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I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

5 AMAZING Archaeological Finds from the Old Testament | with Joel P. Kramer

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.85K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary



What can recent archaeological discoveries tell us about the historicity of the Bible? The miraculous destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the equally miraculous fall of Jericho seem far-fetched to modern-day skeptics and Bible critics. But is it reasonable to discount what's written in the Bible when excavation findings have consistently corroborated events recorded in the Old Testament?

In this fascinating podcast episode, Frank invites best-selling author and archaeologist, Joel P. Kramer, to unpack some of the greatest archaeological evidence for the validity of both history and prophecy recorded in the Bible. On his popular YouTube channel, Expedition Bible, Joel documents many of the sites referenced in Scripture, giving viewers the opportunity to see the Bible come to life! Throughout their talk, Frank and Joel will cover topics like:

What is Joel's greatest personal find?
Is there anything special about Ancient Babylon today?
How has the secularization of archaeology affected the field?
Why should biblical chronology be considered more reliable than pottery chronology?
How was the Moabite Stone discovered and why is it considered one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time?

 

As you'll hear during this episode, archaeology and the Bible work together like a jigsaw puzzle. As experts in the field continue to uncover ancient artifacts, the Bible gives context to many of those unique finds. To learn more about the exciting advances in biblical archaeology, be sure to check out Joel's YouTube channel and purchase his best-selling book, 'Where God Came Down.'

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Expedition Bible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ExpeditionBible

Joel's book: https://a.co/d/77yRIyJ

Transcript

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0:00.0

Does truth exist?

0:03.0

Because you have faith, does that make this book true?

0:05.0

Does God exist?

0:07.0

So when someone says there is no truth, if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?

0:12.0

Is that true? If you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?

0:13.8

Is that true?

0:15.5

They don't think Christianity's true.

0:18.6

They're talked out of it.

0:20.3

You know why they're talked out of it?

0:22.3

Because they've never been talked into it.

0:24.0

Cross-examining skeptical and atheistic views.

0:28.0

Welcome to Cross-Examine with Dr. Frank Turek.

0:32.0

Ladies and gentlemen, if there is one place you could go on YouTube to get extremely clear

0:39.8

teaching on the top archaeological discoveries related to the Bible, where would you go?

0:47.0

Well, I can tell you where I go. I go there frequently. It's the Expedition Bible YouTube channel and it's led by archaeologist Joel

0:58.4

Kramer. This is a wonderful site and Joel is also the author of a book called Where God Came Down,

1:06.0

the Archaeological Evidence. It's been quite for quite a while the number one

1:11.7

archaeology and Bible book or biblical archaeology

1:15.5

book on Amazon and Joel has been living in the Middle East for decades he's

1:21.5

there right now and he has access to so many of these sites that

1:26.3

you're going to want to avail yourself of his YouTube channel. Again, it's called Expedition

1:30.2

Bible and he's our guest for the entire show today Joel how are you I am great

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