Point of View‘s host today is Dr. Merrill Matthews. His first guest is Echo VanderWal. They’ll discuss The Luke Commission. And his second guest is Dr. Randy Guliuzza from the Institute for Creation Research. They’ll be talking about the Made in His Image Seminar on January 20th.
In the second hour, Scott Stripling joins Dr. Matthews. Scott is the Director of Excavations and the Chief Archaeologist at Ancient Shiloh. They’ll talk about recent significant Archaeological Finds in Israel.
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Echo earned a bachelor’s degree in biology (summa cum laude) from Cedarville University in 1996. In 2011, Cedarville honored the VanderWals with the Alumni of the Year Award. After completing training as a physical assistant at Kettering College
of Medical Arts, Echo practiced in surgery until the birth of her triplet sons in 2001. Following the birth of the children, Echo began a successful commercial real estate business, working from home.
In 2004, Harry and Echo visited Eswatini, a small country adjacent to South Africa with the highest prevalence of HIV globally, for the first time. After witnessing the devastation of untreated and stigmatized disease, they moved to Eswatini to found TLC and live out their lifelong dream of serving in medical missions in Africa.
With deep compassion, leadership acumen, business sense, and a servant’s heart, Echo advocates at the highest levels of leadership in Eswatini for the health of people in Eswatini.
Echo has overseen development of TLC’s Miracle Campus from one old barn to more than 25 buildings, including the 130-bed Miracle Campus Hospital providing specialty and critical care. Echo has also coordinated an innovative multi-month onboarding
program for over 1,300 participants and championed the construction of Eswatini’s first-ever oxygen production plant during the depths of COVID-19.
Harry and Echo have seven children and one grandchild; the couple resides full-time in Eswatini with their family.
Archaeologist at Ancient Shiloh from 2017–present and previously directed the excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir from 2013–2017. He also served as a Director of the Mt. Ebal Dump Salvage, Field Supervisor at the Tall el-Hammam Excavation project, and Supervisor at the Temple Mount Sifting Project. Stripling earned master’s degrees from the University of Texas and the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Archaeology and Biblical History from Veritas International University. He serves as Provost and Director of the Archaeological Institute at The Bible Seminary in Katy, Texas. Stripling is a popular speaker and author and frequently appears as a scholar in documentaries and popular media programs. His geographical research focus lies in the Highlands of Israel, across multiple time periods, ranging from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Islamic period.
Stripling’s academic articles appear regularly in peer-reviewed journals such as Levant, Palestine Exploration Quarterly, and Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin and popular magazines like Qadmoniot and Bible and Spade. Stripling contributed articles to The Harvest Handbook of Bible Lands (2019) and wrote chapters for Five Views on the Exodus (Zondervan 2021) and Archaeology, John, and Jesus (Eerdman’s 2023). The Trowel and the Truth (Vision 2017) serves as a textbook for several universities. Khirbet el-Maqatir, Volume 2, The Late Hellenistic, Early Roman, and Byzantine Periods (Final Publication) was recently published by Archaeopress. He is a professional member of ASOR and currently serves as president of the Near East Archaeological Society. Scott and his wife, Janet, have four
children and five grandchildren.
This book is a beautifully-written explanation of the Biblical understandings of covenant. It is also moving personal testimonies by two men whose combined wisdom and insight are a rare treasure.
+ Early Date: The Exodus Took Place in the Fifteenth Century BC (Scott Stripling)
+ Late Date: A Historical Exodus in the Thirteenth Century BC (James K. Hoffmeier)
+ A Hyksos Levite Led Exodus in the Time of Ramesses II (Peter Feinman)
+ Alternative Late Date: The Exodus Took Place in the Twelfth Century BC (Gary A. Rendsburg)
+ The Exodus as Cultural Memory: A Transformation of Historical Events (Ronald Hendel