Baby food

Ever wonder why the church is so full of spiritual babies?

I have concluded that our branch of the Christian movement (sometimes called Evangelical) is pretty good at wooing people across the line into faith in Jesus. And we’re also not bad at helping new-believers become acquainted with the rudiments of a life of faith: devotional exercise, church involvement, and basic Bible information—something you could call Christian infancy.

But what our tradition lacks of late—my opinion anyway—is knowing how to prod and poke people past the “infancy” and into Christian maturity.

That's Gordon MacDonald, and I think his assessment is correct. The way the church comprehends and proclaims the Good News of Jesus Christ affects where we go in discipleship. If we present the Gospel as nothing more than "do this and you'll go to heaven" and discipleship as "keep doing this and you'll stay on the Heaven Highway," then we shouldn't be surprised if many Christians care about nothing more than their own personal salvation. For the next couple of days, I'll be linking to articles that show a better way.