Message Notes
March 1, 2026
City of Ruins: Babel
by Scott Ancarrow
Babel
Genesis 11:1-9, Genesis 10:8-10, Genesis 10:31
The City of Babel shows what happens when we try to build the city we want without the God we need
The ruin of "making a name for ourselves."
Modern Man! Transplanter of human organs, voyager to the immensities of outer space. Master of Government! Architect of his own destiny! Master of his fate! The captain of his soul! What Pride we have in ourselves. We need no supernatural help: for we ourselves are as gods and we find the right answers in our own wisdom. (but) When the sense of God goes, all that is worthwhile in society goes also. Freed from the restraints of religion, the passions rush forth like mad demons to disfigure and scar all of life
- Dr. Gardner C Taylor “Why Modern Man Needs the Gospel.”
“The principle cannot be denied: the fiercer the struggle against the injustice you suffer, the blinder you will be to the injustice you inflict. We tend to translate the presumed wrongness of our enemies into an unfaltering conviction of our own rightness.”
― Miroslav Volf
A Babel builds up, God comes down.
The ruin of making a name for ourselves, and the refuge of God's picture of "greatness"
For Additional Study:
Cities in the Bible. - The Bible Project
Babylonian Origin Story (According To Babylon) - Enuma Elish
The Repeating Patterns of Genesis 1-11- Dr. Tim Mackie
Babel & What it Represents - The Bible Project
What’s So Bad about the Tower of Babel? - The Bible Project
The Biblical Justice of God - John Dominic Crossan/Homebrewed Christianity
Why the City is a great place to Raise Children -Kathy Keller
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