The Bible Can Be Believed

Modern discoveries from Paul’s shipwreck voyage in Acts 27 by guest speaker, Bob Cornuke. Nov 14, 2004

Since our congregational readings this month included the accounts of Paul’s shipwreck voyage in Acts 27, today’s guest speaker is Bob Cornuke, President of The Bible Archaeology, Search & Exploration (B.A.S.E.) Institute in Colorado Springs.

B.A.S.E. is dedicated to the quest for archaeological evidence to help validate to the world that the Bible is true, and that it represents an accurate, non-fictional account of God’s will to bring the people of this world back into relationship with Him.

Bob is a true-to-life Christian “Indiana Jones”. As an international explorer and author, Bob has followed the Exodus route of Moses; dived the Red Sea in search of Pharaoh's chariots; searched for the lost Ark of the Covenant in Israel and Ethiopia; traveled to Eastern Turkey on several expeditions with Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin in search of Noah’s ark; researched and explored extensively in Saudi Arabia in search of the true Mount Sinai where Moses received the ten commandments; and has searched underwater in Malta for the anchors from Paul's shipwreck.

Acts 27:27-32 “On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land. They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet deep. Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight. In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved." So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it fall away.”

For those interested, materials by Bob are available at the website http://www.baseinstitute.org/

BIBLE READINGS for this week, read 1 Tim 2-6, Ps 67-68:1-23

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