DNA: Genesis 11:1-9

This is a DNA guide following the sermon on 11:1-9. If you missed, you can listen here.

Discover

Read Genesis 11:1-9 and do a quick google search and wikipedia deep dive into the Ziggurats.

Q: Why do you think it would be so problematic for God to allow humanity to dilute understanding of God?

  • We dilute God by redistributing God’s power

  • We dilute God by restricting God’s autonomy

  • We dilute God by regulating God’s power

  • We dilute God by rewriting God’s redemption.

Q: How do you do one or more of these things above? What’s an example of the ways you dilute God into your own image?

Read also Job 38:3-11 & Exodus 34:6-7

Q: What is God like?

Nurture

Q: In what ways do you feel distant from God? How do you attempt to close that gap?

Q: How does God come to you, enter your story, and make himself known to you within your life?

Act

Q: What would it look like to repent of false pictures or weak pictures of God?

Q: How can you be reminded of his character, presence, and truth?