life on planet earth on Spiritual Maturity

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

We read of the temptations of Jesus, but we never hear of a confession of sin on his part. He never asked for forgiveness, though he told his followers to do so. This lack of any sense of moral failur...

When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse he understands his own badness less and less.

Christian maturity is not indicated by the infrequency of temptation but by the infrequency of succumbing to temptation.

The devastating power of wildfires has never been more apparent as their intensity, size, and frequency has increased dramatically over the last few years in the United States (and elsewhere), causing...

The author Oscar Wilde once remarked that by the age of forty everyone has the face they deserve. This is a truly profound, if painful, truth. But it really applies to the “within” expressed by the fa...

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just...

I believe in Christ and confess him not like some child; my hosanna has passed through an enormous furnace of doubt.

Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.