{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Weird Stuff in the Bible","title":"The Bricks of Babel: Why it’s OK to be a Weird Christian","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1604,"description":"Link to see the Europe: Many Tongues, One Voice poster - \nhttps://weirdstuffinthebible.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/europe-many-tongues-one-voice.jpg\n\nWelcome to Weird Stuff in the Bible, where we explore scripture passages that are bizarre, perplexing or just plain weird. This is Luke Taylor, and today will be a little different, a little more reflective. \nIt’s the 150th episode of the podcast; we just had our third anniversary of the show last week, which I celebrated by sharing an interview with Kip Farrar (pronounced Fara like Farrah Fawcett). Today I wanted to give a short Bible study on the bricks of Babel, followed by some reflection on what it means to be a weird Christian.\nWe’ve been covering the Tower of Babel for the past month on the podcast. The Tower of Babel was monumental to world history. It has ramifications throughout the rest of Scripture. \nAnd yet—the Bible is surprisingly sparse on the details of what’s going on here. It’s the origin of Babylon, it’s a globalist rebellion against God, it’s the reason for all the various languages of the world— and it gets less than 10 verses in chapter 11 of Genesis about this event.\nAnd of what little we are told in the Bible, we’re given this verse: \nGenesis 11:3\n\n3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.\n\nSo it talks about the bricks which were used to build both the city and the tower. Whereas I wanted to hear more about how Nimrod became a gigas or giant, that’s not what Scripture focuses on. But it does tell us about the bricks.\nBut you know what? The bricks might actually be the most applicable verse of the whole story. Turn to Genesis 11 with me to learn about the Bricks of Babel and why it’s OK to be weird.\n\n——\n\nSign up for the weekly newsletter! Get additional insights and Bible study tips for unpacking strange things in scripture. Enter your email here:\nhttps://weirdstuffinthebible.beehiiv.com/\n\nYou...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DJ0tfJ3XSg1opjzzlnBLv703XymHRviv_4zjUMvY4RU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZjcw/Nzk2YTExZTI1NjBl/MTZmYjkzNDViM2Q3/NWJiMS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}