Biblical Apologetics 4/4: Biblical Archaeology

This is the fourth of four addresses delivered in July 2010 on the topic of Biblical Apologetics. The first three sermons deal with Old Testament prophecies remarkably fulfilled, and the fourth sermon deals with Biblical Archaeology. In this fourth sermon, Gavin refers to his father's visitation to various Middle East sites in 1941 or 1942 while on leave as an Australian soldier during World War Two; and also of his own trip, some 60 years later to Israel in 2002, at which time he visited some of the same sites that his father had, such as the Church of the Holy Nativity in Bethlehem, or the Dome of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Gavin deals with a number of interesting, informative, and exciting matters from Biblical Archaeology including: the Great Pyramids of Giza; the Cyrus Cylinder; the Nabonidus Cylinder; the depiction of the seven-branched candlestick from the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. at Titus's Arch in Rome; and in Jerusalem - Hezekiah's Tunnel, the Pool of Siloam, and the Wailing Wall of Herod's Temple, a picture of which is referred to at Gavin's website (since April 2013 website address changed to http://www.gavinmcgrathbooks.com). The theme of this address is, "If the Bible says it, you can believe it; it's accurate; it's reliable; it's true." The sermon ends with a prayer of repentance and belief in the Biblical Christ of religiously conservative Protestant Christianity.