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Logic & Design in Nature for evidence of God [Creation Clues] | 37 min

In this episode of Creation Clues we are looking at the concept of logic and design in nature and how it can show evidence of God. The dominant secular view is that everything came into existence by random chance. But does random create patterns and order? We know and can test that intelligence creates patterns…

What Lichens teach us about the Holy Spirit [Creation Clues] | 19 min

Lichens are a remarkable and unique specimen found all around the world, including your own backyard! Its design is a great example for Christians to understand the role of the Holy Spirit in our own life. Join Michael as we learn about this amazing creature and be encouraged in your walk with God! Creation Clues…

Basics of Christian Living | 35 – 64 min

This 10-part series is focused on how to be a Christian and practice daily Christian living according to God’s instructions through the Bible. This series includes how to do a Bible study, dealing with past sin, how to navigate dating and marriage, attending church, daily practices, offering, worship, prayer, and how to listen to God.…

David’s Guide to Leadership (Biblical Leadership) | 31-43 min

When it comes to Biblical leadership, or how to qualify church leadership, books like Nehemiah or 1 Timothy might come to mind. Lessons on Christian leadership can also be found in the book of 1 Samuel, following the story of David. This series will examine the early life of David where we can find many…

Solomonic Gates (Biblical Archaeology) | 47 min

Solomonic gates refers to the gates rebuilt by Solomon during his reign. Our modern ideas of gates are simple barriers to separate property, but gates served as much more in Old Testament times. City gates were very important points of communication, government, justice, and marketplaces. Biblical descriptions of these gates indicate that they were fairly…

Garden Of Gethsemane (Biblical Archaeology) | 10 min

The Garden of Gethsemane lies outside of the old city towards the lower side of the Mount of Olives. The modern garden you can visit today is much smaller than it was in the first century but the olive industry is still alive and well. There are a few trees in this garden that might…

Hadrian’s Inscription at the Double Gate (Biblical Archaeology) | 7 min

Before the Dome of the Rock we see today, there was another temple built on the Temple Mount aside from the Jewish Temple. This temple was built by the roman Hadrian and for a long time there was no archaeological evidence besides a few historical records. However the modern walls of the Temple mount give…

The Baptisms of Pentecost (Biblical Archaeology) | 7 min

Pentecost marks the explosion of the faith among the Jews in Jerusalem. Acts 2:41 tells us that three thousand people were baptized following Peter’s sermon at the Temple Mount. That’s a lot of people! The traditional theory is that these new believers travelled a ways from the Temple Mount to get baptized in the river.…

The Beautiful or Triple Gate (Biblical Archaeology) | 13 min

In Acts 3 Peter and John meet a lame man at the Beautiful Gate (or Triple Gate) on the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. You can still see where this gate stood today and the three arches that give it the name “Triple Gate”. Join us as Michael takes the opportunity to dig a little deeper…

The Seal of the Prophet Isaiah (Biblical Archaeology) | 4 min

Dr. Eilat Mazar is a renowned archaeologist whose discoveries helped uncover the biblical record under Jerusalem. One of those discoveries was a bulla, also known as a clay seal that would have been used to seal letters. Hundreds of bullas have been found and they typically carry the symbol and name of the writer (such…

The Trumpeting Stone (Biblical Archaeology) | 8 min

When visiting the old city of Jerusalem you might hear claims that there never was a Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount. However, there is archaeological evidence that says quite the contrary. One of these is the trumpeting stone, a place where one was instructed to blow the shofar to announce the beginning of Shabbat.…

Ketef Hinnom: Valley of Hinnom, the Silver Scrolls (Biblical Archaeology) | 14 min

Gabriel Barkay, an archaeologist, used student volunteers to help him with his dig in the valley of Hinnom in 1979. This site unexpectedly became a significant discovery for Biblical Archaeology. Dr. Barkay kept sending one of the very bored volunteer children back into a cleaned out tomb hoping to get some peace. It turns out…

King David’s Tomb (Biblical Archaeology) | 18 min

Just outside of the old city of Jerusalem, to the south lies the city of David, an active Biblical Archaeology site uncovering King David’s palace. Go a bit further and you will find a peculiar area that’s often ignored between the Gihon spring and the Pool of Siloam. This site has gone through many changes…

Hezekiah’s Broad Wall (Biblical Archaeology) | 8 min

Isaiah 2:10 and Nehemiah 3:8 both make references to the “Broad Wall” King Hezekiah built in Jerusalem. Archaeologist have excavated this wall and you can find sections of this wall exposed in the old city of Jerusalem. Join us as we look at archaeological evidence the remains provide and how they show evidence for the…

Seashore Sessions (2023): What is going on? / Why the Bible matters | 40 min

Why the Bible matters? Many are wondering if the Bible is still relevant to current events and life. This series was developed for the apologetics portion of our Marine Biology adventure course. Originally titled “Seashore Sessions: What’s Going On?”, this series is aimed to help teens and young adults think about how to make sense…

Why are there different Bible translations? | 13-25 min

Why are there different Bible translations? Is there one better than the other? Is there a correct Bible translation? Why so many different Bibles? These are many questions you may have asked yourself when trying to figure what Bible to use or recommend for a Bible study. Did you know that some translations were developed…

Abide In Me: John 15 (7-32 min)

John 15:1-11 is a popular section of scripture that you may have heard in a Sunday morning service or used in a Bible study. We often remember the picture of grapes on a vine or the main line “Abide in Me,” but have you ever stopped to look at the details of what Jesus is…

