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Always teaching the "milk", never teaching the "solid food":
- - Almost
all of the Bible teaching and preaching that occur in churches never progress beyond being
"elementary".
- - A chapter or a large section of the Word of God is read and then a few main points within it are
briefly highlighted and summarized.
- - Like skipping from the top of one wave to the top of the next wave, this overview approach fails to
dive deep into the contents of the Scriptures.
- - Thereby, no "solid food" of the Word is ever dispensed to the listeners, rendering them
stunted and hindered from maturing in the faith.
(see Hebrews 5:11-6:1a, Ephesians 4:11-14)
- - If you want to be making fruit-bearing disciples, then somewhere within your church's programs there
needs to be occurring verse-by-verse and phrase-by-phrase in-depth expository teaching and preaching of
God's Word.
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Works Cited:
Bible. “The Holy Bible: New International Version.” The Bible Library CD-ROM. Oklahoma City, OK:
Ellis Enterprises, 1988.
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