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PRIDE AND COWARDICE (1 OF 7)

by Central Christian Church of Arizona

Scripture: Genesis 11:1-32
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Pride and Cowardice (1 of 7)
Series: Pixelated
Jeremy Jernigan
Genesis 11


1) Today we begin our summer series called Pixelated
a) Definition: of an image on a computer or television screen: made up of a small number of large pixels that produce a picture which is not clear or sharp
b) Let's play a little game
i) Picture - Mona Lisa Pixelated
ii) Picture - Mona Lisa
iii) Picture - The Scream Pixelated
iv) Picture - The Scream
v) Picture - Starry Night Pixelated
vi) Picture - The Starry Night
c) Journal week 1
i) There are actually 4 different covers, so find some friends!
ii) Title: Pride and Cowardice
iii) Turn in your Bibles to Genesis 11

2) Life is pixelated
a) We tend to assume everything we see and observe is accurate
i) Picture - Shadow Art 1
ii) Picture - Shadow Art 2
b) A pixel only has meaning in context
c) The challenge throughout history was for people to learn the right information
d) The challenge for us today is sifting through and finding the helpful information

3) More importantly, to a lot of people God looks pixelated
a) You're not sure what He's really like
i) Why doesn't He answer certain prayers?
ii) Why does He allow awful things to happen?
iii) What does He really think of me?
b) So you read your Bible
i) And it confuses you more!
ii) Let's be honest (I'm a pastor), but there's some crazy stuff in the Old Testament!
(1) A leader named Samson sleeps with prostitutes and casually kills people [picture]
(2) There's a talking donkey [picture]
(3) King David once collected 200 foreskins to get permission to marry his wife (no picture on this one)

4) Each week we're going to look at a passage from the Old Testament and then see how it ties into Jesus
a) If you read anything in the Bible without thinking how it ties to Jesus you are missing something
b) Theme verse for the series
i) John 5:39 ''You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very S ...

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