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Sure, You Sleep Like a Baby. But Do You Eat Like a Baby? Hebrews 5:11-6:1.

Do you remember baby food? That strange, mild-flavored mush, served at room temperature? Want some? You never do see parents eating it, serving strained peas and whipped carrots at Thanksgiving dinner, right? Honestly, it’s kind of nasty. But the writer of Hebrews (I think it’s Paul, but no one is sure) brings up baby food:Continue reading “Sure, You Sleep Like a Baby. But Do You Eat Like a Baby? Hebrews 5:11-6:1.”

BABY FOOD. 1 Corinthians 3:2

1 Corinthians 3:2 compares spiritual teaching to baby food: Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn’t talk to you as I would to spiritual people. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in Christ. I had to feed you with milk,Continue reading “BABY FOOD. 1 Corinthians 3:2”

They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love, But They’ll Know We Are Mature by Our Unity. 1 Corinthians 3:3.

Imagine the unity of being a new Christian in the early church. You and your friends witnessed the life and death of the long-awaited Messiah. You heard Jesus pray that you would all be one, see John 17:21. Talk about a ‘Shared Cultural Moment’![1] You were a witness to the crucifixion and resurrection—or at leastContinue reading “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love, But They’ll Know We Are Mature by Our Unity. 1 Corinthians 3:3.”