Suspicious Activity in Shinar, Part 3 (Genesis 11:1–4)
From Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
May 1, 2026 · 5 min · Season 7 · Episode 27
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of humanity's disobedience as symbolized by the tower in Shinar.
The building of the enormous tower in the Shinar settlement was also symptomatic of humanity’s disobedience toward God. But this tower also betrays the root cause of all their disobedient symptoms. Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).
Topics covered
- disobedience
- humanity
- tower of Babel
- Genesis
- spirituality
- Christianity
Keywords
- Shinar
- disobedience
- tower
- Genesis 11
- Christianity
- spirituality
- J. S. Bach
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten, Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78
Places: Shinar
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