Bible critics have been proven wrong a thousand times, and in most cases this hasn’t humbled them or changed their opinion toward Scripture. This reminds us of what Abraham said in Luke 16:31.”And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”
Christian apologetics is a spiritual battle rather than an intellectual one. Following are a few of the glaring errors that have been made by critics who have tried to disprove the Bible: THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT ANCIENT WRITING. In the 19th century it was believed by theological modernists that writing was not developed by Moses’ day, thus he could not have written the Pentateuch. “The time, of which the pre-Mosaic narrations treat, is a sufficient proof of their legendary character. It was a time prior to all knowledge of writing” (H. Schultz, Old Testament Theology, 1869). “These wanderers [Moses and Israel] had no written language, they could neither read nor write” (Robert Ingersoll, About the Holy Bible, 1894). Secular archaeologists now date writing to the middle of the 4th millennium BC, which is 1,500 years before Moses! “Inscribed artifacts from excavations show that man had a knowledge of writing as early as the late 4th millennium BC” (Joseph Naveh, Origins of the Alphabets). Ancient libraries have been unearthed at Ugarit, Mari, Ur, Ebla, Nippur, Nineveh, Persepolis, and many other places. Tens of thousands of documents dating to Abraham’s age and earlier prove that the ancient civilizations described in Genesis were highly literate. THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT GENESIS 10. Genesis 10-11 describes the division of the nations by Noah’s sons following the Flood, the establishment of city states, the building of the idolatrous Tower of Babel, and the confusion of the languages. Skeptics have called this a “religious myth.” “We only know that the books of the Pentateuch are filled with mistakes and contradictions. We also know that the account of the Tower of Babel is an ignorant and childish fable” (Robert Ingersoll,About the Holy Bible, 1894). But the skeptics have been proven wrong. Henry Rawlinson, who helped unlock the ancient cuneiform writing, said that Genesis 10 well deserves “to be called the most authentic record that we possess for the affiliation of nations” (The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient World, vol. 1). There is evidence for the cities named in Genesis 10. “He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah” (Genesis 10:9-11). Of the seven cities named here, five are known to archaeologists and four have been excavated. Accad (Akkad) was the headquarters for the Akkadian Empire founded by Sargon the Great in the 3rd millennium BC. This city gave its name to the Akkadian language that was the international trade language of ancient Mesopotamia for 2,000 years until the time of the Persian Empire. There is also evidence for the civilization described in Genesis. Archaeology has demonstrated the following facts: 1. At this time and place technologically-advanced civilizations sprang up and spread across Mesopotamia. 2. Powerful city-states formed alliances. 3. These kingdoms were literate. 4. They were led by proud, deified rulers like Nimrod and Asshur. 5. They engaged in the art of war. 6. They engaged in idolatry and built idolatrous towers. 7. They were morally corrupt. Consider Ebla, which dates to the time of Abraham and earlier. 20,000 clay tablets and fragments were found at Ebla. It was a kingdom encompassing more than 250,000 people; the capital city had 30,000 people (Ebla A New Look at History). The luxurious two-story palace occupied 28,000 square feet. It was enclosed by walls 40-50 feet high. The kingdom of Ebla encompassed 16 governorships and carried on business estimated in billions of dollars in today’s money. Ebla traded in grain, cattle, timber, textiles, and exquisitely-made handicrafts. Her metal workers used fusion processes to create metal alloys. Ebla grew enough barley in one year to feed millions of people, providing a large excess for export. She did business with 1,000 cities and towns in 80 kingdoms. Ebla was a literate society. Her scribes were proficient in multiple languages and carried on international communication. Ebla had as many as 12,000 men under arms at one time. Ebla worshipped the goddess Ishtar and other gods and goddesses. In 1955, influential archaeologist William Albright said, “The Table of Nations remains an astonishingly accurate document” (Recent Discoveries in Bible Lands, 1955, p. 72). THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT GENESIS 14. “And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar” (Genesis 14:1-2). Genesis 14 describes an alliance of four kings of Mesopotamia who attacked Sodom and Gomorrah and three other kings near the Dead Sea. The account indicates that the Mesopotamian kings traveled east of the Jordan River. Skeptics said this didn’t happen because there was no highway from Mesopotamia to the Dead Sea east of the Jordan. William Albright believed this when he started his research in the 1920s, but he discovered that there was a major highway called “The King’s Highway” that ran south to the Red Sea. He reported on this in The Archaeology of Palestine and the Bible, 1933. THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT ANCIENT LAW CODES. 