After the tower of Babel, humanity split up into language groups and spread out over the world. The table of nations in Genesis 10 shows how every family traces back to Noah’s sons. Ziggurat architecture around the world demonstrates many peoples’ memories of that original tower. Linguistics shows that 7,000 modern languages grew out of fewer than a hundred original languages. How did ancient tribes travel? According to the Bible, Noah and his sons had hundreds of years to pass on technologies before they died. Trusting God’s Word transforms our anthropology.
Up Next in One Race, One Blood: Curriculum Supplement
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Babel and the Gospel
What does Cain’s wife have to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ? Pastor David Chakranarayan reviews the history of Adam’s family and the genetic variability that explains how one family produced the diversity of human cultures we find all around the world.
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Check This Out: Races
This 3-minute overview explains the biblical teaching that all of humanity is one family. We reject the popular definition of “race,” consider genetics, review key Scriptures, and celebrate the truth that every man and woman are created in God’s image.
This short film appears in many of our spea...
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One Race, Many Nations
What does the tower of Babel have to do with the gospel of Jesus Christ? Pastor David Chakranarayan shows how we are all related to one another. He reviews the history of the tower of Babel and encourages us to be like God, looking past external appearances to the spiritual condition of our fello...
