by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 18, 2023 | Opinion
I often highlight recent archaeological discoveries in this column, as well as in periodic articles for Nurturing Faith Journal and Bible Studies that we call “Diggin’ It.” Have you ever wanted to be one of those folks who do the actual digging? For many who love the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 12, 2022 | Opinion
In a column from last October (“Going in Style”), I described the discovery of a palatial residence on a hill overlooking Jerusalem, found during salvage excavations in 1919-20. The residence was near what is now known as Arnon Hanatziv Promenade, a public park where...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 30, 2021 | Opinion
Jews aren’t allowed to eat pork, right? The command forbidding it is found in Leviticus 11:7 and Deuteronomy 14:8. Both note that even though the pig has “cloven hooves” like cattle or sheep, it doesn’t “chew the cud,” so it was considered unclean. Deuteronomy wasn’t...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
Eight years ago, I wrote about the near miraculous resurrection of a Judean date palm from seeds that were, at the time, thought to be almost 2,000 years old. The seeds were found in 1963 in a collapsed storeroom in the desert stronghold of Masada, built by Herod “the...
by Christopher Adams | Aug 28, 2020 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Another controversy embroiled night two of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 25 with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s brief appearance. Pompeo’s backdrop – the old city in Jerusalem – drew fire from critics. He, too, broke a longstanding tradition of...