19th century skeptics said that Israel could not have possessed a complex legal code because no such codes were known in those days. The discovery of the Code of Hammurabi in 1901 destroyed this thinking. It was a complex law code written by Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, and it dates to about 200 years before Moses. THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT UR. In the 19th century, skeptics claimed that Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, was a myth. Yet in 1922, the city of Ur was located by Leonard Woolley and excavated over the next 12 years. A treasure trove of artifacts were unearthed, that date to before the time of Abraham. It proves that Ur was a sophisticated, literate, idolatrous city with far-flung commercial enterprises. The “Ur Room” at the British Museum is filled with artifacts from ancient Ur. The city’s chief god was the moon god, and its temple was an idolatrous tower like the Tower of Babel. Joshua 24:2 says Abraham’s father worshipped idols. THE CRITICS WERE WRONG IN COMPARING NOAH’S FLOOD ACCOUNT WITH PAGAN ACCOUNTS. The Gilgamesh Epic was discovered in the ancient city of Nineveh by Henry Layard and translated in 1872 by the British Museum. It dates to about 1800 BC, which is near the time of Abraham. It purports to be the account that Utnapistim told Gilgamesh of how he survived the flood and gained immortality. Skeptics used the Gilgamesh Epic as evidence that the biblical flood account is merely one among many ancient legends. But there are three ways that the Gilgamesh Epic shows its ridiculous mythical character in contrast with the Bible. 1. Consider the Gilgamesh gods. They are spiteful, immoral, selfish, petty, competitive, fickle, impatient, weak, cowardly, and deceitful. The chief god Ea instructs Utnapistim to lie to his fellow man by giving the impression that the gods are going to bless them instead of destroying them. When the storm comes, the gods are so frightened that they cower like dogs, and Ishtar shrieks like a woman in childbirth. After the flood, the god Enlil is furious because some of the men escaped. In contrast, the God of Scripture is almighty, all-wise, holy, just, compassionate, merciful, longsuffering, and perfectly trustworthy. He speaks only truth, and His promises are irrevocable. He is man’s lawgiver and judge, but He is also man’s Saviour. God is longsuffering with mankind. Noah preached repentance for 120 years before the Flood (1 Pet. 3:19; 2 Pet. 2:5). 2. Consider the description of the flood hydraulics. In the Gilgamesh Epic the “rains poured down; the storm raged” for a mere six days. But this has happened many times in history without flooding the earth with water. In contrast, the Bible describes the actual conditions as follows: “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights” (Genesis 7:11-12). The water came down from the sky in a deluge that lasted 40 days and nights, but the water also came up from beneath the ground through the opening of great fountains of the deep. 3. Consider the ark of the Gilgamesh Epic. It is a 200-foot CUBE with seven stories, which would have been incredibly unstable even on a calm sea, let alone a raging sea like that which would have resulted from the previously described deluge! In contrast, Noah’s ark was perfectly proportioned for sea travel. It was 450 feet long by 75 feet wide and 30 feet high. This is similar in proportion to modern oil tankers and cargo containers. THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT DAVID. Modernists long called the Bible’s account of King David a myth because there was no extra-biblical record of him. In 1993 and 1994, two discoveries provided evidence to disprove the skeptics. The words “the house of David” were found on the Moabite Stone. This stone was found in 1868, but it had been broken into pieces and the inscription was not read until 1993. It is called the Moabite Stone because it was erected by Mesha, a Moabite king mentioned in 2 Kings 3:4. In 1993, part of a victory pillar was found at the ancient city of Dan. It is inscribed with the words “Beit David” (“house of David”). The Tel Dan Inscription, as it is called, is on a pillar that was erected by the king of Syria to celebrate the defeat of his enemies and dates to the 9th century BC, only 100 years after David. In 1995, Time magazine reported, “The skeptics’ claim that King David never existed is now hard to defend” (“Is the Bible Fact or Fiction?” Time, Dec. 18, 1995). THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT SHEBA. The Bible says that the Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon