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"Away in a Manger, but Not in a Barn"
From the Iron Age Period a Stone manger discovered at Megiddo in Israel Away in a Manger, But Not in a Barn ” is part of a title in an...
Bible Passages
Jan 20, 20254 min read
To Veil or Not To Veil, That is the Question
At left - Caesar Augustus in his role as Emperor: At Right the veiled Cesar Augustus in his role as Pontiff Maximus (photos taken at the...
Bible Passages
Jan 18, 20256 min read
SON OF A DEAD GOD at CAESAREA PHILIPPI
It’s NOT what you might expect. Instead of a dry, dusty place, northern Israel is lush and abundant with vegetation, especially in the...
Bible Passages
Dec 6, 20244 min read
A Message From King David found in Cave 11
IMAGE INSIGHTS - It is hot, rugged, and home to a some of the rock badgers and wild goats of Israel. With its thousands of small caves...
Bible Passages
Dec 4, 20243 min read
Qumran: A Discovery Beyond Compare
IMAGE INSIGHTS (Qumran and Isaiah 40:8): Located near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, the Wadi Qumran is the celebrated site of...
Bible Passages
Nov 29, 20241 min read
THE ARCH OF TITUS
IMAGE INSIGHTS (Arch of Titus and 2 Corinthians 2:14): The Arch of Titus with its depiction of the Jewish menorah and table of showbread...
Bible Passages
Nov 28, 20242 min read
GOD OUR MASADA - PSALM 144
IMAGE INSIGHTS: In the rocky terrain northwest of present-day Ein Bokek, a large rugged escarpment known as Masada stands defiantly in...
Bible Passages
Nov 28, 20242 min read
"The Lord Surrounds His People"
IMAGE INSIGHTS: The ancient city of David and Jerusalem’s temple mount (Mount Zion), where Islam’s Dome of the Rock rest today, is lower...
Bible Passages
Nov 28, 20241 min read
Annoyed by the “Python” at Philippi
On the slope of Mount Parnassus the temple of Apollo sits with a mysterious aura just longing to confess its ancient secrets. In the...
John Moore
Sep 2, 20246 min read
Verisimilitude, Celery Crowns, and the Erastus Inscription
By John W. Moore It might be unfamiliar. It might even sound to us like one of those peculiar literary devices discussed in a course on...
John Moore
Jul 2, 20247 min read
The Scourging of Jesus at a Palace of Luxury
By John W. Moore When visitors arrive to the old city of Jerusalem, they are met by a cacophony of sounds and an array of odors and...
Bible Passages
Feb 9, 202314 min read
"I Jeroboam Erected this Altar"
by John W. Moore When I first gazed upon what was discovered at Tel el-Qadi in the spring of 1998 my fellow students and I were in awe of...
Bible Passages
Dec 20, 20227 min read
How I Got A Free Yeti Cooler - Twice!
by Jordan Moore Years ago, my HVAC boss surprised each employee with a generous gift. After several weeks of grueling labor in the hot...
Bible Passages
Mar 23, 20223 min read
Once. For. All.
Likely the most memorable quote from “The Three Musketeers” is the motto: “all for one and one for all.” But long before Dumas ever...
Bible Passages
Mar 10, 20223 min read
“I Should Have Taken Her Thump”
by Jordan Moore We’ve recently started implementing thumping as a means of discipline for our one-year-old. When she throws a fit and...
Bible Passages
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Infertility in the Bible
Notice that the same difficulties that people experience today with infertility are the very same struggles recorded of those in scripture.
Bible Passages
Jan 6, 20223 min read
"A CHILD LEFT TO HIMSELF..." by John W. Moore
Nearly forty-five years later, it is as vivid as it was the day it happened. The aroma of bacon cooking over an open fire; the sounds of...
Bible Passages
Mar 29, 20215 min read
A List of Believers Who Will NOT Be Saved
by Jordan Moore The Apostle John wrote that God “gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name” (Jn. 1:12)....
Bible Passages
Mar 23, 20213 min read
God's Word Cannot Be Chained!
by Jordan Moore While no one is sure who first made the statement, there are those in the world who ascribe to the idea that “the Bible...
Bible Passages
Mar 11, 20213 min read
How did Job endure such heartache?
by Jordan Moore Much is rightfully made of Job’s faith in the midst of terribly difficult trials that he endured at the hand of Satan...
Bible Passages
Mar 11, 20213 min read
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