…lollipops….aside from having no nutritional value, it causes cavities and tooth aches.

stands true to christian life. without proper nutrition from pure preaching of the Word, we will be christians :
1. with low immune system- easily affected with allergies and virus, easily gets sick [christians who need baby-sitting: not going to church anymore because pastor/BW did not say hi or shook hands after the service]
2.with constant aches and pains,complaints and whinings related the pain caused by the cavities that resides and empowered the roots of your teeth [christians who always see something to complain about yet unwilling to take part in any task]
3.who are unwilling to CHEW their food for the fear of tooth ache in so doing [closet christians -nobody knows or see Christ in them... in constant fear of ridicule and discrimination from friends & cohorts if known to be Christ's redeemed child.]

we should take responsibility of God’s commission.

Now, I don’t have my kids yet, so I can’t quite relate to your analogy yet, but it makes sense. My one added thought would be this: I’ve heard kids get cranky when they don’t eat enough, which is why parents work so hard to feed them. And I think the same is true of us: We lose something when we are no longer “eating up” the Word–we start acting up and responding to things inappropriately.

…what’s interesting is that someone could easily say, “Well of course you’d start questioning the myth of Christianity with it’s ridiculous rules when you stop brainwashing yourself with it.” But I would say that it’s more of a “use it or lose it” kind of deal. Much like my muscle mass which has gotten off to somewhere else because I wasn’t “feeding it” with exercise.

Keep the good food coming, and may we all grow to move beyond the milk to the meatier aspects of following Christ.

Okay, wow, that was long. Sorry. I just got going there for a minute [smile].

~Luke