mature Christians can receive spiritual ministry from other Christians. A new convert may share with a veteran Christian his newly discovered blessing from John 3:16 or some other familiar passage. Then suppose the veteran Christian tells the enthusiastic convert, “Don’t even bother to mention John 3:16. I learned that verse when I was hardly out of the crib. You’re not teaching me anything. I’ve already covered that ground.” This new believer’s spiritual zeal would be squelched instead of stimulated,