After the last post, (really just a satirical look at fundamentalist preaching), I was wondering about current, every week preaching in your church. Now or in the recent past.
The greatest calling on the life of any Christian is to become more and more like Christ. This necessitates something called growth. Spiritual growth. We toss around words and concepts such as discipleship, maturity, and Christ likeness so easily yet I find that when I discuss or read about most Christians I find very little of any of these.
Pastors on forums constantly berating and deriding other pastors, leaders showing a lack of discernment that astonishes me when it comes to the delivery and interpretation of the Word of God, and the sheep sitting in the pews just bleating out “feed me, feed me,” are just a few of the observations that have led me to this conclusion.
Let’s discuss spiritual growth.
Is there a way to measure spiritual growth?
If so, what specific things can we look for in a Christian to determine if they are growing?
Do you think this is being judgmental?
Love you all
Tags: Christ, Christians, Discernment, Discipleship, Interpretation, Judgment, maturity, pastors, spirit, town hall, Tuesday, word of god
