Over the last 150 years, the field of biblical archaeology has contributed greatly to our understanding of the Bible and its historical background. However, archaeological evidence uncovered in the ancient Near East has also been used in a variety of ways to discredit the reliability of miraculou...

WHAT DO YOU WEAR to stay warm on a cold day? Coat, scarf, gloves, hat, boots—we pile on the layers to keep out the chill. But how do animals that live in extremely cold places keep from freezing?

Bible critics often mock the historical account of Noah’s ark as being preposterous, because animals would have needed to travel all over the world, which would admittedly be practically impossible today.

Regardless of the travel opportunities afforded to the majority of creatures that disembark...