and brought a great camel train of riches, including gold and spices. “And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart” (1 Kings 10:1-2). Sheba and the land of spices was long thought to be mythical by Bible critics. Now the existence of the ancient kingdom is acknowledged, and its capital city of Marib has been excavated. Wendell Phillips led the first expedition in the 1950s. He said, “There is no reason to doubt that the Queen was real” (Qataban and Sheba). Expeditions have continued. In September 2000 the University of Calgary announced at its web site: “Arabian Desert Surrenders Queen of Sheba Secrets.” Sheba was located in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula. THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT BERODACH-BALADAN. In the 19th century, skeptics doubted the existence of Berodach-Baladan (also Merodach), the king of Babylon mentioned in 2 Kings. “At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick” (2 Kings 20:12). Archaeology has confirmed Berodach-Baladan’s existence. Among other things, he is mentioned in the Sennacherib Prism, which is located in the British Museum. Here Sennacherib describes his defeat of Merodach: “In my first campaign I accomplished the defeat of Berodach-Baladan, king of Babylonia, together with the army of Elam, his ally, in the plain of Kish.” THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT CYRUS. “Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah” (Ezra 1:2). It was once thought by critics that the Bible’s record of Cyrus’ release of the Jews and his granting of religious liberty (Ezra 1:2) was mythical, since it was contrary to the known policy of kings in those times. The Cyrus Cylinder, found in 1879, silenced this criticism. It proves that Cyrus had the policy of restoring captives to their lands and assisting them in rebuilding their temples. THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT BELSHAZZAR. “But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him” (Daniel 5:20). In the 19th century, critics claimed that Belshazzar was a myth and that Nabonidus rather than Belshazzar was king of Babylon when it fell to the Medo-Persians. In 1854, the Nabonidus Cylinder was discovered which is an account of King Nabonidus in which he plainly states that Belshazzar was his son. Belshazzar was co-ruler with Nabonidus, who had traveled to another land and left Belshazzar in charge of Babylon when it fell. This is why Belshazzar offered to make Daniel the THIRD ruler of the kingdom. “Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom” (Daniel 5:29). THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT THE BOOK OF ACTS. In the 19th century, critics attacked Luke’s book of Acts as a historically unreliable document that wasn’t written until generations after Christ. German critic F.C. Baur claimed that the book was not written until the end of the 2nd century. The liberal view was debunked by archaeologist William Ramsay, among others. As a student at the University of Aberdeen and Oxford, Ramsay was taught the liberal view and believed it. When he began to make expeditions to Asia Minor and Palestine, he intended to prove that the Bible is “not the book from heaven it claimed to be.” But instead, he proved that the book of Acts is historically accurate and was written during the first century. “He regarded the weakest spot in the whole New Testament to be the story of Paul’s travels. These had never been thoroughly investigated by one on the spot. Equipped as no other man had been, he went to the home of the Bible. Here he spent fifteen years digging. Then in 1896 he published a large volume,Saint Paul, the Traveler and the Roman Citizen. …The book caused a furor of dismay among the skeptics of the world. Its attitude was utterly unexpected because it was contrary to the announced intention of the author years before. For twenty years more, book after book from the same author came from the press, each filled with additional evidence of the exact, minute truthfulness of the whole New Testament as tested by the spade on the spot. And these books have stood the test of time, not one having been refuted, nor have I found even any attempt to refute them” (Josh McDowell,The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, p. 62). Ramsay testified: “Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy, he is possessed of the true historic sense … In short this author should be placed along with the very greatest of historians” (The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament, 1915). “The present writer takes the view that Luke’s history is unsurpassed in respect of its trustworthiness. At this point we are describing what reasons and arguments changed the mind of one who began under the impression that the history was written long after the events and that it was untrustworthy as a whole” (Ibid.). “We can say emphatically that there is no longer any solid basis for dating any book