Character matters! And it really matters in spiritual development. Character should be an area of trememndous growth as we progress in the Lord. It is also a great tool for guaging the growth of ourselves and others.
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Obviously, spiritual formation is not a single facetted thing. It must be approached from several angles. One of those is in Character.
N.T. Wright states, “Christian life in the present, with its responsibilities and particular callings, is to be understood and shaped in relation to the final goal for which we have been made and redeemed.”
Wright, N. T.. After You Believe . HarperOne. Kindle Edition.
And I have tried to bring out in particular the way in which the early Christians thought of questions about “behavior” not as a separate topic, but as one aspect of their larger aims: worship and mission.