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 "question": "How would you explain spiritual growth to a friend? What Scriptures would you use to back your claims?",
 "answer": "Ask your friend whether they think a person can be reborn and never grow up, then use Psalm 27:1 and 2 Peter 1:2-7 to show how faith advances from infancy to maturity by supplying one quality upon another, and Ephesians 4:11-13 to show that God grows us together in the local church, not in isolation. Frame it as an unhurried journey you are inviting them onto, since growth, like all growth, takes time.",
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  "What are the stages of spiritual growth and how does faith develop from infancy to maturity?",
  "How does a person become spiritually mature and what role does a community of believers play in this process?",
  "What biblical perspective on spiritual growth emphasizes a gradual, unhurried journey towards maturity in the Christian faith?"
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