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Defining Maturity

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  • Paul David Tripp

For pastors it can be easy to confuse their theological knowledge for their maturity. This article explains this issue, and what biblical maturity really looks like.

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The X Factor

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  • Paul David Tripp

When calling a pastor, a church should not confuse knowledge and skills, with spiritual maturity. This article explains, with biblical examples, that crucial to the calling of a pastor is the man's heart.

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Asserting Independence

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  • Wilbur G. Bruinsma

As teenager and young people move towards maturity, God has provided three means for them to help them into their maturity: his Word, Christian adults, and prayer.

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1 Timothy 3:6 – The Character of the Christian: Mature and Humble

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  • Tim Challies

The qualifications for being an elder should not be limited to them. They should be characteristics of all Christians. This article explains that in 1 Timothy 3:6 God calls Christians to maturity and humility.

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Act Your Age!

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  • Tim Challies

"Act like a grown up." Have you had these words directed to you? This article explains the need for maturity in Christian men and how to grow to maturity.

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My Son, We Need to Talk

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  • Andrew de Vries

Can you imagine a conversation between a Christian father and son? What can they talk about? This article gives five things fathers need to talk about with their sons in helping them to come to maturity.

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Godly Training for Life

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  • Michael Willemse

For young men to come to maturity, fathers must train them in the truths of godliness. This article suggests six core teachings that young men need to come to maturity. They must learn the grace of God, that life belongs to Christ, church is precious, faith is for sharing, they must suffer for Christ, and they must know there is another life coming.

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The Picture of the Christ-like Man

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  • Daniel Wilson

This article shows that every Christian young man must grow to maturity by being conformed to the image of Christ and focusing on God. The characteristics of such maturity are written in 1 Timothy 3.

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Colossians for Women: Living in Christ

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  • Veronica Hoyt

The book of Colossians can help Christian women, wives, and mothers to place Jesus in the center of their lives. This article discusses how Christian women can develop maturity, live in a Christian manner with others, and be obedient to God's call for submission.

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Mature Disciples of Christ

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  • John A. Haverland

How can we grow in Christian maturity? This author describes Christian maturity as stability, commitment to Christ and His church, having a developed Christian character in all areas of life, and having a desire to serve Christ in all spheres of life. We can grow in Christian maturity by reading God's Word and praying earnestly.

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Hebrews 12:3-11 - Trading Temporary Pain for Eternal Gain

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  • William Boekestein

God disciplines His children for their good. His discipline works to bring us to maturity. Though at times discipline can be painful, God works through discipline to form His children to be like Christ. Hence, we must respond with trust, love and prayer to God. The author looks at Hebrews 12:3-11.

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An Important But Neglected Distinction

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  • Carl R. Trueman

What does it mean to have childlike faith? Childlike faith is not the same as being childish. Christian maturity has to do with acknowledging our limited, dependent, finite, and fallen condition.

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The Maturity We Need

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  • Maurice Roberts

This article is about Christian maturity, what this maturity entails, and why it is so important for the church.

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The Reformation’s answer to the question, “Don’t I contribute anything to my salvation?”, is: “Yes.... Your sin!” Rod Rosenbladt
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