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We are just over a month away from the release of the new film, Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle. To set the stage for this next Patterns of Evidence series we will be writing several updates that cover some of the personalities involved and the main questions raised in this two-part film release.
What are the primary sea parting locations proposed and what scale of miracle would each have involved? Find out more in this week’s Thinker Update..... READ MORE!
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When faced with opposing claims about the truth of a matter, how can one sort through all the conflicting ideas? This week’s Update is the third and final installment in our Patterns of Thinking series. Some practical examples help apply what has been previously introduced. Additionally, how can Moses provide an example for those seeking understanding and better ways of thinking in these areas? See more in this week’s Thinker Update.... READ MORE!
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Today’s Update marks the second in a series designed to help readers think rightly when weighing competing truth claims. This week’s installment provides a few tools for you to do your own kind of excavation – the unearthing of thought patterns. Can you spot sloppy, biased, or poor thinking patterns? See more in this week’s Thinker Update.... READ MORE!
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A survey of some of our top articles from 2019 reveals that the Bible’s account of history has been supported and many paradigms of archaeologists have been overturned. With so many competing claims regarding biblical history and ancient evidence, how is one to decide which ideas have substance and which are based mainly on bias, faulty presuppositions or baseless tradition?
Learn to use some tools designed to help you think better in this first part of a series on wisdom in considering which ideas have merit and which are flimsy. See more in this week’s Thinker Update.... READ MORE!
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Scott Stripling’s excavation team at biblical Shiloh have made another important discovery. How does this find fit the Bible and why are local organizations seeking to remove control of the site from Stripling’s group? Find out more in this week’s Thinker Update.... READ MORE!
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Many dismiss the Bible’s creation account as a myth. However, there is an amazing brilliance to the Hebrew creation story that penetrates deeper than most critics imagine. Does a closer investigation of this account even give clear signals that it comes from a divine source? See more in this week’s Thinker Update... READ MORE!
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Did the people of Israel really leave Egypt to conquer a land filled with nations greater and mightier than themselves as the Bible claims? Many scholars doubt that Canaan had a very large population at the time, but the accidental discovery of a purported 5,000-year-old Canaanite city in northern Israel is turning heads and causing presuppositions to be reassessed … Find out more in this week’s Thinker Update... READ MORE!
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Jacob and Esau were twin brothers who founded the nations of Israel and Edom. While evidence has been found for the existence of early Israel, little has been discovered from the first centuries of Edom’s activity as recorded in the Bible. This has caused many scholars to doubt Edom existed as an organized power as early as the Bible claims. Now, significant new finds are turning the tables on attitudes toward Edom. Find out more in this week’s Thinker Update... READ MORE!
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Another seal, or bulla, from the First Temple period has been unearthed in Israel. This one was found below the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It was from the era of the last kings of the southern kingdom of Judah. Who is named on the seal and what unusual circumstances led to its preservation? Find out more in this week’s Thinker Update... READ MORE!
SUMMARY: Archaeological excavations near Jerusalem at the site of Kiriath-Yearim have uncovered unexpected fortifications. These finds when compared to ancient documents are causing researchers to link the site with the previously lost city of Emmaus, mentioned in Luke’s account of a post-resurrection encounter with Jesus on the walk to Emmaus.
