What is maturity?
Yesterday in a conversation I was having I heard this comment by a well-known pastor in Albania speaking with other pastors (freely translated from poor memory): "The church may not have grown in numbers in the last few years, but at least the church has grown tremendously in depth! Remember a few years ago when you could prepare Saturday night and preach on Sunday morning? You just couldn't get away with that now! Our people have really grown." Now he wasn't saying this, but what I heard clear as a bell coincides with these statements: Maturity means I know more When I am able to critique a pastor's sermon, I have become deep Growth in knowledge equals Christian growth I object to this idea at a very deep level. It is true that TRUTH is vital in our Christian walk and growth. But the fact is that the vast (!) majority of us Christians know far more than we obey already! Why do we continue to emphasize know to the de-emphasis of obey or (even better) tr