of the New Testament after about AD 80” (Recent discoveries in Bible Lands, 1955). Following are examples of how the New Testament has been authenticated and the skeptics proven wrong: The critics said Luke was wrong in Acts 14:6 when he wrote that Lystra and Derbe were located in Lycaonia and that Iconium was not in Lycaonia. Paul and Barnabas were in Iconium when they fled to Lystra and Derbe, which was said to be in Lycaonia, thus implying that Iconium was not in Lycaonia. In 1910, Ramsay unearthed a monument proving that Iconium was a Phrygian city rather than a Lycaonian city (The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, p. 64). The critics said that Luke was wrong about the census described Luke 2:1-3. They claimed that Quirinius (Cyrenius) was not governor of Syria at that time, because Josephus placed him as governor in 6 A.D., which was several years later. Archaeology disproved these charges. Ramsay unearthed an inscription in Antioch that stated that Quirinius was the governor of Syria in about 7 B.C. (The New Evidence, p. 63). Thus, Quirinius was governor of Syria for two terms, in 7 B.C. when Christ was born, and again in 6 A.D. The critics further claimed that everyone did not have to return to his ancestral home for the census, contrary to what the Bible says. But a papyrus document found in Egypt says that all residents were required to travel to their ancestral homes (The New Evidence, p. 63). Critics said that Luke was wrong when he said in Luke 3:1 that Lysanias was the tetrarch of Abilene in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, which was A.D. 27. Ancient historians had stated that Lysanias was killed in 36 B.C. But an inscription found at Abila near Damascus dating to between A.D. 14 and 29 says that Lysanias was the tetrarch” (The New Evidence, p. 64). Thus, Luke was right. Critics said that Luke was wrong in using the Greek term politarchs (translated “rulers of the city” in Acts 17:6) to denote the civil authorities of Thessalonica because the term is not found in classical literature. Archaeology has since uncovered 19 inscriptions that use the title after the same fashion as Luke (The New Evidence, p. 65). The British Museum displays one of these inscriptions from an arch in Thessalonica (Room 78, GR 1877.5-11.1). In these and other cases the critics were wrong, and Luke was right. Skeptics have repeatedly and ridiculously acted as if they have an omniscient knowledge of ancient history and thus are in a position to criticize the Bible, but they have been proven wrong countless times. The fact that this has not humbled most of them is further evidence of the Bible’s divine inspiration, because it prophesied their willful ignorance (2 Peter 3:3-5). In 1963, classical historian A.N. Sherwin-White confirmed Ramsay’s view of Acts: “Any attempt to reject its basic historicity even in matters of detail must now appear absurd. Roman historians have long taken it for granted” (Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament, p. 189). THE CRITICS WERE WRONG ABOUT THE LATE DATING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. F.C. Baur, father of the Tubengin School of theological liberalism in Germany, taught that the New Testament was not written until a century or more after the apostles by unknown men who used the names of the apostles. He proposed that the Gospel of John was not written until 170 AD. Baur’s theory influenced many. But this has been disproven by the discovery of New Testament manuscripts dating to the end of the first century and by the existence of hundreds of quotations from the New Testament books in the writings of Christian leaders dating to the late first and early second century. (See the report “The Bible Critics Were Wrong” at www.wayoflife.org.) William Ramsay debunked the idea that the New Testament was written long after the events. “We can already say emphatically that there is no longer any solid basis for dating any book of the New Testament after about A.D. 80, two full generations before the date between 130 and 150 given by the more radical New Testament critics of today” (Recent Discoveries in Bible Lands, 1955, p. 136). “In my opinion, every book of the New Testament was written by a baptized Jew between the forties and the eighties of the first century A.D.” (Christianity Today, Jan. 18, 1963). |
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- Some More Differences Between the KJV & the ESV Part 3
- Some More Differences Between the KJV & the ESV Part 4
- Some More Differences Between the KJV & the ESV Part 5
- Some More Differences Between the KJV & the ESV Part 6
- Some More Differences Between the KJV & the ESV Part 7
- (120) Dec 23/2013 - Uniquely His...His Poverty
- Eternal Punishment - Douglas MacLeod
- (121) Dec 30/2013 - A Unique Cross
- (122) Jan 6/2014 - A Unique Death
- (123) Jan 13/2014 - The Anatomy of a Servant
- (124) Jan 20/2014 - A Red Heifer
- (57) The Holy Bible
- (125) Jan 27/2014 - Jonah as a Type?
