For Christians to grow to maturity, they have to think like Christians. To behave in the fullness of maturity as effective, principled disciples of Christ, they need to gain an in-depth understanding of the Word of God. The Bible, I think, echoes that sentiment again and again in the numerous passages that exhort us to be mature in our understanding. At times the author of Hebrews heavily rebukes the Christian community by saying that they had spent too much time as babes in Christ; they were too content with milk and were not moving on to solid meat. If we’re going to make an impact in our
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