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Noah and the Flood:

The Flood I (Geological evidence that implies it was worldwide)

The Flood II (Sideling Hill, MD geological evidence of rapid deposition, not millions of years)

Memories of the Flood (Legends around the world preserve memories of a global inundation)

News from Nippur (A 2100 BC Flood Story, more like Genesis than Babylonian or Sumerian tales)

Two by Two (Feasibility of Noah's Ark: could the boat and events fit into a real world?)

 

Time of the Patriarchs:

5 Kings, 4 Kings (Why the Genesis 14 story of the battle near the Dead Sea makes sense)

Sodom (Archaeology offers possible evidence of the destruction of the cities of the plain)

Ghosts of Genesis (Reality of the Patriarchs confirmed from archaeology)

 

Exodus and the Conquest:

Looking for the Exodus I (Palaces in the Nile Delta: right place, right time for Moses)

Looking for the Exodus II (Geopolitical events show Egypt's loss of nerve--after the Exodus?)

Exodus and the Bedouin (Modern customs echo events and practices of the Exodus)       

Jericho and Joshua (Dr. Wood's new study reverses 40 years of scholarly doubt and confirms Joshua)

 

Time of the Judges:

Abimelech and the Millstone  (Could a woman have tossed it and killed him?  Judges 9 is right!)

God vs. Dagon (Two unlikely stories now rehabilitated: Ark returned, Samson in Dagon Temple)

 

King David:

How Big Was Goliath? (Egyptian evidence for those tribes of giants in Canaan)

The Importance of Olive Pits (Sha'arayim, a city of David's time, gives evidence he ruled a kingdom)

Up or Down? (Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar claims she's found David's Palace)

News from Tel Dan (The "House of David" inscription: the first extrabiblical reference to David)

David's Tomb (Not where the tourists go, but an excellent probability for Israel's greatest king!)              

 

King Solomon:

Hiding in Plain Sight (Israeli archeologist Eilat Mazar locates a stretch of Solomon's Wall)

Solomon's Seaport (Ezion‑Geber, on the Gulf of Aqaba, is a good candidate for the honor)

Solomon's Splendor (Claims of his opulence are credible, when seen in historical context)

Solomon, Pharaoh's Daughter, and Gezer (Reasons to believe the marriage [I Kings 9] took place)

King Solomon's Mines (SE of the Dead Sea in Edom, Solomon's copper mines)

 

OT Kingdoms:

Letter from a Dead King (Moabite Stone, stunning confirmation of Moab-Israel relations)

Looking Over Harvard's Shoulder (At Samaria: not cisterns, but tombs of Omri and Ahab)

Hezekiah and History (What archaeology tells about him)

Hezekiah's Tunnel (Dug in the 8th century BC--a remarkable feat--and still there!)

The Bulla Boys (Seal-impressions of two courtiers from Jeremiah 38)

 

The Exile:

Belshazzar: The King Who Never Was (King of Babylon? Or not? Proof of his tenure)

Cyrus and Babylon (Herodotus confirms Daniel's account: how Cyrus took the city in one night)

 

Fulfilled Prophecy:

Ezekiel and Tyre (God's prophecy against the city fulfilled in a dramatic manner)

A Tale of Four Cities (Differing prophecies and fulfillments: Tyre, Sidon, Jericho, Jerusalem)

Prophecy and History (Daniel 2, 8, 9)

Prophecies of the Messiah

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New Testament:

Herod and John the Baptist (Machaerus castle, where Salome danced and John was executed)

Jesus in Capernaum (Two buildings from Jesus' Galilean headquarters: the synagogue, Peter's house)

The Galilee Boat (A 1st century fishing boat of the kind Jesus and the apostles employed)

Men Like Trees Walking (The "two-stage" healing of a blind man: now we may know why!)

Bethesda's Contribution (The pool, now found)

 

Red‑Letter Endorsements (Jesus' endorsement of the historicity of many OT persons and events)

Simon of Cyrene (Drafted to help with the cross, there's proof that he and his family really lived)

The Star (A real astronomical event)

When Jesus Died (Historical and geological evidence of darkness and earthquake on that day)

NT People (Officials and ordinary people, noted in the NT and cited in inscriptions)

Stones Cry Out (The Temple is gone, but archaeology has some evidence of it)

A Firm Foundation (Textual history of the Gospels demonstrates their accurate preservation)

Who Built the New Testament? 1: Authors

(Who actually wrote the 27 books?)

Who Built the New Testament? 2: Canon (When formed, and by whom?)

Ending of Mark (Mk. 16:9-20 is original)

Roots of Christmas (How we got the holiday)

 

Apologetics 101 (What is apologetics?  Does God exist?)

Stuck on You (Laminin, the velcro of cells: "in Him all things hold together" --Col. 1:17)

Warts and All (Candor of the Biblical writers shows their credibility: its heroes were imperfect)

 

 

Critiquing Evolution:

After Their Kind (Exploring the limits of genetic variation, as Genesis affirms)

Blue Stars (With only a million-year lifespan, they'd be gone from an old universe)

Dating the Earth I (Evidence suggesting that the Earth need not be old)

Dating the Earth II (Evidence suggesting that the Earth must be young)

Making Life (The incredible complexity of life: can science build a living cdll?)

Puzzles for Evolutionists (birds' lungs, blood clotting, Laetoli footprints, ubiquity of languages) 

The "Terrible Lizards" (Dinosaurs: does the Bible mention them?  When did they live?)

To Give Light (Solving the "light from distant stars" problem within a "young earth" context)\

Word Search DNA (Amazing "grammar" of the molecule)

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Arguing with God (My own personal journey to faith)