“Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly.” 1 Cor 3:1-3
Are you still drinking milk, or are you eating meat? Paul uses a great analogy here for spiritual growth. When we were babies, we drank milk. That comprised our entire diet – as it should have! Babies can only handle so much. Their bodies are not developed enough to process or digest complex foods. New believers are the same way. When talking to Nicodemus, Jesus compared salvation to being born again. As a new Christian, you are like an infant in some ways. Everything changes. We have to examine our lives and relearn behaviors. It’s like learning to walk and talk again.
I was in the corner gas station yesterday and just had to snap this picture. Holy smokes! Do we really need this much selection?
In America we have so many enumerated freedoms that we have begun to infer freedoms. Notably, freedom of choice. Sure we have such opportunity in the USA, but is that really freedom?
Thought I’d share some of the blog posts by others that I’ve starred while reading on my Kindle in the past week. Maybe you’ll find something here as interesting as I thought it was.
I listened to the latest podcast by Andy Stanley yesterday, from the “Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast” (available here). Andy has some super lessons for leaders and aspiring leaders, whether in the church or business world.
I wrote down a few thoughts that caught my attention.
“To be a great leader, we have to be great at everything”
For some odd reason, I have run across several Joel Osteen references in the last couple of days. I have no idea what I have done to deserve such torment, so I must share them with you.
Exhibit #1: “God lets atheists into heaven”
Joel – if you know the only way to God is through Jesus, yet tell no one, you are complicit in condemning all of them to eternal separation from God! Stop hiding behind “God will judge the heart”. No one is asking you to do that. Just read the bible.
