Archaeology and the Bible

While I was visiting one of my favorite online forums yesterday, I came across this very interesting link within a post:

http://biblicalstudies.info/top10/schoville.htm

This is a link to a fascinating article entitled, "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of the Twentieth Century Relating to the Biblical World". If the article wasn't so long, I would've just posted the whole thing here, but it would take up too much space, so you'll have to just settle for the above link.

I've always been intersted in this kind of stuff. Archaeology is a pretty cool science and a great amount of evidence in favor of scripture has been proven by it.

While reading this article, I was reminded of my trip to Mobile, AL a couple of years ago to see the Dead Sea Scrolls (first on this list, by the way) as they were being exhibited in museums across the country. It was cool to see, up close, the oldest copies of the Bible that exist to date.

You know, I think it's funny how many scientists try their best to prove that God doesn't exist and that the writings of the Bible are legend, only to later be proven wrong by science itself! The items listed in this article do just that.

One way or another, the Truth will always come out.

God Bless!

--Eric G.

Fun With Words

Being a Lexophile (that's a lover of words, in case you didn't know), I found the following phrases to be pretty funny. These were emailed to me by a friend last week. Maybe you've heard some of these before, maybe not. Either way, they will hopefully provide you with some entertainment. Read carefully, and ENJOY!

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.

Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.

We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multi ply.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.

The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.

The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.

The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.

A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

A will is a dead giveaway.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

A backward poet writes inverse.

In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count That votes.

A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.

A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.

You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.

He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

A calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

A plateau is a high form of flattery.

Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture: a jab well done.


HAVE A GREAT DAY!

--Eric G.

Long time, No See

Greetings, All!

I realize it’s been a few weeks since the last post, but God has been keeping me busy with all sorts of great things, not the least of which was Acafest 2007 in Nashville, TN.

For those of you who don’t know about it, Acafest is a big A Cappella singing festival hosted by The Acappella Company. Acappella artists from all over the world came together over the 3 days of the event and shared their gifts with each other.

In addition to performing a 30-minute set on one of the days, I was blessed with the opportunity to “host” part of the event. Over the 3 days of Acafest, I met many great people, some of whom I had met before on the Internet, others I had never met before. All in all, it was a great event!

Hopefully, within the next week or so, I’ll be able to post some of my pictures from the week. In the meantime, I encourage you to check out Keith Lancaster’s Blog for pictures and commentary about the event. He’s even got a picture of me with former-Acappella bass, Rodney Britt on there!

I’ll talk to you again soon.

Until next time, GOD BLESS!

--Eric G.