The Jerusalem Files (Biblical Archaeology) | 8-19 min

Need evidence for the Bible? Let’s go to Jerusalem! This video series contains short biblical archaeology lessons based around the city of Jerusalem that we filmed on one of our Biblical Archaeology tours (Join us for the next one here). Join us as we travel around the city looking at some neat archaeological finds! Explore…

The Scribe who missed Christmas (Based on Matthew 2) | 33 min

Have you almost missed Christmas? Some circumstances can make it hard to feel festive and joyful during this season. Some even reject the whole reason we celebrate Christmas. In this special audio drama performance based on events from Matthew 2, we meet a scribe who also missed Christmas. CREDITS: Stock Music provided by mv_production, from…

Hope turns into Joy! (Based on Acts 3 & 4) | 31 min

In this special theatrical presentation, we meet the lame man from Acts 3 & 4. Every day he sits at the Beautiful Gate begging for coins until he is healed by Peter and John. What we often miss is that this man is nearly 40 years old! This means he likely saw Jesus come to…

Thanksgiving Blessings | 46 min

Happy Thanksgiving!!! How has your year been? It can be hard to see the good things when your year has been filled with heartache, pain, and disaster. Often, we can fall into depression and start to believe that God has abandoned us. This is not what scripture teaches us. Through the examples of scripture and…

The Armor of God | 18-29 min

Ephesians 6:10-20 is one of the most popular Bible studies about spiritual warfare referred to as the Armor of God. Paul specifically uses the image of a Roman soldier as he is writing to Christians in the Roman world who would have seen this armor every day. Paul also assigns specific attributes to the different…

Basics Of Apologetics Course | 35-60 min

The purpose of this apologetics course is to help new believers (and maybe not so new believers) get started in apologetics. This course will help you understand the building blocks of your faith and be equipped to investigate the difficult questions about your beliefs. Welcome to our course on apologetics for beginners! What is The…

Archaeology of the Book of Daniel | 16-31 min

Many critics and skeptics of the Bible like to focus on the Book of Daniel, citing this book as some of the best evidence that the Bible is false. Throughout this series we will look at the evidence that supports this amazing book. Introduction: the Skeptics (22 min) This introduction addresses the seven skeptical claims…

Give Me a Reason To Believe: Evidence of Bible History | 43 min

If the Bible is true, we should be able to find evidence of Bible history in archaeology. Did you know there has never been one provable archaeological discovery that disproves the Bible? There have been tens of thousands of archaeological discoveries that support the Bible! Here are a few of these discoveries: “House of David”…

Give Me a Reason to Believe: Evidence for the Resurrection | 50 min

The resurrection is the cornerstone to salvation and the Christian faith. Without Jesus’ resurrection, there is no reconciliation with God and only condemnation for the world. This supernatural event is highly contested and many theories have circulated to attempt to explain the resurrection as a sort of magic trick or organized deception. Do these theories…

Matstsebah Stones (Memorial Day Special) | 31 min

Memorial Day and the tradition of remembering As a nation we are about to celebrate Memorial Day. It found its roots on the 5th of May in 1868, when General John Logan, who was the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially proclaimed it in a written order. It was originally named Decoration…

Give me a Reason To Believe: Evidence Jesus is the Messiah through Prophecies | 52 min

Related Courses Dig deeper in messianic prophecies in our Road to Emmaus series that covers in depth the 80 major messianic prophecies of the Old Testament and how Jesus fulfilled them! Mathematicians in the 1990’s calculated the odds of impossibility. “If probability is less than 1:1050, it is essentially impossible or beyond reason.” Yet when…

Keep The Fires Burning | 23-55 min

Keep the Fires Burning is a Bible Study series of the minor characters of the Bible that can teach us major lessons. Each episode will introduce you to a new character and help you understand why they are mentioned. You might have met some of these characters in your life recently. You might find that…

Give me a Reason To Believe: Evidence Through Manuscripts | 39 min

Some universities and skeptics teach that the Old Testament is not accurate due to the Hebrew nation not having a written alphabet or being capable of writing things down until after the Babylonian captivity (425 B.C.)  They teach that everything was handed down by oral tradition until the Persian Empire, when it was written. This…

Jonah | 32 – 54 min

The Book of Jonah is often named by atheists as the book they can’t believe. How can a man survive in a fish for 3 days? Is there archeological evidence of Nineveh? In this series Michael will take you through the entire book of Jonah, verse by verse. Session 1 | 49 min This first…

Traditions of New Year’s Celebrations | 27 min

Happy New Year! We’re a little late to the party but here is a special on the history of New year’s celebrations. Did you know the New Year is the oldest holiday known? Where do our traditions come from? And what does it have to do with faith?

Science & The Bible | Session 9: Nutrition in Mosaic Law| 1 hr 22 min

Mosaic law includes a health code and nutrition plan. Nutrition is one of the more practical mosaic law examples we see in the Bible. The Jewish diet based on the Mosaic Law is known for its dietary restrictions. It was completely different from any other ancient diet we know of. Why would God have such…

Science & The Bible | Session 8: Medicine & Levitical law |1 hr 2 min

What was the purpose of Levitical law/Mosaic law in the Bible? It turns out there is a very practical side to it. In this lesson we will look at what the Bible has to say about Medicine. From the principles of quarantine to garbage disposal, physical fitness and even dealing with poop, it turns out…

Creation Seminar @ New Glarus | 40 – 60 min

This 8-part Creation Seminar was hosted by New Glarus Bible Church in October 2021. This seminar covers some of the major questions Christians have about our origins and the evidence that supports the Genesis account as well as major challenges with Darwinian Evolution. Creation: An Introduction | Session 1 | 51 min This session will…

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