Isn it true that some preachers, Bible researchers claim that the spade of archaeology verifies that the Bible is true?
Yes. I also have heard that and wished it was true. Unfortunately the issues are not being explained as they should. Those who make those claims do not seem to be well read on the topic. Basically, the difference is this. If the overall chronology of the Bible matches that of history (what archaeologists believe) we have no great problems, however, as soon as we go further back in time this changes. The time of Jesus is not much contested, the era of Abraham, the Exodus, David and Solomon are under fire. They are being written out of the history books. – Therefore, we should not make blanket statements that archaeology is proving the Bible. If a student takes that assertion to school and then finds the problems at some point his faith in the veracity of the Bible may fall flat even worse than before. – What should we do about that? – Well, that is why we have CIAS. Here you find answers and methods addressed to contest the doubters out there. Only by realizing that accepted chronology
