Metaphor
There are two major components to fishing. The first is catching the fish. The second is cleaning the fish. If someone catches a…
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Analogy
From Childhood to Maturity
Greg Ogden, Transforming Discipleship
The Christian life is described in various New Testament passages as growth from spiritual childhood toward maturity. Ogden notes that many churches settle for perpetual spiritual infancy—people who have been “in the faith” for years yet remain dependent on constant feeding rather than learning to feed themselves and others. Transformation requires intentional movement beyond the starting point.
How you’d preach it
Discipleship is developmental. We are meant to grow, not remain permanent infants in the faith.
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