
There's a lot of ways that
archaeology benefits the pastor.
For one it encourages them as
they read about scriptures and
they get to see connections
between a text that they've read
for years and things that have
actually been found on the
ground.
And that's just encouraging
people and then they can share
that encouragement with others,
that's wonderful.
The main way as we've been
talking is we understand what's
going on culturally in the Bible
and we find our ability to
understand the word that much
better.
And the real job of the pastor
is to help their people
understand scripture and then
apply it in their lives.
And the better we understand the
better we can convey that
understanding to others so
that's a wonderful help.
And then frankly, I mean, on the
practical side of things I found
when I preach and when I teach
one of the hardest things is to
come up with illustrations, you
know illustrations are often
there just to wake people up.
And you're doing that and
they're also there to help
people understand the text that
much better and archaeology is a
great go to for pastors as
they're trying to think how do I
involve my people in the text
that much better.
