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The Puritans on Habits and Spiritual Maturity

By Filings on Mon, 10/24/22
Christian Living
Habits
Christian Growth
Sanctification
Historical Theology

“The Puritans believed that habits were a means of cultivating spiritual maturity in the believer by giving a believer a greater capacity for future obedience, by uniting a believer’s will to God’s, and by conforming a believer to the image of Christ.” - Ref21

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