Growth is not the question. Growth is inevitable. Everything alive grows. The real question is whether you are growing healthy.
A child can grow tall and still be weak. Big and still be unstable. Fast and still have no roots. The same is true spiritually. You can accumulate years in the faith and still be malnourished, still crack under pressure, still collapse when things get hard.
In this message, we dig into what healthy growth actually requires, and why discipleship is not a church programme but God's design for how human beings mature in Christ.
From the biology of breast milk to the early church in Acts, from the Parable of the Sower to the crisis of deconstruction, this sermon draws a straight line: God provides the nutrients. Your job is to breathe in.
- Why growth without the right inputs produces deformation, spiritually and physically
- The breast milk principle and what it reveals about stage-appropriate discipleship
- Why discipleship beats deconstruction every single time
- The mystery of Philippians 2:12-13 and what it means that growth is 100% God and 100% you
- How to move from spiritual infancy to maturity without earning it
- This one is for the person who has been in the faith for years and still feels stuck. It is for the new believer who does not know where to start. It is for the seasoned Christian who needs to remember why pouring into others is not optional.
- Show up. Open up. Breathe in.
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Growth is not the question. Growth is inevitable. Everything alive grows. The real question is whether you are growing healthy.
A child can grow tall and still be weak. Big and still be unstable. Fast and still have no roots. The same is true spiritually. You can accumulate years in the faith and still be malnourished, still crack under pressure, still collapse when things get hard.
In this message, we dig into what healthy growth actually requires, and why discipleship is not a church programme but God's design for how human beings mature in Christ.
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From the biology of breast milk to the early church in Acts, from the Parable of the Sower to the crisis of deconstruction, this sermon draws a straight line: God provides the nutrients. Your job is to breathe in.
In this episode:
- Why growth without the right inputs produces deformation, spiritually and physically
- The breast milk principle and what it reveals about stage-appropriate discipleship
- Why discipleship beats deconstruction every single time
- The mystery of Philippians 2:12-13 and what it means that growth is 100% God and 100% you
- How to move from spiritual infancy to maturity without earning it
This one is for the person who has been in the faith for years and still feels stuck. It is for the new believer who does not know where to start. It is for the seasoned Christian who needs to remember why pouring into others is not optional.
Show up. Open up. Breathe in.
Or come and hear it live.
A recording is a good second. Sunday at 10:00 in the tent is the first.