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Journey to Mount Sinai II: Looking Beyond the Sinai Peninsula Mar 17, 2023

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This week on the Patterns of Evidence Podcast, Filmmaker, Tim Mahoney, and Writer/Researcher for Patterns of Evidence, Steve Law, share special Mount Sinai related excerpts from interviews conducted with Dr. Deborah Hurn and Sir Colin Humphreys.

What caused these two scholars to look beyond the Sinai Peninsula, into other areas of the Middle East for Mount Sinai? What evidence do they have to support the conclusions they've drawn and how well does that evidence fit the biblical text and criteria?

Both Dr. Hurn and Sir Humphreys will be featured in "Journey to Mount Sinai II," with Deborah advocating for Har Karkom in the S Negev of Israel and Colin advocating for Hala-'l Bedr in NW Saudi Arabia.

How strong of a case does Dr. Deborah Hurn make in identifying what she believes to be Exodus campsites on the way to Har Karkom based on wilderness watersheds?

How do Midian, the Hebrew definition behind "backside of the wilderness," records of ancient travel speeds, and the Wilderness of Shur play a role in Sir Colin Humphreys looking to Saudi Arabia for the mountain?

Learn these things and more in this week's episode!

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Journey to Mount Sinai II: History & Miracles Mar 09, 2023

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This week on the Patterns of Evidence Podcast, Filmmaker, Tim Mahoney, and Research Professor of Old Testament at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Jason DeRouchie, discuss the historical and miraculous nature of the events at Mount Sinai.

Tim and Dr. DeRouchie relay the critical importance of Mount Sinai being a real, identifiable location and why it matters that these events actually took place. What dangers exist in people saying, "Where it happened doesn't matter - only what happened there matters"?

Dr. DeRouchie shares his thoughts on the fire of God. Should we be looking for a mountain that shows signs of intensive burning - or - is this not necessarily a "must have" criteria due to the nature of this fire as described throughout Exodus and other passages of Scripture?

Was Mount Sinai a volcano? Are there naturalistic explanations for the thunder, lightning, and smoke atop the mountain? Tim and Dr. DeRouchie take a deep look at this, as Dr. DeRouchie emphasizes the miraculous nature of the cloud and fire of God, pointing out how it moved and led the Israelites throughout the wilderness, as well as rested on the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, and later in the Temple - all beginning with the burning bush.

The two close on the question of whether or not Mount Sinai was considered a holy mountain prior to the burning bush and God's covenant with the Israelites. Does Exodus 3:1 prove it was a holy site possibly for centuries before the Exodus - or - is there another explanation?

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Journey to Mount Sinai II: The Patterns Approach Mar 04, 2023

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This week on the Patterns of Evidence Podcast, Filmmaker, Tim Mahoney, and Writer/Researcher for Patterns of Evidence, Steve Law, continue their behind-the-scenes conversation on "Journey to Mount Sinai II."

What is the "Patterns Approach" and how has this method led to uncovering profound evidence, affirming the historical credibility of the Bible, in time periods and locations many are not looking in? In what ways has this approach been utilized in the development of the "Journey to Mount Sinai" series? What are some of the attributes of Mount Sinai we should be looking for in determining which candidate best fits the biblical criteria?

Gain special insights on the 2 BONUS criteria of our Journey to Mount Sinai Scorecard. What do "Kadesh Barnea" and "Beyond Yam Suph" mean for the true location of Mount Sinai?

Tim and Steve also discuss the sad yet powerful influence paganism had on the ancient Israelites as it relates to the golden calf incident and later in their history. What predominant themes in the ancient world could lead them to stray so quickly after witnessing the signs, wonders, and miraculous outstretched arm of God?

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Journey to Mount Sinai II: Creative Engineering Feb 23, 2023

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This week on the Patterns of Evidence Podcast, hear another special update and behind-the-scenes exclusive on "Journey to Mount Sinai II" from Filmmaker Tim Mahoney and Writer/Researcher for Patterns of Evidence, Steve Law.

Learn how Tim and Steve met, as well as how the two of them work together in the creative engineering of Patterns of Evidence films. What type of research goes into the production of these films? How does the team sift through the scholarly material in order to determine the best way to present and connect it all? In what ways has the LORD been present during this research process?

Also gain further insight on the scorecard being used in the Journey to Mount Sinai series and how this tool helps to sort opinion from fact, in determining which mountain best fits the biblical criteria.

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Getting to the Mount Sinai Finish Line Feb 16, 2023

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This week on the Patterns of Evidence Podcast, hear an exclusive update on "Journey to Mount Sinai II" from Filmmaker, Tim Mahoney, Head of Post-Production, Chad Greene, and Marketing Director, Jane Bjork.

