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Recent Archaeological Evidence for King David

Israel, and especially Jerusalem, is one of the most excavated places in the world. Recent discoveries are providing powerful archaeological evidence for King David and his kingdom, offering fresh confirmation for the historical accuracy of the Bible. Although decades of research once led many scholars to question whether David was anything more than a minor tribal leader, new finds in and around Jerusalem are painting a very different picture. These discoveries help demonstrate that the biblical description of David’s reign is firmly rooted in real history, not myth.

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The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

What? Why?

Most of the world gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night without even a thought about the Second Coming of Jesus or that He might return in their lifetimes. Some don’t even know about Him. Others don’t believe in Him. Even Christian believers may be dubious about the return of Jesus.

WHAT We Need to Know About the Second Coming of Jesus

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The Bible and Suicide in the Age of Assisted Dying

This article explores how the Bible’s teaching on suicide and our culture’s new norms about death reveal whether death is our friend or our foe, and who has the right to decide when life should end—God or human convention. In what follows, we will look honestly at the Bible’s teaching about death and suffering compared and contrasted with topic of suicide in general and the alarming suicide rates emerging in the west.

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The Council of Nicea: “We believe…”

This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea. That was when approximately 318 Christian Bishops gathered to formulate what we know as the Nicene Creed, which is still nearly universally used today. This first-ever ecumenical council met in the summer of A.D. 325 for two months at Nicea (modern Iznik) in Bithynia (northwestern Turkey). Aside from the Creed itself, the circumstances of the meeting were a testimony to God’s providential and miraculous work.

An icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the
bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding
the Creed. (Public domain.)

Hostile Bithynia

There was a Christian presence in Bithynia beginning in the first century, perhaps the result of converted Jews returning from their attendance at Pentecost (Acts 2:9-11), and later of those scattered from the Jerusalem church after the stoning of Stephen (Acts 8:1-4). The apostle Paul attempted to go into Bithynia on his second missionary trip, but the Holy Spirit did not permit him (Acts 16:7).

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The Ophel: Facilitating Jerusalem Pilgrimage

In the previous issue of this Happ-O-getics newsletter (July 2025) I presented evidence from the current excavation of the City of David which demonstrates proof of Israel’s ancient occupation of Jerusalem and Palestine. I want to follow up with news of the discoveries from current archaeology in the area between the foot of the Temple Mount to the north and the City of David to the south, an area known as the Ophel. The history of this site stretches back at least into the First Temple period of the eighth century B.C. (cf. 2 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 3:26-27). Back then it was primarily significant for military defense, but just before and at the time of Jesus it functioned to facilitate pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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