- (126) Feb 3/2014 - Five Things God Did for His Son
- (127) Feb 10/2014 - The Distinctive Sign
- (128) Feb 17/2014 - Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's Business
- (129) Feb 24/2014 - The Prize and the Pursuit
- (130) Mar 3/2014 - The Distance
- (131) Mar 10/2014 - The Descriptives
- (132) Mar 17/2014 - The Distinctive Conjunctions
- (133) Mar 24/2014 - More Metaphors in Psalm 22
- (134) Mar 31/2014 - The Direction-Looks
- (135) April 7/2014 - The Distress
- (136) April 14/2014 - The Aftermath
- (137) April 21/2014 - The Declaration
- Attempted Animal Sacrifice On Temple Mount For Passover Puts Spotlight On Desire For Rebuilt Temple - April 21/2014
- The Authorized Version - What Today’s Christian Needs to Know About the Authorized (King James) Version - by G. W. and D. E. Anderson
- (138) April 28/2014 - The Dependence
- Q & A - The Four Days of Scripture - Mark Sweetnam
- (139) May 5/2014 - Them That Honor Me
- (140) May 12/2014 - The Bookends
- (141) May 19/2014 - The Afflicted One
- Addressing God - Norman Crawford
- (142) May 26,2014 - Praise
- (143) June 2/2014 - In the Midst
- The Marvel of the Human Eye
- The Euphrates River - Water Wars Fulfilling Bible Prophecy
- (144) June 9/2014 - Contrasts
- Prophecy 101 - (01)Why Prophecy Matters
- Prophecy 101 - (02)When Prophecy Becomes History
- Prophecy 101 - (03)Daniel 9
- Prophecy 101 - (04)The Rapture
- Prophecy 101 - (05)The Judgement Seat of Christ
- Prophecy 101 - (06)The Marriage of the Lamb
- Prophecy 101 - (07)Revelation 4 & 5
- Prophecy 101 - (08)The Tribulation part1
- Prophecy 101 - (09)The Tribulation part2
- Prophecy 101 - (10)Towards Armageddon
- Prophecy 101 - (11)Return of the King
- Prophecy 101 - (12)The Glorious Appearing
- Prophecy 101 - (13)The Millennium part1
- Prophecy 101 - (14)The Millennium part2
- Prophecy 101 - (15)The Millennium part3
- (145) June 16/2014 - The Saviour at Bethlehem
- (146) June 23/2014 - The Saviour at Nazareth
- (147) June 30/2014 - The Saviour in the Wilderness
- (148) July 7/2014 - The Savior at Capernaum
- (149) July 14/2014 - The Savior in the Temple
- (150) July 21/2014 - The Savior at Gadara
- (151) July 28/2014 - The Savior in Samaria
- The land of Israel is owned by who?
- (152) Aug 4/2014 - The Savior at Bethany
- (153) Aug 11/2014 - The Saviour at Jericho
- (154) Aug 18/2014 - The Savior at Olivet
- (155) Aug 25/2014 - The Savior at Jerusalem
- (156) Sept 1/2014 - The Savior at Gethsemane
- Prophecy 101 – (17)The Eternal State
- Prophecy 101 - (16)The Millennium and Its Conclusion
- (157) Sept 8/2014 - The Savior at Emmaus
- (158) Sept 15/14 - Pictures of His Suffering
- (159) Sept 22/2014 - The Concerns of Christ
- (160) Sept 29/2014 - The Causes of His Suffering
- (161) Oct 6/2014 - The Choice of Christ
- Prophecy 101 -(18) Conclusion
- (162) Oct 13/2014 - Reproach
- English Bible Translations (01) - David Vallance
- English Bible Translations (02) - David Vallance
- English Bible Translations (03) - Dynamic Equivalence Dangers - David Vallance
- English Bible Translations (04) - Dynamic Equivalence Dangers - David Vallance
- English Bible Translations (05) - Dynamic Equivalence Dangers - David Vallance
- (163) Oct 20/2014 - What God Knew
- (164) Oct 27/2014 - They Gave Me Gall
- (165) Nov 3/2014 - The Psalm of the Contented Man
- (166) Nov 10/2014 - The Contented Man, Content with God's Person
- (167) Nov 17/2014 - The Burnt Offering
- (168) Nov 24/2014 - The Meal Offering
- (169) Dec 1/2014 - The Peace Offering
- (170) Dec 8/2014 - The Sin Offering
- (171) Dec 15/2014 - The Trespass Offering
- (171) Dec 22/2014 - Boaz, A Picture of Christ, but...
