Genesis 11 – The Tower of Babel
So God commanded the people to go forth and populate the earth after the flood, and what do they do? They do what they want instead, as usual. They congregate in one place and they build the Tower at...
View ArticleGenesis 44 – Joseph Tests His Brothers
When Joseph sends them away, he has his steward once again place their money in their sacks. But this time, he has his silver cup placed in Benjamin’s bag and he has them followed, accused of theft,...
View Article2 Kings 17 – Fall of the Northern Kingdom
English: The capture of the city of Astartu by the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III about 730–727 B.C., as depicted on a palace relief now kept on display at the British Museum – detail (Photo credit:...
View ArticleEzra 1 – The Proclamation of Cyrus
Cyrus Cylinder. Terracotta, Babylonian, ca. 539-530 BC. From Babylon, southern Iraq. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ezra begins in 539 BC with the proclamation of Cyrus. This was prophesied hundreds of...
View ArticleHow do we know the Bible is God’s Word?
The following illustration of memory technique for this subject has been attributed to the “Stand to Reason” folks, e.g. Greg Koukl. We’re not sure this is exactly correct, as the pretext has been...
View ArticleIt’s the Camel Fallacy (Again!)
If one has studied apologetics for a considerable length of time, the recent news stories about the camel bones proving the Bible wrong might very well lead one to react by saying “again? seriously?”...
View ArticleKing David’s Favor With God (1 Chronicles 17-18)
English: Nathan advises King David (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It was important for the chronicler to communicate well the events of I Chronicles 17 to the post-exilic Jews because it contains the...
View ArticleDigging Up the Past – The House of David
We’ve written recently of some glaring examples of the secular world being so desperate to prove the Bible wrong that non-believing scholars often stick their feet in their mouths about the Bible’s...
View ArticlePrayers of Thanksgiving
Group of Christians praying in the cave at Yeoju Pyungkang Jeil Conference Center near Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Earlier his year, we began a series to help us develop...
View ArticleFinding Sodom and Gomorrah
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (1929) (Photo credit: freeparking :-|) We read the story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19, when God “rained on Sodom and...
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