#163 Babel, Pentecost, and the Megachurch Mentality (S9E1)

Welcome back! Christy starts Season 9 by talking about what she calls the "megachurch mentality" and relating it to the story of the Tower of Babel. As Christy breaks down the story of Babel she ties it together with what happened to the early church at Pentecost. Both stories involve a group of people gathering together with one mind. Both have a point in time when there are a variety of languages suddenly spoken. And both ultimately end with a type of scattering. Christy compares and contrasts these stories and then asks the difficult question: which story best exemplifies our current church culture across the evangelical board?

Scripture Referenced: Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2-8, Joel 2:29

Chiastic Telling of the Tower of Babel: (It is very clear in Hebrew and less clear in English.)

A. Whole earth had a common language

B. The people settled in one place

C. They said to one another

D. Come let us mix up bricks

E. And build for ourselves

F. A city and tower

G. The LORD came down to see

F. The city and tower

E. The people had built

D. He said, "Come let us mix up"

C. The speech of the people

B. They were scattered from there

A. And with confused language they went through the whole earth