life and lifted my rotten soul from the floor of the forest. I think it is probable that in the entire history of the Christian church, I am the only person to have been converted by that verse in Ecclesiastes. Just as the Word of God is used in conversion, so it is a critical instrument in our spiritual growth. By immersing ourselves in the Word of God, we begin to gain the mind of Christ and learn what discipleship is. In his second letter to Timothy, the apostle Paul
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