Unlearning

Half of spiritual growth is learning what we dont know. The other half is unlearning what we do know. And it is the failure to unlearn irrational fears and misconceptions that keeps us from becoming who God wants us to be.

The invalid in John 5 is a great example of the importance of unlearning. He had been crippled for thirty eight years when Jesus asked him if he wanted to get well. But the man believed there was only one way to be healed:

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