Podcast Episode: Spiritual Maturity Stages

Pip: Preacher's Point asks the question most of us quietly avoid: are you still spiritually crawling, or have you actually learned to walk?Mara: That's the territory preacherspoint covers this week — the markers of spiritual immaturity, what growth actually looks like, and the two practices the Bible points to as the path forward. Let's start … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Spiritual Maturity Stages

Spiritual Maturity Stages

The Bible uses the terms babes, young men, fathers, elders, children, and several others to indicate where a person is in their spiritual maturity. As time goes by after a person’s salvation, God expects them to grow spiritually. Immediately after salvation, we are spiritual babes. We don’t know a whole lot; we do things we … Continue reading Spiritual Maturity Stages

Podcast Episode: What About The Children?

Pip: Welcome back to the digest — where this week, preacherspoint hands us a story about a church van, twenty-five hungry kids, and a deacon who thought that was too many.Mara: The post works through what it actually looks like to fight for children in a congregation — and what happens when you stop fighting … Continue reading Podcast Episode: What About The Children?

What About The Children?

Decades ago, while pastoring a previous church, some interesting things happened. A few weeks after starting at the church, I was there alone and decided to snoop around. There I was looking through closets and other storage areas. Everything was what you would expect stored inside a church. A lot of seasonal decorations, costumes, and … Continue reading What About The Children?