15 - The Babylon Project
Channel: Halting Toward Zion
Date: 2020-04-13

Throughout the ancient world, we see pagans building artificial mountains--pyramids and ziggurats--for magic rituals and demonstrations of power. Genesis tells us about one such attempt, in the plain of Shinar. At Babel, sinful man attempted to build his own city and his own mountain, as an assertion of his own godhood. How did Yahweh, the true God, respond? He thought it was hilarious. In this episode, we discuss the impulses behind Babel, trace them through history, and compare their ends and means to the City of God.

This Episode Features: My Heart Is Melting like Glowy Butter; A Concise Diplomatic History of the United Nations; God Is Not Your Dungeon Master; Faeries and Photons; Pentecost Spoilers; Raccoons Were a Big Deal™; and War Is a Touchy Thing.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRNbQSA0zB_eNA_jyrZhY_Sdi3DV8TiHiLenTfgGIa9wDZGhaylwcVbx58CMMlfUORQYO1wAu1Le8G-/pub

Links
Wikipedia: Robert Koldewey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Koldewey
On the Incarnation - St. Athanasius: https://amzn.to/3eghTpy
Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3efqBo8
Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/2VmZgHP
That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/3cbAX6w
Romans 1: https://www.esv.org/Romans+1/
Relatable: The Dangers of the New Age - Allie Beth Stuckey: https://youtu.be/PMnGe2WixXQ
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo: https://amzn.to/2VmxTOb
Disney’s Aladdin: “Phenomenal Cosmic Power, Itty Bitty Living Space”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTfXLLJlzM

Recos
The Creedal Imperative - Carl Trueman: https://amzn.to/3c8kpwj
Foundations of Social Order - Rousas John Rushdoony: https://amzn.to/2JWMZ7Z
Witness - Whittaker Chambers: https://amzn.to/2Vmzaor

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