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Stories of Our Boys Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2023

2024-01-09 aprilmomoffour Archaeology, big family life

If you follow both of my websites, you know that I did a top ten list for Gettingmyacttogether.com last week. I would never just shun my original website by not giving it a “Top 10 Most Popular” post too. Over the past couple of years, I have tried to take storiesofourboys.com into a more focused direction. Y’all know I started out blogging about parenting four boys, and my oldest son was absolutely not having it. He was right. You can […]

10 Exciting Archaeology Finds that Support the Bible

2023-05-08 aprilmomoffour Archaeology, Bible, Bible Archaeology, faith

With thousands of dig sites in Israel, scientists are constantly coming across exciting archaeology finds that support the Bible. There are books upon books about biblical archaeology. There is even a monthly magazine that reports on archaeological findings that relate to the Bible. I will link you to some of my favorite archaeology books at the end of this article. But for now, I want to share 10 exciting and relevant artifacts when it comes to the Bible. When I […]

The Silver Scrolls: Even Older than the Dead Sea Scrolls

2020-05-18 aprilmomoffour Archaeology, Bible, Bible Archaeology, Bible verses, faith

***This page contains Amazon links and ads. When you order through these links, I do collect advertising fees.*** The Dead Sea scrolls we have all heard of. They were discovered in the caves of Qumran, by the Dead Sea, in the 1940s. But have you ever heard of the Silver Scrolls? Sounds a little more posh, don’t you think? They’re silver, so it sounds like jewelry. Well, the funny thing is they were jewelry, amulets actually. And what better to […]

How the Sumerian King List Relates to the Bible

2020-02-26 aprilmomoffour Archaeology, Bible, Bible Archaeology, faith

Of all the ancient artifacts I have studied, the Sumerian Kings list brings the largest “wow” factor to me, outside of the claims of the Bible itself. Basically, it is a list of kings, kept by the Sumerian civilization sometime around 2100 BC. The list exists in many different fragments of clay tablets. The largest list is the Weld-Blundell prism, which you can find at Ashmolean Museum cuneiform collection in Oxford. Some of these fragments of the list do not […]

What The Nuzi Tablets from 1450-1350 BC Teach Us About the Bible

2018-11-09 aprilmomoffour Bible, Bible Archaeology, Bible verses, faith, God

Digging in to Biblical Archaeology… One of my favorite things to read about is archaeological finds that have something to do with the Bible–anything to do with the Bible! These historical artifacts are not the reason that I believe, but they do substantiate and reinforce and inform my beliefs. They spur me on in my awe and wonder of this book we call The Holy Bible. For me, the biggest reason for my faith is that God has been there […]

10 Facts You Never Knew About the Early Church

2018-07-12 aprilmomoffour Bible, Bible Archaeology, faith

#1. We think of persecution being an early church thing, but did you know that global persecution of Christians is actually higher now than at any other time past?

Why Capernaum was Our Favorite City to Visit in Israel

2017-08-03 aprilmomoffour Israel, travel, vacation

After we left Nazareth, we hopped back on our bus and rode through the ever-so-bumpy streets of Cana. Maybe you have heard of Cana, where Jesus turned the water into wine? We didn’t actually stop in Cana. Another destination was on our minds: Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee!!!! Eeeeeee!!!! So excited!!! That bus ride was so bumpy that my Fitbit credited me with climbing about 200 flights of stairs. Yeah. I earned so many badges. Hahaha! I tried to make […]

40 Photos of Nazareth: Where Joseph, Mary, and Jesus lived

2017-07-15 aprilmomoffour Bible, Bible Archaeology, faith, Israel, travel, vacation

Destination: Nazareth These photos of Nazareth depict the shop where Joseph worked as a stone carver (carpenter). We also see the Church of the Annunciation, which features artworks of Mary and Jesus from all over the world. This was one of the most exciting places to visit in Israel because we learned more about the family of Jesus and where they came from. I mean Nazareth is famous to all church-goers! ***Disclosure: All ads on this site are affiliate links, […]

Jerusalem in Pictures: Golgotha & The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

2017-06-16 aprilmomoffour Bible, Bible Archaeology, faith, Israel, travel, vacation

Welcome back to the Jerusalem tour. I cannot wait to take you to Calvary in pictures, also known as Golgotha! Where did we leave off? Ah yes, walking through Old Jerusalem. In Part 1, we saw the Mount of Olives and entered Old Jerusalem. The first thing we saw there was the Upper Room and David’s Tomb. Let’s stroll on over to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now. This church now sits on top of the site where Jesus […]