A Casual Observer

A Casual Observer - Observations about the parenting, church, mental health, and the alien race we call teenagers

Chris writes about the phenomenon of running from one church to the next. He calls it perpetual spiritual adolescence.

Meet the Perpetual Spiritual Adolescent (PSA). She may be as biblically and philosophically educated as a professor of Christian theology, sated with knowledge. He may be the classic passive sports and finance guy. Both are stuck. You’d think that the Bible-minded person would have an inside track to the Godhead. But more Bible or theological knowledge doesn’t seem to translate into spiritual maturity. Then the “O Knowledgeable One,” church never meets her expectations. It’s never deep enough or right enough. Knowledge tends mostly to breed cynicism and self-righteousness, not spirituality. The apostle Paul said that knowledge puffs up. It does…..Click here to read more.