Our Greatest Treasure

Is the Bible a trustworthy document, or is it filled with errors

and contradictions as claimed by the skeptics? In Our Greatest

Treasure, we examine the evidence.

Less than two centuries ago, many scholars argued convincingly

that the Hittites never existed, even though they are mentioned in

the Bible more than fifty times. The unearthing of their massive

library in Turkey has revealed an advanced civilization that once

rivalled both Egypt and Assyria. Not many years ago, Ahab’s house of

ivory was considered impossible, but not now. His wife, Jezebel, was

dismissed as a fictional character inserted into the text to arouse

interest, but the recent discovery of her signet ring with her name

clearly discernible has silenced the critics. At one time, historians

were convinced that Gallio in Acts 18 never existed, but the spade of

the archaeologists has uncovered his name, his position as Proconsul

of Achaia, and even the time of his service in Corinth.

Men and women from both distant times and the present have had

their lives transformed by the message of the Bible. Many of the

people, places, and events found in the Bible are found in no other

literature, and their details have been documented as being authentic

by historical and archaeological research. The Bible is not buried

treasure. It is open to all who will access its sacred pages. The

Bible is indeed Our Greatest Treasure.