Sermons and Biblical Studies

Bert Thompsona Introduction As one reads through the Bible, he is sometimes confronted with statements, situations, or events which seem at first glance to be either impossible or improbable when viewed from a modern, 20th-century vantage point. One good example of such an occurrence might be the statements of Scripture regarding the ages of several … Continue reading “THE
BIBLE, SCIENCE, AND THE AGES OF THE PATRIARCHS”

David Livingston Considerable interest in the Flood has been generated by recent attempts to find the Ark in the Mt. Ararat area of easternmost Turkey. At the same time, those who date the Flood within known Near Eastern ancient history – about 3000 BC – have long been derided by many Bible scholars. Even some … Continue reading “THE
DATE OF NOAH’S FLOOD:
LITERARY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE”

Milton C. Fisher Readers of these biographies see by now that, for all their distinctive personalities and idiosyncracies, certain traits are held in common by true archaeologists. He or she must be moved by curiosity – driven by the urge to discover and learn. But there are other essential qualifications, such as keen observation which … Continue reading “SIR
LEONARD WOOLLEY (1880–1960)”

William Curtisa Cosmology, which in the discipline of astronomy deals with the origin, structure, and space-time relationships of the universe, has at the present time three naturalistic, and three creationist approaches to the origin of the universe. The naturalistic theories are: 1) the Steady State, 2) the Big Bang, and 3) the Plasma theory. Creationists … Continue reading “THE
BIG BANG”

Greetings in the highest name under heaven, our Saviour Jesus Christ. I am 21 years old. I heard your broadcast on 1400 AM “Harbor Light of the Windward.” I met a professor of mathematics today in the store where I work. We had an interesting discussion but he seems to be espousing the beliefs of … Continue reading “FROM
THE MAIL BAG. . .”

Bob Boyd I read with great interest Gordon Franz’s article “Let the Dead Bury Their Own Dead” in the Spring, 1992, issue of Archaeology and Biblical Research. It was a well-documented treatise on a very important Biblical custom. The spiritual application regarding the Jewish custom of the decomposition of the flesh making atonement for sin … Continue reading “BURYING
THEIR OWN DEAD”

Milton C. Fisher One bright day in the autumn of 1927 University of Liverpool’s Professor of Archaeology, John Garstang, set out on a proposed three-day trek north from the Sea of Galilee in search of a lost Biblical site, the major Canaanite city of Hazor. By noon the expedition was over, and he was back … Continue reading “JOHN
GARSTANG (1876–1956)”

Ernest L Martina The following is a summary of Dr. Martin’s book Secrets of Golgotha (ASK Publications, Alhambra CA, 1988) in which he suggests that the traditional locations of Jesus’ crucifixion are incorrect and that the true site is on the Mount of Olives. — Ed. Since the publication of my book Secrets of Golgotha … Continue reading “THE
CRUCIFIXION SITE OF JESUS”

Paul Lippia Dead Sea Scroll fragment. For the student of the Bible, the story of Saul’s first victory has always been problematic. A Dead Sea scroll of Samuel, released in the past decade, clears up the problem—and shows that at least some of the textual emendations of the critical scholars are correct. The Received Text … Continue reading “RECOVERED:

A LOST PORTION OF THE BOOK OF SAMUEL”

G. Herbert Livingstona Like Ebla, the earliest settlement of Mari dates back to the last half of the fourth millennium (3500 to 3000) BC. The ruins of Mari are located on the south bank of the Euphrates River, about 15 miles north of the present-day Syrian/Iraqi border. The Arabic name for the site is Tell … Continue reading “THE
ARCHIVE OF MARI”