Manetho
What do you trust more, the Word of God or the writings of a pagan priest? The question is more relevant than […]
Category: Jerry’s Blog
Jericho Revisited
Professor John Garstang of Liverpool University excavated Tell es-Sultan, Biblical Jericho, between 1930 and 1936. Having discovered a partially collapsed mudbrick wall, […]
Biblical Archaeology
By the 1920’s, popular opinion, even in the US, was described by the expression “God Is Dead”, and those who believed in […]
The Roasting Twenties
Friedrich Nietzsche lived until 1900, which qualified him to be an excellent observer of the 19th century movements that resulted from the […]
The Priest who Shaped a Nation
Normally, the responsibility of a Jewish priest consisted of receiving the sacrifices and offerings from the people and offering them in the […]
Two Calves Shy of a Legacy
Around 886 BC, when the reformer Jehu arose, Baal worship was at its worst. Israel had lost its uniqueness. In the northern […]
Life-Changing Events
Many people, including myself, have had life-changing experiences. We have experienced a tragedy or a crisis that was so intense and personal […]
How to Blaspheme God
The Iron Age changed the face of the world. Iron was not new, but the extensive mass production of iron was. When […]
Flexible Absolutes
Hezekiah was twenty-five when he began to reign, so he had known his industrious grandfather Jotham and had also grown up watching […]
Don’t Roast Your Children
Judah Israel Syria Assyria Year Ahaz Pekah Rezin Pul (Tiglath-Pileser III) ~736 BC What was going on in Judah when Samaria […]