- (172) Dec 29/2014 - Five Things God Did For His Son
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 1 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 2 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 3 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 4 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 5 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 6 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 7 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 8 by David McAllister
- Millennial 101 - A Millennial or A-Millennial Future: Which? Part 9 by David McAllister
- The Use of 'Thee' & 'Thou' - K. L. Cooper
- Amillennialism Examined - David McAllister
- (173) Jan 5/15 - The Prince of Life
- (174) Jan 12/15 - Hearts Revealed
- (175) Jan 19/2015 - They Went Both of Them Together
- Daniel's 70th Week by Jim Allen
- The Cuckoo
- The Marvel of the Human Eye
- The Wonder of Bird Migration
- The Person of Christ (01): Introduction by David McAllister
- The Person of Christ (02): His Underived Eternal Sonship by David McAllister
- The Person of Christ (03): His Unnatural Virgin Birth by David McAllister
- The Person of Christ (04): His Undiminished Deity by David McAllister
- The Person of Christ (05): His Uncompromising Humanity by David McAllister
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Christmas Message of Apollo 8
- (176) Jan 26/2015 - The Potentate
- Darwin's Errors
- The Ostrich: The Fastest Thing on Two Legs
- 1st Century Gospel of Mark Fragment
- (177) Feb 2/2015 - His Flesh
- (178) Feb 9/2015 - The Servant of Jehovah
- Deacons or Servants - Larry Steers
- Modern Scoffers Prove the Bible is True - David Cloud
- (179) Feb 16/2015 - Behold My Servant Whom I Uphold
- The Bible Critics Were Wrong - David Cloud
- Darwin's Errors part 2 - David Cloud
- The Iron Plated Snail
- (180) Feb 23/2015 - The Selfless Servant
- (181) Mar 2/2015 - The Separated Servant of Jehovah
- The Kangaroo's Hop
- (182) Mar 9/2015 - The Willing but Unable Substitute
- Jesus Christ is God (01) - 1 John 5:20
- Jesus Christ is God (02) - John 8:24
- Jesus Christ is God (03) - Revelation 1:4-8
- The Scholarly Climate of the King James Bible
- The Person of Christ (06): His Untainted Impeccability
- The Christian and Modern Communications Technology by Ken Cooper
- Addressing Prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ by Ken Cooper
- The Importance of the Word of God by Ken Cooper
- Numerical Strength in Assemblies Today by Ken Cooper
- In Support of Conversational Bible Readings by Ken Cooper
- Letters of Commendation by Ken Cooper
- Why I Believe That Christians Should Not Be Involved In Politics by Ken Cooper
- The Autonomy of the Local Assembly by Ken Cooper
- Why I Believe That We Should Break Bread Only on the First Day of the Week by Ken Cooper
- Overcoming by Ken Cooper
- Assembly Gatherings by Ken Cooper
- (183) Mar 16/2015 - The Blessed Man
- Evolutionists Against Darwinism
- (184) Mar 23/2015 - Shew Me Thy Glory
- How Many Scientists Reject Darwinian Evolution?
