Welcome To: Ways To Faith

Ways to Faith > Blog > Historical Evidence
The Reasons
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Form
  • Persecution
    Christian Persecution
    Persecution Articles

    East Turkistan Persecution

    East Turkestan is a region of China with mass concentration camps and prisons.

    Date: May 19, 2020

    East Turkistan Persecution East Turkistan persecution has been hidden by the Chinese government for decades  However,... Read More »


    “So Help Me God Oath”

    Many in Congress refused to administer the swearing in oath with "so help me God" included.

    Date: April 10, 2020

    The naturalization oath is taken by every person becoming a citizen of the United States Atheists - in their continuing... Read More »


    Earlier Articles

    Jihadist Fulani in Nigeria

    Nigeria has seen a marked increase in anti-Christians with executions of innocent people by Islamic extremists.

    Date: April 9, 2020

    Anti-Christian violence by the Jihadist Fulani in Nigeria has again spiked  The Nigeria based International Society for... Read More »


    Persecution Statistics

    Persecution statistics give empirical evidence that Christians are the most persecuted group in the world.

    Date: February 19, 2020

    This may be the most dangerous time in history to be a Christian throughout the world  Persecution statistics document... Read More »


    More Articles

    Persecution After Death


    Persecution in Nigeria


    Persecution in Europe


    Persecution in China


    Church Persecution in China


    Christians in India


    Chinese Persecution


    Near Genocide Levels


    Church Vandalism


    Egyptian Oppression


    Image
    ...
  • Better Lives
    Christians Lead a Better Life
    Image Slider
    ...
    ...
    ...

    Christians are Happier

    Christians are happier than their secular neighbors.

    Date: February 14, 2020

    Many recent studies have evaluated whether Christians are happier than their secular neighbors and compared the... Read More »


    Work Ethic

    Homeschooling and Achievement Scores

    Date: February 13, 2020

    The effect of religious practice on work ethic has been a topic of investigation for many years  There has been much... Read More »


    Christians Benefit Society

    Christians benefit all of society.

    Date: February 9, 2020

    Christians benefit society because their religious beliefs inform their behavior  This favorable behavior means... Read More »


    Christian Children

    Children in conservative Protestant familiar have increased academic achievement compared to their secular counterparts in government schools.

    Date: February 8, 2020

    Christian children do better in life than do their secular counterparts on many levels  These differences begin at birth... Read More »


    More Articles

    Faith and Family


    Christians and Depression


    Christians and Success


    Christians and the Law


    Prison Ministries


    Christians and Education


    Christians and Charity


"Historical Evidence" Article Items

;lkj;lkj

Herod the Great’s Death Date

The Herodium was the burial place of Herod the Great.

Posted on August 13, 2021 by David

Categories: Biblical History, Biblical Names, Historical Evidence

Tags: Historical Evidence

When Did Herod the Great Die – The Eclipse and The Eagle The death date of Herod the Great is important because we know Herod was alive when Christ was born. Therefore, knowing Herod the Great’s death date will help determine the birth year of Christ. Ultimately, the death date depends upon understanding astronomy because it provides the data necessary to pinpoint the dates ascribed by Josephus.  Modern astronomy can determine the exact dates of many astronomical events such as lunar eclipses due to the orderly m movement of planets and their moons.  There is a historical event described by… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

Ancient Secular References to Jesus

The historicity of Christ is supported by secular writers.

Posted on July 9, 2021 by David

Categories: Biblical History, Biblical Names, Historical Evidence

Tags: Historical Evidence

I have discussed several ancient secular references to Jesus in another post evaluating the historicity of Scripture from a broad perspective.  In this article, I am going to concentrate on the evidence substantiating the historicity of Christ. The historicity of Christ is after all the most important question that must be answered regarding all of Scripture for as Paul said, if the Resurrection of Christ did not happen, then Christians are deluded and above all to be pitied.  If Christ did not exist, then neither did the Resurrection. I am only going to evaluate secular, extra-Biblical sources for the historicity… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

Hardening Your Heart

Hardening of the heart is an expression going back to the ancient Egyptians. A heavy heart when weighed against a feather could mean a dismal future in the afterlife.

Posted on July 4, 2021 by David

Categories: Biblical History, Historical Evidence, Philosophical

Tags: Historical Evidence

One of the most common colloquialisms is about hardening your heart.  According to Merriam-Webster, it means to stop having kind or friendly feelings for someone or caring about something. It would probably surprise most people that the expression derived from ancient Egypt and is important in the Biblical narrative. Hardening Your Heart Ancient Egypt was a place of customs that seem very strange to us today.  Many of these ancient customs are related to religious rituals the Egyptians followed concerning the afterlife. The Weight of the Heart ceremony was a procedure that the Egyptians believed occurred after death when you… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

The Three Doomed Cities

The gospel is told in the stars in the constellations of the zodiac. These constellations are ancient in origin but many of the original names are Hebrew..

Posted on June 26, 2021 by David

Categories: Archaeology, Biblical History, Biblical Names, Historical Evidence

Tags: Historical Evidence

There are three doomed cities pronounced by Christ in the New Testament.  These particular cities had seen more miraculous events and the personal teaching of Christ for years, and yet they failed to understand.  They could not see the meaning of what was right before their eyes. Many readers are familiar with Christ’s pronouncement against Jerusalem, For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before your, and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

Textual Reliability of the Gospels

Bible Image

Posted on June 12, 2021 by David

Categories: Biblical History, Historical Evidence, Textual

Tags: Historical Evidence

The reliability of the gospels is extraordinarily important to establish.  If they are not a reliable record of what actually happened during Christ’s life, then they would hold little value.  This is why the reliability of the gospels has been such an area of intense interest to theologians throughout church history. Skeptical authors have always held that the four gospels are folklore – just tales of epic stories that in reality represent a gross exaggeration and manipulation of actual events.  This is thought to have been done by ancient scribes interested in magnifying their country’s history.  These skeptics believe that… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

Age of the Old Testament

Shrine of the Book houses the ancient Isaiah Scroll written about 200 BC including Isaiah 53 which gives a description in great detail about Jesus Christ - the coming Messiah.

