For America's 250th anniversary, over 475 leaders will gather in Washington, DC to read the entire Bible aloud in a week-long event called "America Reads the Bible." Dr. Scott Stripling joins Henry to discuss the history of the public reading of scripture, from during the Exodus in the Old Testament, to the synagogues in the New Testament. Dr. Stripling also shares about their weekly public reading of scripture at The Bible Seminary in Texas, and how it has impacted their community.

After the Israelites left Egypt, God instructed them to make a tabernacle where He could meet with them. Archaeologist Dr. Gary Byers shares some of his research on how was it constructed, what it was made out of, and where it moved during its history.

Archaeologist Bryan Windle interviews Henry Smith about his article "The Wild West of Biblical Hermeneutics" and they discuss the problems with using archaeological discoveries to interpret scripture, instead of the other way around.

The historicity of the book of Esther is often questioned by skeptics. Archaeologist Bryan Windle joins Henry to count down the top discoveries from modern-day Iran that are related to this historical time period of King Xerxes and Queen Esther, and to the Jewish celebration of Purim.

Archaeologist Dr. Seth Rodriquez gives a survey of some of the most interesting and important discoveries that affirm the history recorded in the Old Testament, including the Merneptah Stele, the Ketef Hinnom scrolls, the Tel Dan Stele, the Lachish Reliefs and the Cyrus Cylinder.

There has been scholarly debate over the destruction of the city of Jericho, and different conclusions on if it happened when the Bible says it does, or not. Archaeologist Bryan Windle shares the latest research from current and past excavations of Jericho (Tel es-Sultan) and examines the evidence from the time window of Joshua's conquest.

Archaeologist Bryan Windle, from the Bible Archaeology Report, gives us his annual countdown of the top archaeological discoveries related to the Bible, from 2025. Read Bryan's full article: biblearchaeologyreport.com

From celebrating the winter solstice, to worshipping trees, to Santa Claus - Is there any truth to the claims out there that Christmas Day has pagan origins? Archaeologist Bryan Windle goes through the ancient Christian, Roman, Egyptian, Greek and Babylonian histories to discuss which origins are true, and which ones are just bad Christmas memes.