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Born in Bethlehem
No man knows the future, and yet the prophets of the Old Testament correctly foretold many things about the coming Messiah. One of those prophets, Micah, gives a specific detail about where the Messiah will be born: “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come…
Read MoreThe Oldest Yahweh Inscription
This is a talk that I gave at Calvary Chapel Salt Lake City about the oldest discovered inscription of the name “Yahweh” which is found on a pillar in the ancient temple of Amenhotep III in Upper Egypt which is modern day Sudan. This inscription is incredibly significant in establishing the historical authority of the…
Read MoreOctocopter Down
Last Thursday was an interesting day. My son, Barry, and I left at dawn and drove down to Tel Lachish to shoot aerial video footage for an excavation that is underway there. As we began our last flight, with no warning and for reasons we have yet to figure out, our octocopter began to careen…
Read MorePassover — Led Like A Lamb
Last night all over Israel, families sat together at Seder meals remembering God’s miraculous salvation of his people at the original Passover. Those thousands of years ago in Egypt, lambs were slain. Blood was applied. Sons lived. Slaves were led to freedom. That was not the end of the story, however, because around 1400 years…
Read MoreJerusalem: The Bible and the Book of Mormon
Believe it or not the archaeological Achilles’ heel of the Book of Mormon is not the multiple cities it discusses that have never been found, but rather the one city it mentions that is actually real. Jerusalem is the only city that is found in both the Bible and the Book of Mormon and is…
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