A Bit of Trivia

According to the U.S. Marshals Service, one of the earliest uses of fingerprinting for purposes of identification dates to ancient Babylon, about 4,300 years ago, when merchants used fingerprints on clay tablets to finalize business transactions. The first use of fingerprints for forensic purposes in police investigations dates to 1892, when Juan Vucetich, an Argentine …

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Answering a Theologian

There was an interesting article in the Christian Post this morning. It was called "Is the pandemic God’s judgment? America has 10 reasons to think so, argues theologian". It is a favorite pastime of many people claiming to be Christian to label one disease, one natural disaster or other tragic events as a judgment from …

New Website!!!

We have moved all items for sale over to our new sister website. You can see it by clicking on this link https://theoarch.wordpress.com/   We have added in our Korean English curriculum so if you know of anyone who teaches English to Koreans and need some more material let them know about our website please. Our …

Christian Holy Days

The CV-19 virus news has kept our minds occupied and we forgot that last Sunday was Easter. We are on lockdown and our minds were focused on other issues or we may have posted an Easter article earlier. What reminded us of the fact that we forgot to post our annual Easter article was when …

Archaeological Pet Peeves

#1.  https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/ One of the first pet peeves we have has to deal with the Biblical Archaeology Society. if you haven't heard. Hershal Shanks has retired and enjoying his later years without the pressure of publishing the magazine or heading up the organization. What bothers us is that he selected an atheist to take over. …

Top 10 Discoveries of 2019

For biblical archaeology that is. The list and contents that we will post here come from the Christianity Today article found at this link https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/december/biblical-archaeologys-top-10-discoveries-of-2019.html The credit is all theirs and we are just posting the content to make sure more people read about what archaeologists have uncovered in the past year 10) Philistines had …

As a reminder

In this country they have closed the bookstores which makes lockdowns harder to endure BUT if you need reading material my new books can come to you via your cell phone, tablet, laptop or PC. Just click the links and make a purchase. Dr. David Tee’s latest 2 books were published and now available. These …

A few words on CV-19

FDR was a democrat and he said some of the best words at a time when the Great Depression was in full swing- We have nothing to fear but fear itself. While believers do not follow secular words or counsel we should be the last people to be afraid because we have eternal hope and …

Who were the scribes

We have not read every article or book that alludes or talks about the scribes of the New Testament. But we feel we have read one of the best explanations for their being labelled as the Essenes. The few articles, etc. we have seen rarely make this connection. Here is one from a God website …