SPECIAL: The Futile Quest for Noah's Ark

In this special episode which is complimentary to going through the account of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood located in Genesis 6-9, host Dave Lester discusses how churches teach about Noah's Ark, talks about varying views on the scope of the great deluge and goes into detail about the truly wild accounts of people trying to search for Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey. Buckle up! Sources for this episode: Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective, "A Sign for an Unbelieving Age: Evangelicals and the Search for Noah's Ark" by Larry Eskridge *The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis by Dr. John Walton *Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 1-15 by Gordon J. Wenham *Noah's Ark and the Ziusudra Epic by R. M. Best *"The Mediterranean Flood". Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith by G.R. Morton *"The Pseudoarchaeology of Noah's Ark" Archaeology Review by Carl Feagans. https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2020/12/the-pseudoarchaeology-of-noahs-ark/?utm_source=www.google.com&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Google&referrer-analytics=1 *"Avalanche at Mount Ararat". Trove. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38282531 *"Did Sennacherib, King of Assyria, Worship Wood From Noah's Ark as a Deity?" Life and Land by Gordon Franz. https://www.lifeandland.org/2013/10/did-sennacherib-king-of-assyria-worship-wood-from-noah%E2%80%99s-ark-as-a-deity/ *"Did Someone Really Find Noah's Ark" ICR Institute for Creation Research by Brian Thomas. https://www.icr.org/article/did-someone-really-find-noahs-ark *The Landing Place of Noah's Ark: Testimonial, Geological and Historical Considerations Part Four" Associates for Biblical Research by Rick Lanser. https://www.biblearchaeology.org/research/contemporary-issues/4112-the-landingplace-of-noahs-ark-testimonial-geological-and-historical-considerations-part-four *"Major Events of the Noah's Ark Expedition" https://biblearchaeology.org/research/contemporary-issues/4112-the-landingplace-of-noahs-ark-testimonial-geological-and-historical-considerations-part-four *History of the Armenians Book Three by P'awstos Buzandac'i's. https://www.attalus.org/armenian/pb2.htm#10. *The Eytomologies of Isidore of Seville by Isidore of Seville *"Culture Ministry Launches Investigation Over Noah's Ark Claim" Today's Zaman by https://web.archive.org/web/20141022162942/http://www.todayszaman.com/national_culture-ministry-launches-investigation-over-noahs-ark-claims_208841.html *"NZ Hoax Went Round the World" New Zealand Herald by Brian Rudman and Ana Samways https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ibrian-rudmani-nz-hoax-went-round-world/562U6HFYSYYWWNASL4TLSQWGMU/ *The Ark on Ararat by Tim LaHaye and John Morris *"French Expedition to Mt. Ararat Fails to Find Traces of Noah's Ark" Jewish Telegraphic Agency https://www.jta.org/archive/french-expedition-to-mt-ararat-fails-to-find-traces-of-noahs-ark *The Ark File by Rene Noorbergen *Noah's Ark: Fable or Fact by Violet M Cummings *"Ex-Astronaut James Irwin, 61, Founded Evangelical Organization". Chicago Sun Times by New York Times News Service. https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/08/11/ex-astronaut-james-irwin-61-founded-evangelical-organization/ *In Search of the Lost Mountains of Noah: The Discovery of the Real Mts of Ararat By Robert Comuke *Agri-Dagh (Mount Ararat): The Painful Mountain by Don Shockey "The Search for Noah's Ark (Critique of the 2008 Video Tape Produced by the BASE Institute of Colorado Springs, CO) by Gordon Franz, Bill Crouse, and Rex Geissler. https://www.noahsarksearch.com/Cornuke_The_Search_For_Noah's_Ark_DVD_Review.pdf *"Sun Goes Down in Flames: The Jammal Ark Hoax" by Jim Lippard. https://www.discord.org/lippard/skeptic/02.3.lippard-ark-hoax.html "Phony Arkaeology". Time Magazine by Leon Jaroff *"Doubt Cast on Noah's Ark Found in Turkey". The Christian Science Monitor by Stephen Kurczy. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2010/0428/Doubt-cast-on-Noah-s-ark-found-in-Turkey Opening Music: Struttin With Some Barbeque by Louis Armstrong