The resurrection is the defining historical event related to Christianity, so how can you have a discussion with someone about that? Ted Wright from Epic Archaeology joins Henry in a discussion about apologetics, and tools to help give a reason for the faith in Jesus. Ted lays out four questions to help when discussing:

Does truth exist? Does God exist? Are miracles possible? and is the New Testament reliable?

If the answer is yea to all four, then that is pretty solid logic to be standing on during a discussion about faith. 

Controversial topic alert! Henry Smith has been working on ABR's Genesis 5 & 11 Chronology Project, which has a main goal of determining if Genesis 5 and 11, and other directly relevant biblical texts, can result in a calculable chronology of human history from Adam to Abraham. But in studying the source material in different Biblical manuscripts, these numbers in the Genesis 5 & 11 genealogies don't match between the Masoretic Text, the Septuagint and the Samaritan Pentateuch. So then the question becomes, who changed these texts? and why? Which then leads to controversial theories like the ones Henry Smith discusses on this episode. 

Genesis 5 & 11 Project articles

MT, SP, or LXX? Deciphering a Textual and Chronological Conundrum in Genesis 5

Why is the Bible composed of the current 66 books instead of others? Why are there so many translations? And what is canon anyway?

Henry Smith talks with Dr John Meade about these questions and his book that he co-authored with Dr. Peter Gurry called Scribes & Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible.

Scribes & Scripture - buy link

How does day-to-day archaeology work? Bryan Windle got to dig for the first time at the ancient city of Shiloh in Israel, and talks about his experience, how the archaeological process works, and some of the small discoveries that were made while he was there at the dig site.  

DigShiloh.org

How old is the Earth? 4.5 billion years? or more like thousands of years... Geologists Dr. Andrew Snelling discusses how scientists use radiometric dating and carbon-14 dating to determine the ages of things, and the assumptions that are used in those scientific calculations. 

Does Radioisotope Dating Prove that the Earth is Old? - Is Genesis History

How Can Carbon-14 Be Evidence for a Young Earth? - Is Genesis History

Bryan Windle joins Henry Smith to discuss his list of the top ten archaeological finds relating to the New Testament. 

Top Ten Discoveries Relating to the New Testament - Bible Archaeology Report

Does the Bible condone slavery? Dr. Josh Kline joins to discuss the background and historical nuance in the Bible and other cultures around the world. And spoiler alert, everyone agrees that slavery is wrong. 

Henry Smith, Scott Lanser, and archeologist Dr. Scott Stripling have a round table discussion on ABR's most important artifiact ever found, an ancient curse tablet found on Mt Ebal in an altar that dates back to the time of Joshua. They talk about the Biblical context, wet sifting technology, analysis of the proto-alphabetic writing on the inside of the tablet, and how that writing on the inside is now the oldest Hebrew text ever found in Israel, and its implications. 

You are Cursed by the God YHW - Heritage Science Journal article

Joshua's Altar on Mt Ebal - DFT TV

Scott Stripling on Centerpoint -  Mt Ebal tablet find announcement 

Henry talks with Archaeologist Dr. Titus Kennedy about his book Unearthing the Bible: 101 Archaeological Discoveries That Bring the Bible to Life. Don't worry, we don't talk about all 101 things, but just a few highlights. 

Dr. Titus Kennedy Bio

Unearthing the Bible - Purchase link

The Old Testament was written thousands of years ago, and then was copied, re-copied, translated and even updated or modernized for the times. How did that all work? Dr Peter Gentry, a fellow wth the Text and Canon Institute discusses a whole bunch of questions related to the history of scriptural preservation.

textandcanon.org