Christians are often unsure what to do with the topic ambition. Self ambition is condemned in the Bible - but is there a godly alternative? Often in this confusion Christian people can remain highly ambitious in their private lives but remain happy to settle for mediocrity in the church. This is not good. In this sermon ambition will be scrutinised through the passage in Genesis 11 (The tower of Babel) and people will be challenged to put aside petty ambition and pursue first the kingdom of God and be ambitious for that