Unraveling Revelation: Elijah, Moses, and Sodom
2023-11-13
EVEN THOUGH they lived more than five centuries apart, Elijah and Moses are linked through a connection to the ruined city of Sodom.Continue Reading
How Old Was Abraham?
2023-03-06
THE BIBLE tells us that father Abraham died at the age of 175. How can we reconcile that with science without losing our belief in the inerrancy of scripture?Continue Reading
The Science of Sodom
2023-01-30
A large city that just happens to be where the Bible places Sodom was destroyed by an air burst in the Middle Bronze Age—just when Abraham would have been in Canaan.Continue Reading
SciFriday: Og’s Giant Bed
2022-10-21
AT THE SOUTHERN END of the Jordan River, Sodom and Jericho were destroyed, Moses was buried, and Elijah was carried up to heaven in a whirlwind. But there’s also a link to the other end of the Jordan, which in ancient times belonged to Og, king of Bashan.Continue Reading
Unraveling Revelation: Mount Nebo, Sodom, and Jericho
2022-10-17
AT THE SOUTHERN END of the Jordan River, Sodom and Jericho were destroyed, Moses was buried, and Elijah was carried up to heaven in a whirlwind. It’s also where the prophet Ezekiel foresaw the destruction of the army of Gog of Magog.Continue Reading
Unraveling Revelation: Valley of the Shadow of Death
2022-09-12
THE SEVEN ANGELS who pour out the wrath of God will reverse an ancient pagan ritual that required humans to pour out drink offerings to the spirits of the dead.Continue Reading
SciFriday: The Gates of Hell
2022-09-09
GOD FOUND IT NECESSARY to destroy Sodom and its neighbors. 400 years later, He sent a plague against the Israelites for worshipping Baal-Peor, whose temple may have been inside the city of Sodom.Continue Reading
SciFriday: Sodom and the Cult of the Dead
2022-09-02
AMONG THE MYSTERIES of ancient Sodom are the fields of megalithic funerary monuments called dolmens clustered around the city.Continue Reading
SciFriday: Finding Sodom
2022-08-26
THE SITE of biblical Sodom was overlooked by archaeologists for decades because the hill on which it was built was too obvious. Seriously.Continue Reading