You will learn where we are at on the film and what things still need to happen for it to be completed. You will also gain special behind-the-scenes insights on how we make our Patterns of Evidence films - and the kind of work and research that go into producing them. Hear powerful testimonies from people that have written into us sharing how the evidence presented in these films has impacted their lives.

To reach the finish line on "Journey to Mount Sinai II," we are in great need of financial support. A generous donor has offered to help us, however, we have to raise more funds to match the remaining portion of their grant in order to access it. If our films have encouraged your faith and you believe sharing the historical credibility of the Bible is important, please prayerfully consider standing with us.

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The Red Sea Miracle: The Border Lakes of Egypt Feb 08, 2023

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In our 9th episode of the Patterns of Evidence podcast, continuing our focus on the Red Sea Miracle, we explore the different bodies of water proposed for shallow-water sea crossings near Egypt. These sites are commonly known as the border lakes.

Did all of these lakes that have been proposed as crossing sites even exist at the time of the Exodus? How large and deep were they, and were they capable of drowning the entire Egyptian army? Hear various points debated by the different scholars involved in this exciting research.

Scholars and researchers featured in this episode include (in order) Tim Mahoney, Dr. Barry Beitzel, Dr. Glen Fritz, Dr. Carl Drews, Egyptologist David Rohl, Professor Stephen Moshier, Professor James Hoffmeier, Dr. Deborah Hurn, Dr. Gregor Hodgson, and Dr. Manfred Bietak

If you are interested in learning more on this topic, see our 3rd and 4th films in the Patterns of Evidence series, "Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle (Parts I & II)."

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The Red Sea Miracle: Miracles - The Numbers of the Israelites Feb 01, 2023

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For our 8th episode of the Patterns of Evidence podcast, we are continuing the topic of the Red Sea Miracle. Drawing, again, from bonus content found in the Collector's Edition of Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle, we will investigate the number of Israelites that left Egypt during the Exodus.

Does the biblical information favor total numbers of 20 thousand Israelites or 2 million? This question is a complicated piece of the Exodus journey. Go deeper into the arguments for the two main views that debate the true size of Israel's population.

Scholars and researchers featured in this interview include (in order of introduction) Rabbi Manis Friedman, Tim Mahoney, Professor Douglas Knight, Professor Alan Millard, Dr. Fred Baltz, Dr. Bryant Wood, Dr. Barry Beitzel, Dr. Jason DeRouchie, Dr. Deborah Hurn, and Jodell Onstott.

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The Red Sea Miracle: Pharaoh - A Shadow of the Serpent Jan 25, 2023

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For this episode of the Patterns of Evidence podcast, we wanted to share with you audio from one of the special bonus material features in our "Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle" Collector's Edition.

This bonus feature, "Pharaoh: A Shadow of the Serpent," was born from an important discussion during Tim Mahoney's interview with Dr. Jason DeRouchie at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It features (in order) Tim, Dr. DeRouchie, Steve Law, Rabbi Manis Friedman, Professor James Hoffmeier, Dr. Bryant Wood, Dr. Peter Wiegand, and Jodell Onstott.

Discover how Pharaoh personifies Satan, who is also known as the serpent. These types and shadows of the serpent form a pattern that covers the full arc of biblical history from Eden to God's judgment at the end of time, and events in between including World War II.

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Mount Ebal Ep3: The Name of God from Mount Ebal Jan 18, 2023

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In our 3rd episode with Dr. Scott Stripling and Dr. Peter van der Veen, Scott and Peter share what is by far the most remarkable aspect of the Mount Ebal curse tablet's translation.

Inscribed on the inside of this tablet is the divine name of God written in Proto-Alphabetic script - ensuring that this is, in fact, an Israelite text! Also found is the name, "El," a title used for God in the Hebrew text of the Bible.

Dr. Stripling and Dr. van der Veen point out that this is devastating for the documentary hypothesis which claims that the Torah was written by different authors hundreds of years after the events it describes. Here, both of the primary names for God are found side-by-side, just as they are found on the pages of the biblical text. This exciting discovery demonstrates that the documentary hypothesis is false.

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Mount Ebal Ep4: Translating the Curse Jan 18, 2023

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In this exciting 4th episode with Dr. Scott Stripling and Dr. Peter van der Veen, Scott and Peter reveal the full translation of the inscription on the inside of the Mount Ebal curse tablet.

Dr. Stripling and Dr. van der Veen also share additional archaeological evidence and context from the altar site that helps to further date this inscription to around the time of Joshua.

Dr. Stripling then points to the theological significance behind this Proto-Hebrew curse and its connection to a theme that runs throughout the pages of Scripture - the blood of the innocent to cover the guilty.

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