- Temple Altar Rebuilt, Ready For Use
- (185) Mar 30/15 - The Shepherd
- (186) Apr 6/2015 - A Contrast in Feasts
- Preparing For The Third Temple – Priests In Training Prepare Trial Run For Temple Sacrifice
- Accurate, not Archaic by Jim MacIntosh
- Temple Institute Reenacts the Passover
- (187) Apr 13/2015 - What He Did Not Do
- (188) Apr 20/2015 - Totally, Completely, Finally
- (189) Apr 27/2015 - Loving and Hating
- (190) May 4/2015 - A Long Way and a Wrong Way
- (191) May 11/2015 - All Things Well
- Temple Mount Faithful To Commemorate Jerusalem Day With March For Rebuilding Third Temple
- (192) May 18/2015 - Broken Bones
- (193) May 25/2014 - Praise waits for the Man or Men wait for Praise
- Vatican Recognizes Palestinian State
- Penguins with Sunglasses
- Daniel's 70 Weeks by David Cloud
- (194) June 1/2014 - God visiteth the earth...Thou greatly enrichest it
- Jewish Priests Perform Pentecost Temple Service In Anticipation Of Third Temple
- (195) June 8/2015 - His Sorrow
- (196) June 15/2015 - Five things God did for His Son
- Queen of Sheba's Grave Discovered
- (197) June 22/2015 - The Prince of Life
- (198) June 29/2015 - The Good Confession
- (199) July 6/2015 - The Ultimate Blessing
- The Slippery Slope of Sin in the World
- Bad Questions
- Traditions by A. J. Higgins
- The Sanhedrin vs Pope Francis
- Engineering a Car from a Fish
- (200) July 13/2015 - Prince and Saviour
- Christ Under the Microscope - His Shoulder(s)
- Preaching: Pitfalls to Avoid
- Christ Under the Microscope - His Thigh
- The World's Smallest Bible is in Israel
- (201) July 20/2015 - At Calvary
- A World of Debt
- The Lies of the Versions - Jim MacIntosh
- (202) July 27/2015 - Reconciled
- Public Image to Satan
- Christ Under the Microscope - His Legs
- Christ Under the Microscope - His Arms
- Christ Under the Microscope - His Teeth
- (203) Aug 3/2015 - Stephen's Sermon
- Archaeologists Uncover Entrance Gate To Goliath's City
- (204) Aug 10/2015 - Some Other Man
- One Step Closer to the One World Government of the AntiChrist
- The Temple Institute's Search for the Red Heifer
- The Rise of the Apostate Chruch
- (205) Aug 17/2015 - Lord of All
- Evolutionist Speaks Out Against Evolution
- Why a 'Back Seat'? by Norman Crawford
- (206) Aug 24/2015 - The Selfless Christ
- (207) Aug 31/2015 - His Unchallenged Deity
- The Miracle of Our Eyes
- Coming Soon...Cashless Society
- (208) Sept 7/2015 - Raised by the Glory of the Father
- Seven Flagellar Motors In One
- (209) Sept 14/2015 - This Man
- (210) Sept 21/2015 - Paul's Worship
- The Man Steps Forward...
- Christian Worldview on Marriage by Sandy Higgins
- Chimpanzee Y Chromosome Radically Different from Human
- Translators of the KJV (AV) Bible - John Bois
- Translators of the KJV (AV) Bible - Lawrence Chaderton
- Translators of the KJV (AV) Bible - John Rainolds
- (212) Oct 5/2015 - Contrast after Contrast
- The Person of Christ (07): His Unchallenged Authority
- Prophecy: Israel Judged & Rewarded
- Assembly Truth - Letters of Commendation
- (211) Sept 28/2015 - Every Word is Important
- (213) Oct 12/2015 - Short, but by no Means Least
- Christian Worldview: Nature or Nurture
- Translators of the KJV (AV) Bible - Lancelot Andrews
- Oil Discovered in Israel
- (214) Oct 19/2015 - Redemption
- (215) October 26/2015 - Life Long Worship
- (216) Nov 2/2015 - Reproach and a Broken Heart
- Closer to the Mark of the Beast than we think!
- Thinking?
- Conscience and the Man in the Glass
- (217) Nov 9/2015 - Things Absent at Calvary
- Christian Worldview: Debility & Euthanasia by A. J. Higgins
- Q & A - What does 1Peter 4:1-2 mean?
- Further Archaeological Evidence for the Second Temple
- (218) Nov 16/2015 - The Song Christ Sang
- Which Edition of the Received Text Should We Use?
- (219) Nov 23/2015 - What Do You Think?
- (220) Nov 30/2015 - The Waters
- (221) Dec 7/2015 - The Mathematics of Mercy
- Christian Worldview: Environmentalism
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