Wordless Wednesday

Patterns of Evidence - Exodus; review and giveaway

I was recently given the opportunity to review this DVD.  I felt it would be something that Bob and I would enjoy, as we enjoy history and shows about archeology.  It's always wonderful to see something that we've read about in the Bible, coming up in archeology.
However, it seems that most of the world's most prominent archaeologists and historians say that there is no hard evidence to support the Exodus story found in the Bible.  In fact, they say that the archaeological record is completely opposed to the Bible's account.  This view of extreme skepticism has spread from academia to the world. 
The case against the Exodus appears to be so strong that even some religious leaders are labeling this ancient account as historical fiction.  Filmmaker Timothy Mahoney begins with the questions, "Is the Bible just a myth, or did the archaeologists get it wrong?"  He decides to tackle this issue with a deliberate scientific approach.   After examining the details in the biblical text, he journeys across the globe to search for patterns of evidence firsthand.  The result is the most in-depth archaeological investigation into the Exodus from Egypt ever captured on film.   This scientific documentary's goal is to communicate the TRUTH of the Bible and help equip believers with defending their faith and the Bible. 
I really appreciated the way he looked into this, with an unbiased approach.  He interviews people who are Jewish, Christian and agnostic and shows us some very interesting things.
The narrator is Actor Kevin Sorbo, and included are guest appearances by Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Shimon Peres.
Both Bob and I really enjoyed this one and I think you will too.   You can check out more on this DVD and order it here.
The makers of this DVD are giving a copy to one of my readers.  If you are interested, just leave a comment here.  I'll be drawing a winner and posting it on Saturday.

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A day in my life... August!

Can you believe that August is already here?  As usual, I'm going to share what I did on the first day of this month.  Usually I seem to be working on the 1st, but this one fell on my weekend off, and we had Alaina here.  So - lots of pictures of her, and the fun day we had!
We got up and had breakfast - then went outside to play!  

 9am:  Alaina and Grandpa are good buddies!

Sometimes she rides the 2 wheeler, sometimes the trike.  She can really get that trike moving!

 She brought out the little wheelbarrow.  "Come on Grandpa - let's pick up sticks!"

10am:  Mid morning snack time.  She was wearing her new minion goggles, drinking from her minion cup!

10:30am: Time to help Grandma with some baking.  She always tells me "I can do that Grandma!"

 11:30am: Fooling around with Grandpa.

12pm: It's lunch time!  A hot dog, blueberries and milk.  She was happy.

12:30pm: After lunch there was time to play with water guns.  Somehow Grandma was the only one who got wet...

 Helping grandpa with paving blocks for a new walkway.

1:30 pm: Then helping Grandma with laundry.  She loves to help!

2:pm After finishing the laundry we drove to my Dad's house.  I get his medications set up for him because he takes so many.  He and my stepmom always like it when Alaina comes along.  It was such a pretty day, I stopped along the way to take this picture of the pretty blue sky.

Great-grandma gave Alaina a sucker and she's showing Great-grandpa her blue tongue.

While I worked on pills and taking my Dad's blood pressure, Alaina and great -grandma went for a walk.  Here they are checking out the grapes.  (I was taking pictures through the slider door)

 Then they looked at some apples which had fallen off the tree.

 Don't they look cute together?

3:15pm When we got done there we made a stop at Target.  Alaina wanted to sit on one of these big red globes that are outside the entrance.  You can see it was really windy!

4pm: After all that activity it was time to go home, where Ruby was just waking up from a nap.

4:30 pm: waving good bye to me.

I stopped for a few groceries on my way home and then went all out for supper - frozen pizza!

8:40pm:  Such a nice relaxing evening; Bob's enjoying a movie and some ice cream, and I'm on the computer.   After a crazy, busy week, it was perfect.
Hope you all had a nice start to the month too.