1. Evidence of Inspiration: OT History and Archaeology

2. Please Come!

3. The Five City League, including Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 14:2

4. Ruins at Bab ed-Dhra (Sodom)

5. One of the Tel El Amarna Letters c. 1400 BC
‘The Habiru plunder all lands of the king. If archers
are here this year, then the lands of the king, the
lord, will remain; but if the archers are not here,
then the lands of the king, my lord, are lost.’
One of the Tel El Amarna Letters c BC

6. The Sennacherib Cylinder or Taylor Prism British Museum, London (2 Kings 18) 691 BC
As to Hezekiah the
Jew… I made him…
“like a bird in a
cage”

7. The Siloam Inscription.
2 Kings 20:20-21
"Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah--all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city--are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? So Hezekiah rested with his fathers."

8. Ziggurat in Ur: Nabonidus and Belshazzar

9. 9:30 – 10:45 am
Keynote: Dr. Mark Ziese "The Lively Discipline of Biblical Archaeology" Miller Room
11 – 12:15 pm Classes
Dr. John Oakes The Book of Acts and Church History Miller Room
The First, Second, and Third Quests'Search for the Historical Jesus
Brian Colon “Manuscript Evidence for the New Testament” Cornerstone Room
12:30 -1:30pm Lunch/Round Table Discussions
1:45 – 2:30 pm Classes
Foster Stanback “Evidence for the Resurrection” Miller Room
2:45 – 4:00 pm Class
Dr. Frank Wheeler “The Value of Archaeology for Studying the Gospel of John” Miller Room

10. 9:15-10:30 Keynote Address Dr. Robert Kurka “If Christ Has Not Been Resurrected, How Do We Account for the Church?” Miller Room 10:45 – 12:00 pm Class Dr. Terry Seufferlein “Questioning the Canon: Do We have the Right Books in the Bible?” Miller Room 1:30-2:45 Dr. John Oakes “Using Archaeology in Teaching and Preaching” Miller Dan Conder "Missing Persons: The Search for The Twelve Apostles" Cornerstone Room 3:00-4:15 Classes Dr. Mark Ziese “Walking the Jesus Trail” Miller Room Randy Hroziencik “The Mystery of Ancient Man” Cornerstone Room

11. God and Science Science and the Bible
Fri PM
Student Center

12. Why Should a Scientist Believe in God?
The Anthropic Principle

13. Why Should a Scientist Believe in the Bible?
Delos B. McKown: “Christianity is scientifically unsupported and probably insupportable, philosophically suspect at best and disreputable at worst, and historically fraudulent.” Hebrews 11:3 By faith we know…. That what is seen was not made out of what is visible.

14. “I will not bring on you any of these diseases...”
Exodus 15:26
“Whoever touches the dead body of anyone will be unclean for seven days. He must purify himself with the water on the third and seventh day...take some hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle the tent and furnishings and the people who were there.”
Numbers 19

15. Thymol: A Powerful Disinfectant

16. Questions? www.evidenceforchristianity.org