{"product_id":"the-mature-church-a-rhetorical-critical-study-of-ephesians-4-1-16-9781620325469","title":"The Mature Church: A Rhetorical-Critical Study of Ephesians 4:1-16","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emmanuel D. Mbennah\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Studies - Exegesis \u0026amp; Hermeneutics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Emmanuel Mbennah argues that Christian spiritual maturity is the bridge between the new identity of the Christian, articulated in Ephesians 1-3, and the moral code of the Christian life commensurate with the new identity, presented in Ephesians 4:17--6:20. From an interpretation of Ephesians 4:13, Mbennah brings to the fore what Christian spiritual maturity is and why it is imperative. He argues that Ephesians 4:1-16 is about spiritual maturity, and not about Christian unity, except unity as a by-product of maturity. A case study in which the meaning of spiritual maturity is used as a critical standard to evaluate the spiritual maturity of a church in a particular context further clarifies the meaning of spiritual maturity and demonstrates what a sad state of immaturity a church could be in. Mbennah calls for the Church's return to the pursuit of maturity and a return to the subject in New Testament scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45159306952855,"sku":"9781620325469","price":1765.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781620325469.webp?v=1767303933","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-mature-church-a-rhetorical-critical-study-of-ephesians-4-1-16-9781620325469","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}