The Christmas Story: How Well Do You Know It? Part Four

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Rev. Gary Byers discusses the historical context and archaeological background surrounding the Birth of Christ. Part Four continues with more of the relevant Biblical texts and houses from the 1st century AD.

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Investigating Origins

True and False Science >> Feb 4 2020
Rapid Microevolution and Fitness Cost >> Jun 6 2011
Hopeful Monsters? >> May 11 2011
Texas Flood Rapidly Creates Canyon >> Apr 7 2011
Hydrothermal Vents and the Origin of Life >> Feb 23 2011
Is Malaria Evolving? >> Jun 15 2010
Dating the Permian-Triassic Extinction >> Apr 12 2010
Creating Life from RNA >> Feb 8 2010

Ministry Updates

Spring 2024 Ministry Update >> Apr 2 2024
Merry Christmas from ABR 2023 >> Dec 18 2023
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Christmas Prophecies - Christmas Promises >> Dec 6 2020

Judges-United Monarchy

Carbon Dating at Gezer and the “Legend” of Saul, David, and Solomon >> Mar 18 2024
Biblical Minimalism and Donkey Dung? How an Important Discovery at Timna Supports the Bible >> Feb 20 2024
King Saul and the Witch of Endor: Necromancy and Ghost Pits in the Ancient World >> Nov 1 2022
A Firestorm in the Desert >> Mar 15 2022
David: Mighty Warrior or Fairy-Tale Hero? >> Dec 5 2019
Is It Time to Throw Away Your Bible? King David and Solomon: Men or Myths? Part Two >> Jun 11 2014
Is It Time to Throw Away Your Bible? King David and Solomon: Men or Myths? Part One >> May 7 2014
The Valley of Elah in the Days of Saul and David >> Feb 12 2013

Patriarchal Era

Did Abraham have Camels? >> Jun 22 2023
Camels in Genesis are Right Where They Belong >> Mar 15 2022
Joseph's Estate Plan (Entrusted with the Sacred Things) >> Mar 15 2020
Locating Sodom: A Critique of the Northern Proposal >> Feb 26 2016
The Duration of the Israelite Sojourn In Egypt >> Jan 5 2012
The Patriarch Job, Chalcolithic Ossuary Jars, and the Resurrection of the Body >> Mar 23 2011
Shechem: Its Archaeological and Contextual Significance >> Jun 25 2010
Joseph in Egypt - Part VI >> Apr 9 2010

General Apologetics

Christian and Secular Views of Man: God Steps In vs. Man Steps Out >> Apr 12 2024
Rope a Dope? >> Jun 26 2023
The Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Part 2 >> May 1 2021
The Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Part 1 >> Apr 14 2021
Foreshadowings of the Messiah's Resurrection >> Mar 15 2021
Is the Bible Syncretistic Literature? Understanding Historical Parallels >> May 14 2020
Distant Memories of Eternal Truth >> Oct 28 2017
App Review: iWitness Biblical Archaeology >> Aug 23 2017

Founders Corner

Jesus Christ on the Inerrancy of Scripture >> Aug 10 2010
Correlating the Texts of Ancient Literature with the Old Testament >> Feb 19 2010
40th Anniversary Issue of Bible and Spade >> Oct 29 2009
Traditional Site of Bethel Questioned >> Jul 8 2009
Location of Biblical Bethel and Ai Reconsidered >> Jun 25 2009
Further Considerations on the Location of Bethel at El-Bireh >> Apr 15 2008
Locating Biblical Bethel >> Apr 14 2008
Israel's Origins >> Oct 10 2007

Flood

Revisiting the Peleg Event >> Nov 25 2014
Making Sense of the Days of Peleg >> Nov 19 2014
Finding Noah Film Documentary >> Apr 28 2014
Unfolding a Mystery: My Investigations into the Baris Question >> Aug 22 2013
Insights from the Animal Kingdom on the Scope of Noah's Flood >> Jan 23 2013
Who Were the Sons of God in Genesis 6? >> Feb 4 2011
Creation or the Flood? A Study of Several Passages of Scripture >> Nov 29 2010
The Ancient Document Rule and the Flood of Noah's Day >> Nov 17 2010

Exodus from Egypt

Top Ten Discoveries Related to Moses and the Exodus >> Jul 29 2022
The Ineffable Name of God >> Feb 7 2022
Does the Merneptah Stela Allow for a 12th Century Exodus? >> Jul 1 2021
The Red Sea in the NT >> Dec 15 2019
Evidence for Inerrancy from a Second Unexpected Source: The Jubilee and Sabbatical Cycles >> Jul 25 2015
Is It Time to Throw Away Your Bible? The Exodus from Egypt >> Jun 30 2014
Evidence for the Exodus from Egypt >> Jun 7 2013
An Appraisal of the 2010 Drews and Han Wind Setdown Models of the Exodus 14 Sea Crossing >> Sep 24 2010

