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The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) shared the discovery of a 2,800-year-old pottery jar handle found in Ras el-‘Amud, Jerusalem a few years ago. The jar handle was discovered in the remains of a settlement dating from the Middle Canaanite Period (2200-1900 BC) and the First Temple Period (8th – 7th centuries BCE). It was found amongst…

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A breakthrough method is helping archaeologists confirm the conquest of Gath as described in 2 Kings 12. Researchers at 4 universities- Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University, and Ariel University- developed a new method which measures the earth’s magnetic field as it was “locked in” to burnt bricks discovered at the…

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A newly discovered pagan temple found beneath the streets of Italy may offer new insights to the current understanding of Rome’s Christian conversion. The find was announced at the annual Archeological Institute of America meeting by Douglas Boin, Ph.D., of history at Saint Louis University (SLU). “We found three walls of a monumental structure that…

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24-year-old Lindsay Smith is sharing her amazing testimony of how God delivered her from witchcraft and demonic possession. Smith’s battles began at an early age. She was adopted at birth into a Christian family, but, speaking to Delafé Testimonies, strange visions kept her from connecting with her parents’ Christian faith. “I was seeing ghosts, I…

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We surveyed 7,454 Christians across the United States over two years to find out more about how often they pray, how long they pray, and what stops them from praying more often. We split the respondents by age and asked them to choose only one answer that best represented the frequency of their prayer. I’ll…

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