERIES IN BIBLE ARCHAEOLOGY”

Scott Ashley and Jerold Aust The ancient city of Jericho lay about 6 mi (10 km) from the Jordan River and about 7.5 mi (12 km) northwest of the Dead Sea, 670 ft (204 m) below sea level and about 3,000 ft (914 m) below Jerusalem, 14 mi (22 km) away. A large gushing spring … Continue reading “JERICHO:

DOES THE EVIDENCE DISPROVE OR PROVE THE BIBLE?”

R. W. Dalman As Moses hid from Pharaoh, Thutmose III formed an empire in the Levant that would survive for over 200 years. Thutmose III launched the first true Egyptian empire beyond the borders of the nation (Weinstein 1981:7). While his army dominated the Levant, Thutmose III made exaggerated claims about his success. These claims … Continue reading “THE
CAPTIVES OF AMENHOTEP II”

William Shea The Exodus Problem The Biblical book of Exodus does not name the Pharaoh whom Moses encountered after his return from Sinai. This absence has provided the occasion for considerable controversy and speculation as to just who this Pharaoh was and when he ruled in Egypt. Three main views have been proposed: (1) that … Continue reading “AMENHOTEP
II AS PHARAOH OF THE EXODUS”

Mario Seiglie It seems that every year, especially around the spring Passover season when Jews and many Christians commemorate Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, newspapers and magazines publish articles questioning the validity of the Biblical account of the Exodus. In 2001, for example, The Los Angeles Times ran a front-page story reporting that a liberal rabbi … Continue reading “THE
EXODUS CONTROVERSY”