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Genesis 11 tells the story of the Tower of Babel, an act of rebellion against God’s command to fill the earth; this event symbolizes human endeavors to seek glory for ourselves (versus for God) and to define the “good life” apart from God, versus allowing our Creator to define the good life for which He made us. God puts a stop to the tower by confounding people’s language and scattering them abroad.
Ken Boa draws parallels between the Tower of Babel and today’s environment, in which our unified language of technology has made human endeavor possible on an exponential scale, at an unprecedented pace. Ken references Thomas Friedman’s book Thank You for Being Late, which homes in on 2007 as a major inflection point in history—marking the advent of the smartphone, cloud-based computing, and other technologies. He then relates these recent developments to Scriptures about the end times such as Daniel 12:4 (“many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase”).
This chapter in Genesis also includes a genealogical line that traces the descendants of Shem to Abram, the key figure of the next portion of Genesis.
These are the last recorded statements of Jesus Christ before His death on the cross. Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. (Luke 23:34) When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and
Mortality and the purpose of life are prominent themes in Thomas Cole’s paintings. Through his paintings, he vividly brings out the human dilemma of mortality, a dilemma we ourselves must wrestle with. Given the inevitability of death, what are we to do with our days? We can try to stave
In the article below, Dr. Boa synthesizes material from several teaching sessions from his series Biblical Principles for Marriage and from portions of his spiritual formation text Conformed to His Image (primarily from chapter 18, “Holistic Spirituality”). Dr. Boa focuses on agape love as one of the five forms of loves (based on the different Greek words). After reviewing all forms, he gives reasons for why agape is the greatest.
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