http://www.lifeandland.org Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:20:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Gordon Franz Introduction How many times have your heard a preacher say, “The Bible says, ‘Money is the root of all evil’?” It may surprise you to know that the Bible does not say that money is the root of all evil. In fact, the Bible says, “The love of money ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2012/01/lukewarm-in-laodicea-revelation-314-22/ by Gordon Franz Introduction History is replete with trusted and beloved people who betray their own family, friends, or country. Two examples come to mind. Judas, one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, betrayed the Lord Jesus with a kiss after receiving 30 pieces of silver. Another example is General Benedict Arnold, one of ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/12/psalm-54-%e2%80%9cet-tu-ziphites%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%9ceven-you-ziphites%e2%80%9d/ by Gordon Franz Introduction The fantastic Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times exhibition at the Discovery Times Square building in New York City is about more than just the Dead Sea Scrolls; it is about daily life in the Biblical world. The subtitle — “Life and Faith in Biblical ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/12/dead-sea-scrolls-life-and-faith-in-biblical-times-at-discovery-times-square-new-york-city-a-christian-perspective/ by Gordon Franz Introduction There are few events in world history that are “game changers,” that change the course of human history and civilization. December 7, 1941 stands out because it was a “day that will live in infamy.” That was the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor which led the United ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/10/the-battle-of-philippi-the-battle-that-changed-the-course-of-western-civilization/ by Gordon Franz Mark Gatt, a researcher and diver on the island of Malta, has also critiqued the latest video by Robert Corunke of the BASE Institute. Gatt authored a book entitled PAVLVS, The Shipwreck 60 AD (Allied Publications 2009) that described the possible implications of an anchor stock that he ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/10/mark-gatt%e2%80%99s-critique-of-%e2%80%9cthe-lost-shipwreck-of-paul%e2%80%9d-video/ by Gordon Franz Introduction Several friends have sent me the eight pictures and map that have been circulating on the Internet, especially among Christians, of three or four giant human skeletons that were allegedly found in an archaeological excavation a few kilometers to the east of Mycenae in the Peloponnese of Greece. ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/10/bogus-giant-human-skeletons-from-greece/ by Gordon Franz Introduction One theologian described the attribute of the goodness of God this way: “This attribute, if contemplated as that which is within God, is akin to His holiness; if contemplated as that which proceeds from God from God is akin to love.  The infinite goodness of God is a ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/09/1017/ by Gordon Franz Introduction Robert Cornuke, a retired police officer and now president of the BASE Institute, has recently released a video (August 2011) about his adventures on the island of Malta. In the video he located old divers and spear fisherman on the island who claimed they found four lead anchor ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/09/1008/ by Gordon Franz “Apostolic” Archaeology, a phrase that I have coined, is a sub-discipline of pseudo-archaeology. The practitioners of this discipline are usually adventurers, sometimes treasure hunters, and generally with neither field training in archaeological methodology nor academic credentials in Near East archaeology, but perhaps a superficial knowledge of the Bible. ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/08/%e2%80%9capostolic%e2%80%9d-archaeology/ by Gordon Franz Introduction Who would have thought that a small Judean city on the western fringes of the Kingdom of Israel, facing Philistia, might provide a partial answer to the question posed in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic: “Was the Kingdom of David and Solomon a glorious empire – ... http://www.lifeandland.org/2011/08/sifting-dirt-filling-sandbags-and-shaul-junior-reflections-on-the-2011-season-at-tel-zayit-israel/