Archive for June, 2008

Wayne JacksonChristian Courier The city of Hazor lay almost nine miles north of the Sea of Galilee. During the time of Joshua, it was a Canaanite stronghold in northern Palestine. During the conquest of Canaan, as Joshua marched his army northward, he was confronted by a coalition of forces under the leadership of Jabin, king...
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The nouveau riche John Paul Getty Museum and the older and highly respectable Metropolitan Museum of Art are both hiding their blushes – or doing their best to hide them – over a scandal that has erupted following the arrest and extradition of Marion True, former Curator of Ancient Art at the Getty. Equally...
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Ancient Egyptians, concerned for their well-being in the afterlife, commonly erected statues of themselves in their tombs which could serve as substitute bodies if anything should happen to their embalmed corpses. Chephren, builder of the second-largest pyramid at Gizeh, took this to extravagent lengths, putting a dozen or so statues of himself in his...
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Jim Sasser To be divinely inspired, a book must be historically accurate.  For if its credibility cannot be established on the basis of known events, it certainly cannot be relied upon as an adequate guide in matters beyond our ability to check.  On the other hand, if we can demonstrate that such a...
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This cuneiform tablet offers a fascinating window into the past. © The British Museum An expert working at the British Museum has confirmed the existence of an important Biblical figure after deciphering a cuneiform inscription on a small Babylonian clay tablet. Austrian Assyriologist Dr Michael Jursa made the breakthrough discovery confirming the existence of a...
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According to the Bible, Ahab built for himself a “house of ivory” in Samaria, an off-the-cuff statement which, in my youth, conjured up the picture of a bone-white ramshackle construction made out of elephant tusks. In fact, I gather that a good many Bible students were puzzled, as ivory is not the substance that...
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Herodotus and the BibleWayne Jackson, Christian Courier Herodotus was a Greek historian of the 5th century B.C. It is believed that he lived approximately 484-425 B.C. For a number of years he traveled throughout the Persian empire, Egypt, and Scythia observing the culture of these ancient peoples. In his later life, Herodotus lived in Athens,...
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The New Testament:Can I Trust It?By Rusty and Linda Wright “How can any well-educated person believe the New Testament? It was written so long after the events it records that we can’t possibly trust it as historically reliable.” This is a common question on the university campus and deserves an honest answer.
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The Christian CanonDon Closson The Early Church Fathers: Some Christians are unnerved by the fact that nowhere does God itemize the sixty-six books that are to be included in the Bible. Many believers have at best a vague notion of how the church arrived at what we call the Canon of Scripture. Even after...
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The Global Flood Of Noah’s Dayby John D. Morris, Ph.D. Acceptance of old-earth ideas, including the Big Bang, progressive creation, theistic evolution, the framework hypothesis, etc., necessarily implies downgrading the Flood of Noah’s day from worldwide in scope to merely one of local extent. For example, Dr. Hugh Ross (an aggressive advocate of billions of...
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