Posted on April 16, 2021 by David

Categories: Biblical History, Historical Evidence, Philosophical, Textual

Tags: Historical Evidence

Dating the Age of the Old Testament The age of the Old Testament has been debated for the past two hundred years – it is a very controversial and very important topic.  Traditionalists say the Old Testament was written many hundreds of years before Christ by the authors attributed to each book.  For example, the Torah (first five books in the Bible) was written by Moses, the Psalms mostly written by David, Proverbs written by Solomon, and the major and minor prophetic books written by their respective prophet. Recent handwriting analysis published in peer-reviewed journals lends credence to the traditional… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

Finding the Truth

To know whether something represents truth, it needs to be read and studied.

Posted on April 9, 2021 by David

Categories: Philosophical

Tags: Agnosticism, Exclusivity, Historical Evidence

Finding the truth is one of the most important tasks people must perform during their lifetime. Frequently, this quest is accomplished early in life, with the rest of life-based upon that discovery.  These are the fortunate few who have seriously investigated the evidence and arrived at a conclusion upon which they can base their actions. Finding the truth implies there are falsehoods.  Believing in falsehoods will more likely get the believer into trouble than finding the truth.  Falsehoods often lead off into tangents, years spent climbing the ladder of success (however it might be defined) only to find at the… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

Restoration of Israel

Jerusalem has been conquered many times through history; in this blog it was conquered in 586 BC by the Babylonians who destroyed the city and Temple.

Posted on February 18, 2021 by David

Categories: Biblical History, Historical Evidence

Tags: Historical Evidence

The restoration of Israel is one of the most important Biblical prophecies to be fulfilled.  Israel had been destroyed centuries earlier by the Romans and its people dispersed throughout the world.  Jerusalem – the capital city – was destroyed. The Romans wished to destroy all memory of the ancient city of Jerusalem that was renamed Aelia Capitolina and then rebuilt in the style of a typical Roman town.  The new Roman city would be inhabited by Romans, and the city dedicated to Jupiter – one of the Roman gods. The Roman emperor had become so enraged with the Jewish revolts… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

The Jubilee

Posted on September 15, 2020 by David

Categories: Biblical History, Biblical Names, Historical Evidence

Tags: Historical Evidence

Scripture is like no other book; it tells the story of mankind from the beginning of time to the end of time. It does so with an authority not seen in other books because its inspiration comes from someone who knows everything. it was written by many people over hundreds of years, but its inspiration comes from the Creator of the universe.  The Creator provides the history of the universe in broad terms so that we might understand our place in the universe and the reason why we walk the earth. Modern science tells us the universe consists of multiple… Read More »

;lkj;lkj

Labayu Letters

Mount Gazirim and Mount Ebal were ancient reminders that God expects the Hebrews to obey his laws.

Posted on August 31, 2020 by David

Categories: Archaeology, Biblical History, Biblical Names, Historical Evidence

Tags: Historical Evidence

The Labayu letters are important in establishing the historicity of the Old Testament – especially some of its most contested parts.  There are 382 preserved letters from the Egyptian city of Amara.  About 150 of these letters were written from Canaan to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep at around 1400 BC. Three of these letters were written by Labayu who was the king of Shechem while several others were written by other local rulers accusing Labayu of being an ally of the hated Habiru. The Habiru was an ancient designation of a people who first appeared in the 18th century BC… Read More »

Older posts >>

Topics

  • Abortion (1)
  • Archaeology (47)
  • Better (1)
  • Better World (2)
  • Biology (20)
  • Charity (2)
  • Christ In Old Testament (2)
  • Cosmology (31)
  • Dreams (2)
  • Education (1)
  • Geology (2)
  • Historical Evidence (81)
  • Homeschooling (2)
  • Intelligent Design (7)
  • Philosophical (47)
  • Resurrection (9)
  • Science (55)
  • Social Values (6)
  • Textual (8)
  • Uncategorized (2)

Previous Blog Posts

  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • February 2019

Tags

Agnosticism Bacteria Bible Translation Big Bang Biochemistry Charter Schools Christ in Old Testament Cosmology Education Exclusivity Fine Tuning God Historical Evidence Income Redistribution Intelligent Design Matter Microbiology Morality Near Death Experience Origin of Life Physical Constants Planned Parenthood Suffering Time Ultrasound

Recent Posts

  • Literary Evidence About Jesus

    There is considerable literary evidence about Jesus than any other person or historical event.  There are written materials about the …

  • Apostle Peter and the First New Testament

    The students of the Apostle Peter confirmed the accuracy of the first New Testament, similar to those of Paul and …

  • Apostle Paul and First New Testament

    The Apostle Paul had many students as he spread the Christian message worldwide.  Many of these students are lost to …

The Reasons for Faith

Christian faith is not based upon unfounded hope.  It offers the best explanation for the world we see today and the solution for an unfulfilled life.

Christians are better educated, more wealthy, happier, and contribute more to society than any other group.

Christianity is affirmed by science, history, cosmology, probability and statistics, linguistics, archaeology, and logical evidence.

Resources

This site is like a gatekeeper.

We cannot provide an exhaustive analysis of every Christian topic – that would take a library.

What we do is to provide an introduction to topics of interest to the general public, and then provide information for a deeper investigation.

Learn More About Us and Legal Information

  • About Us
  • Contact Page
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Copyright©: 2018-2023 All Rights Reserved