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War Interrupts Biblical Archaeology
James R. Strange, professor of New Testament at Samford University, was hoping to excavate a lot of ancient pottery from Jesus’ time at Tel Shikhin, a small village in the Galilee region. Missiles interrupted his plans. “We had essentially one week,” Strange told CT. “When Israel launched its offensive into Iran and Iran responded, … that made staying untenable.” Conflict in the Middle East has once again had the unintended effect of stalling efforts to
New Discoveries at Shiloh and the Search for the Ark’s Gateway
In the summer of 2025, archaeologists working at Tel Shiloh made a remarkable discovery that may shed new light on one of the Bible’s most dramatic narratives—the capture of the Ark of the Covenant by the Philistines. The Associates for Biblical Research (ABR), led by project director Scott Stripling and ABR president Scott Lanser, announced in their June 2025 field report that they have focused their excavation efforts on what they believe to be the
Texas Passed a Bible-Themed Curriculum; Many Districts Aren’t Using It
This coming school year, the Fairfield, Texas, school district, about halfway between Dallas and Houston, will roll out a new K-5 reading program that includes multiple biblical references. But the staff, hoping to avoid debates over families’ religious beliefs, has chopped roughly 30 sections out of the curriculum, including a kindergarten lesson on the Golden Rule featuring Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and several excerpts about a Christian prayer the governor of Plymouth Colony said at the
DHS blasphemously quotes Bible verses to defend deporting migrants
Ostentatious religiosity is often an attempt to overcompensate for some decidedly less-divine behavior. The Trump administration’s draconian deportation regime’s defending such evil with Bible verses is a recent example of this timeless tradition. Twice in the past month, the Department of Homeland Security has posted Bible-themed propaganda on its social media accounts. Isaiah 6 was the first passage DHS bastardized. As images of helicopters and tactical agents ominously scroll, the narrator says: “Then I heard the
