Arrested Development
Illustration
by Michael P. Green

As a Christian, you have everything you need to be what you ought to be. Spiritual maturity is not a process of gaining things that you did not have when you became a believer.

For example, consider a newborn baby. It isn’t born without arms, and then gets them later. It’s not a pollywog. It doesn’t develop in…

Baker Books, 1500 Illustrations for Biblical Preaching, by Michael P. Green