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Keith D. Stanglin In my previous post , I identified three truths about technology that are conveyed in many ancient stories. First, technology always comes with negative, often unintended consequences; every technology does or undoes something. Second, the people closest to the technology—its creators and purveyors—have the hardest time seeing or foreseeing those negative effects. Third, they and the technophiles in charge have incentive to ignore or suppress those negati

Keith D. Stanglin When survivors of the great, primeval deluge decided to unite their efforts toward an innovative project, they said, “Come, let us make bricks” (Gen 11:3). The oven-baked brick was a new invention, allowing builders to raise taller and stronger structures than ever before—in this case, a tower. The people’s aim was to make a name for themselves and not to scatter (Gen 11:4). The biblical text does not say exactly who was calling for the bricks and the con

What is the greatest miracle in the entire Bible? How would you answer that question, and how would you make a case for your response? Perhaps the greatest miracle is the resurrection of Christ. According to 1 Corinthians 15, Christ’s resurrection is certainly of first importance. The faith stands or falls with the resurrection. If faith in the resurrection is granted, then the other miracle stories are not really hard to believe. But there is a miracle that surpasses t