https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here In 1991 some hikers, high up in the Alps, discovered a body frozen in the ice. They immediately assumed they had come upon the remains of an unfortunate hiker from some years previous, whose body had been preserved. Little did they know they had stumbled upon the remains of … Continue reading Otzi the Iceman
Over 2.5 million students will begin college as first-time freshmen as the semester begins, and roughly 50% of them will be from some kind of Christian background. https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here Our son Joshua joins us on this three-way conversation! Joshua recently walked the halls of university, graduating with his master's degree a … Continue reading Unfazed: 6 Unique Ideas to Equip Christian Students Heading to University
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here I love the biblical account of Joseph! The trials that Joseph went through, and yet the amazing accomplishments that he performed are a fascinating testimony to the hand of God in his life, as well as the unusual abilities that Joseph must have had. There is another intriguing figure … Continue reading Imhotep, Joseph, and a Cure for Cancer?
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here Are you ready to see the Bible to come to life in archaeology? Following on the heels of the compelling evidence we have seen for Israel in the wilderness, we now come to the beginning of the Conquest of Canaan. This month we discuss Jericho, where the Bible says … Continue reading Jericho in Archaeology
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here Is it possible that the pillar of cloud in the wilderness could have an explanation in God's science? the Bible tells us that God led the Israelites through the wilderness by a pillar of cloud by day. It signaled to them when they should remain camped in a certain … Continue reading New Understanding of the Pillar of Cloud (Podcast)
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here Have you ever sat down to chat with someone and found yourself fascinated by the conversation? About a year ago, Jennifer sat down with her father, Dr. Gerald Aardsma (aka The Biblical Chronologist) and recorded a two hour interview on various topics. Part one of the interview was one … Continue reading Interview with Dr. Gerald Aardsma (“The Biblical Chronologist”)
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here How would you handle a child, grandchild, or some other young person displaying serious doubts about the Bible? What can practically be done to empower this generation with the real-world truth of God's Word? Just like nurturing a young plant in a greenhouse, bringing up the next generation "in the … Continue reading How to keep your children from saying, “I don’t believe those Bible stories anymore.”
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here When you think of ancient Egypt, one of the first things that come to mind would probably be the massive pyramids, built during Egypt's great Old Kingdom. Mystery has surrounded these ancient monuments, and rightly so! Many questions have been raised, such as, how were the pyramids built? Where … Continue reading Solving Mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids
How do you take over two million men, along with women and children, with tens of millions of livestock, and use them to lure a powerful army into a death trap? God has victory over all His enemies, and He did this very thing in the year 2450 B.C. The story of the Exodus of … Continue reading Victory Over All His Enemies
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here My favorite podcast is usually the one we are presently working on, but this episode is up there in my top five that we have recorded. Easter is a celebration of Christ's triumph over death (in real-world history). Foundational to Easter is the historical event of the Passover and Israel's … Continue reading Seeing Easter with New Eyes / Reliving the Red Sea Crossing
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here At the very start of this podcast, you'll hear a sound clip in which I went into a mode of being a bit passionate about what I was saying. "But it's not a blind faith! If it's a blind faith, then you can just be whatever you want. All … Continue reading Real Floods Have Real Dates
In this week's post I am sharing a conversation that Jennifer and I had concerning this topic. This video is in response to another online video that stirred up a discussion on Noah's Flood. In our Truth in Time apologetics ministry and The BC Messenger podcast, we have quite a bit to say about this topic. I hope you … Continue reading Video: Was Noah’s Flood global, local… or something else?
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here About four and a half years ago, our family's path was redirected into a very different sort of work than we had ever been involved in before. We would now be working in an apologetics ministry, demonstrating the reliability of the Bible, specifically the ancient Old Testament accounts. The … Continue reading Radiocarbon Dating: A Gift from God
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Show Notes / Listen Here How old is the earth? When was it created? Is our planet only thousands of years old, or is it actually millions (or even billions) of years old? After the progress we have seen in science and discovery over the last 150 years, most folks are aware that science … Continue reading How Old is the Earth?
🎧 Listen to the article: This article is part of a series of posts looking at some of the ancient biblical events from the Old Testament. With the corrected chronology, we see how these stories actually occurred in the real world, thus giving us an even better understanding of the Author behind them. Moses and … Continue reading When Egypt Was Destroyed by Plagues in History
🎧 Listen to the article: As we saw in our last post, when the children of Israel wandered into hot and dry Rephidim in the wilderness, at the point of extreme exhaustion and thirst, they had no idea what was right beneath their feet. Until the Lord showed them. In another biblical account, when Peter … Continue reading Water from the Rock in the Real World (part 2)
🎧 Listen to the article: Have you ever been thirsty? Really thirsty? When you are thirsty you want water. A soft drink or glass of tea would be better than nothing, but water is what you really crave, and what you really need. An oasis in the Negev desert. This article begins a small series … Continue reading Water from the Rock in the Real World (part 1)
🎧 Listen to the article: How did God actually bring water to the Children of Israel in the wilderness, from a rock? Can we understand what manna was and how it came about? Is there an explanation for the undrinkable waters of Marah becoming drinkable again? The stories surrounding the Exodus of Israel from Egypt … Continue reading Ancient Bible Stories: Hear Them Again for the First Time
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Online Show Notes In this final episode of season 1, Jennifer and I discuss part 2 on the location of the biblical Rephidim, continuing to show how Be'er Resisim matches so closely to the biblical account, and showing that the evidence for the "missing millennium" continues to build. Another topic discussed is new developments … Continue reading BCM Podcast – July 2023 / Episode 12
https://media.rss.com/bcmessenger/feed.xml Online Show Notes We’re hoisting the sails for another adventure on the high seas of real science, real Bible, real history, and real world! This month we begin by continuing our multi-part discussion on the Missing Millennium discovery, correlating biblical history with extra-biblical data, in a fashion which is both intellectually satisfying and true … Continue reading BCM Podcast – May 2023 / Episode 10
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