Divided Kingdom

King Jehu: An Archaeological Biography >> Jun 10 2021
Biblical Places on Modern Maps: Jordan >> Jun 16 2020
Israelite Kings in Assyrian Inscriptions >> May 22 2012
The Ultimate Sign: Isaiah 7 >> Dec 17 2009
Nahum, Nineveh and Those Nasty Assyrians >> May 28 2009
The Geography and Military Strategy of King Uzziah: An Expansionist Policy That Led to His Destruction >> Apr 30 2009
The Prophets' Knowledge of Contemporary Idolatry >> Jan 22 2009
Seal of Jezebel Identified >> Sep 19 2008

Videos and Audio

Digging for Truth Audio Series: Top Ten Discoveries of 2016 >> Feb 25 2017
Digging for Truth Audio Series: Archaeological Evidence for Daniel >> Feb 15 2017
Digging for Truth Audio Series: Archaeological Evidence for King David >> Feb 8 2017
Digging for Truth Audio Series: Archaeological Evidence for David >> Jan 24 2017
Jerusalem: The Bible and the Book of Mormon >> Mar 18 2016
The Mountain of the LORD >> Jan 27 2016
Jerusalem Snow >> Jan 19 2015
Biblical Cities: From the Air >> Nov 26 2014

Uncategorized

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New Testament Era

The Rise of the Synagogue in Biblical Times >> Apr 5 2024
Cypriots, Sorcerers, and Sergius >> Apr 6 2022
The Nazareth Inscription: Proof of the Resurrection of Christ? >> May 1 2020
Crucifixion: History and Practice >> Nov 14 2018
From One Evangelist to Another >> Dec 12 2017
Born in Bethlehem >> Dec 14 2016
A Brief History of the Septuagint >> Mar 31 2016
The Arch of Titus and the Olive Tree of Romans 11 >> Jan 18 2016

Digging for Truth TV

Fallen: The Sons of God and the Nephilim (Part 2): Digging for Truth Episode 229 >> Mar 22 2024
Fallen-The Sons of God and the Nephilim (Part 1): Digging for Truth Episode 228 >> Mar 22 2024
King David: Man or Myth? Digging for Truth Episode 227 >> Mar 22 2024
Is Christianity a Mystery Cult? Digging for Truth Episode 226 >> Mar 1 2024
Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of 2023: Digging for Truth Episode 225 >> Feb 22 2024
King Jehoiachin: Digging for Truth Episode 224 >> Jan 17 2024
Top Ten Discoveries Related to Christmas: Digging for Truth Episode 223 >> Jan 17 2024
Top Ten Historical References to Jesus Outside of the Bible: Digging for Truth Episode 222 >> Jan 17 2024

Conquest of Canaan

Joshua's Lost Conquest >> Jan 17 2022
A Monumental Fortification Tower & Militaria: Late Hellenistic & Early Roman Military Architecture & Equipment Discovered at Khirbet el-Maqatir, Israel >> Jul 12 2020
Zebulun by the Sea? Zebulun's Mysterious Borders >> Jul 19 2018
The Khirbet el-Maqatir Ram’s Head: Evidence of the Israelite Destruction of Ai? >> Jan 22 2018
A Typical Israelite Community in the OT Period >> Jul 25 2016
Secrets of the Bible: The Fall of Jericho with Dr. Bryant Wood >> Mar 19 2015
2014 Excavations at Kh. el-Maqatir: A Proposed New Location for Ai and Ephraim >> Mar 9 2015
Egyptian War Correspondents and the Biblical Giants >> Feb 27 2015

Devotionals

Pools of Bethesda—God’s Kindness and Our Repentance >> Oct 21 2023
A Tale of Two Artifacts >> May 20 2023
Choosing Light Over Lies... At All Times >> Oct 14 2020
An Important Word from ABR's Director of Research, Dr. Bryant Wood >> Apr 8 2020
Calming the Winds of Chaos and Crisis >> Mar 15 2020
“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?” >> Dec 13 2017
Loving God with All Your Mind? >> Sep 28 2016
The Serpent >> Jul 8 2015

Book Reviews

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Review of Digging Deeper Into the Word >> Mar 18 2017
Why Should I Believe Christianity? A Book Review >> Dec 16 2016
Book Review: The Genesis Creation Account and Its Reverberations in the Old Testament >> Feb 20 2016
Book Review: Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology >> Feb 20 2016
Reinventing Jesus: Book Review >> May 10 2013
Book Review: From Abraham to Paul: A Biblical Chronology: Part II >> Jul 12 2012

Contemporary Issues

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Abortion: Child Sacrifice Today? >> Dec 30 2019
Canaanite Child Sacrifice, Abortion, and the Bible >> May 24 2019
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy: Commentary >> Nov 20 2017

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