Books by Dave Armstrong: “Footsteps that Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage”
The front cover photograph was taken by Margie Prox Sindelar on 23 October 2014 at Caesarea Philippi: the stunning location where Jesus designated St. Peter as the “rock” upon which He would build His...
View ArticleIntroduction: Anticipating & Reflecting Upon a Holy Land Pilgrimage
Dave & Judy Armstrong sharing a very moving moment: saying the Hail Mary at the location of the Annunciation in Nazareth, where the angel said those words to the Blessed Virgin Mary (October 2014)...
View ArticleWhat it FEELS Like to Visit Golgotha
Christ on the Cross, c. 1874, by Leon Bonnat (1833-1922) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] The “Place of the Skull”; Calvary; Golgotha. It’s the epicenter of Christianity: our “holy of holies”;...
View ArticleSodom and Gomorrah & Archaeology: North of the Dead Sea?
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (1852), by John Martin (1789-1854) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (10-9-14) *** [portion of a chapter in my book, Footsteps that Echo Forever: My Holy...
View ArticleWalking Where Jesus Walked
Holy Places, Relics, and the Sacramental Principle Steps leading up to the temple; on the south side of the temple mount: where Jesus could quite likely could have walked. Photograph by my wife Judy...
View ArticleVisiting the Mount of Transfiguration & Nazareth
Steps leading down to the Holy Family’s house, in Nazareth. Photograph by wife Judy Armstrong: 20 October 2014. ***** [excerpt from my book, Footsteps That Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage] *****...
View ArticleMy Holy Land Journal: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
[from my 2014 book, Footsteps that Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage] ***** Day Nine: 26 October [2014] [Church of the Holy Sepulchre] After the first night in our hotel in Jerusalem (with some...
View ArticleVisiting Golgotha: A Sublimely Moving Spiritual Experience
The “Place of the Skull”; Calvary; Golgotha. It’s the epicenter of Christianity: our “holy of holies”; indeed, the spiritual center of the entire universe, for this is the spot where our Lord and...
View ArticleWas Sodom Destroyed by a Meteor in Abraham’s Time?
Genesis 19:24-29 (RSV) Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor’rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; [25] and he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the...
View ArticleArchaeology & Solomon’s Temple-Period Ivory
[click to enlarge image] George Haddad reports on this new discovery in his article, “Period Ivories Discovered in the City of David” (Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology, 9-7-22). He writes:...
View ArticleArchaeology & King Rehoboam’s Wall in Lachish
Toi Staff reported on this exciting archaeological discovery in The Times of Israel: “Archaeologist: Thick wall found at Lachish indicates King Solomon’s son built it” (4-23-19): Prof. Yosef Garfinkel,...
View ArticleArchaeology & a Proto-Hebrew Language in 1800 BC
An article in Haaretz: “Two 3,800-year-old Cuneiform Tablets Found in Iraq Give First Glimpse of Hebrew Precursor” (Ofer Aderet, 1-20-23), describes a very recent and exceptionally exciting discovery...
View ArticleArchaeology Confirms Dates of Five Biblical Battles
Battles at Beth She’an (c. 926 BC), Beth Shemesh (c. 790 BC), Bethsaida & Kinneret (732 BC), and Lachish (701 BC) The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal...
View ArticleKing Solomon’s “Mines”& Archaeological Evidence
King Solomon is traditionally (and I think, solidly) believed to have been king of the United Monarchy of Judah, from c. 970 – c. 931 B.C. We don’t have much at all to establish his existence and...
View ArticleSamson’s Death-Scene: Archaeological Confirmation
Judges 16:25-26, 29-30 (RSV) And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may make sport for us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made...
View ArticleWas Jonah in the Belly of a Whale? Yes, But . . .
Jonah 1:15, 17 (RSV) So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. . . . And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of...
View ArticleZiklag (David’s Refuge from Saul) & Archaeology
1 Samuel 27:1-3, 5-7 (RSV) And David said in his heart, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines; then...
View ArticleEzra: Archaeological & Historical Corroboration
I will be drawing heavily from an article written by the eminent Bible scholar and historian Edwin M. Yamauchi, entitled, “The Archaeological Background of Ezra,” (1). Cyrus the Great (c. 590 or 580...
View ArticleNehemiah: Archaeological & Historical Corroboration
I will be drawing heavily from an article written by the eminent Bible scholar and historian Edwin M. Yamauchi, entitled, “The archaeological background of Nehemiah.” (1) Nehemiah was the “cupbearer”...
View ArticleBook of Job, Archaeology, History, & Geography
Where Was Uz? Job 1:1 (RSV) There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; . . . Uz, according to the book, was in close proximity to the Temanites, the Shuhites, the Naamathites (all noted in...
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