Noah is remembered for building the ark and surviving the flood with his family (Genesis 6-8). After the flood, God blessed Noah and his family, and then they left the ark in search of a new life. In the last recorded event of Noah’s life, he got upset with his son Ham and placed a curse on Canaan, Ham's fourth son (Genesis 9:24). Yet we read in Genesis …
Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel, Part 2
The tower of Babel is a well-known story but not necessarily a well understood event in redemptive history. In the first blogpost in this series, I argued that the tower of Babel is a reminder of something greater than human pride and divine judgment. It is a testimony to God’s mercy and common grace. God impeded our ability to communicate with each other …
The Tower of Babel, Part 1
The tower of Babel, though never completed, has never been completely forgotten. Babel has endured to this day for most as a fable, an intriguing attempt to explain the many languages spoken around the world and the diversity and disunity that come from language barriers. For those who understand Babel as more than myth, the events surrounding the …