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There is no question that having men and women to new birth in Christ is vital. But, argues Eugene Peterson, isn't it clear that expansion in Christ is equally essential? The American church does not treat Christian expansion and character formation with comparable urgency. We are generally uneasy with the calm, obscure conditions in which growth takes place. Building maturity in Christ is too often relegated to footnote position in the written text of your lives. In Practice Resurrection Peterson brings the speech of Scripture - especially Paul's notice to the Ephesians - and the speech of the modern Christian congregation alongside one another in understanding what is involved in the practice of becoming mature - growing up to the "stature of Christ."