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The Porch

Ambition Was Never the Problem | Tyler Moffett

The Porch

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It's easy to read a passage like the Tower of Babel and assume that God is against our ambition. However, as Tyler Moffett walks us through Genesis 11, we begin to see that He never took issue with our ambition, rather our desire to place personal success over godly pursuits.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, hey, it's been a minute since I've been up here with you.

0:20.6

And so if I haven't had the chance to meet you or connect, my name's Tyler.

0:24.7

I'm the director of discipleship here.

0:26.6

And since we're family, I wanted to share a little family update with you.

0:30.3

So I think we have a picture of my family.

0:32.3

This is my crew up here.

0:33.9

There they are.

0:34.8

This is my family.

0:35.8

So we got a little addition number four that's coming.

0:40.1

And thanks. I appreciate that. And here's the thing. The due date is March 19th. Okay, so that's like nine days. So surprise.

0:52.5

And so here's the thing about fourth babies in case you don't know.

0:56.5

They could come at any point. So if at some point I just run off from here, you know,

1:03.0

you know what's going on. My wife's giving birth, hopefully. But hopefully that doesn't happen

1:08.2

and no tornado. So, hey, if you have a Bible, if you'll open your Bible to Genesis chapter 11,

1:15.2

Genesis chapter 11, we're walking through the book of Genesis this spring.

1:20.4

And there's so many great moments in the book of Genesis, but we're looking at 10 iconic moments.

1:26.1

If you're reading the book, you don't want to miss these. And we've looked at Adam and Eve. We've looked at Cain and Abel. We've looked at knowing the flood. And today, tonight, we're looking at the Tower of Babel. Now, the Tower of Babel is a story. I bet many of us have heard, but kind of as this series has gone on, if you've been tracking with us, you've seen we've

1:44.9

kind of taken a different approach to each story. And I think as we read this, you're going to

1:50.3

see a little bit of a different approach that we're taking. And I hope, I think it's going to be

1:55.4

really applicable to your life. So Genesis chapter 11, we're going to start in verse one. We're

2:00.0

going to read it, pray, and then dig in.

2:02.3

Here we go.

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