The book defines seven stages of spiritual maturity for Christians. It explains how the process of sanctification works in each stage and involves the power of the cross and the resurrection to defeat the power of sin and bring new life. Each stage has special challenges, opportunities, and dangers.
As a Christian laymen, Fred Hutchison has had a variety of opportunities to teach ranging from pulpit invitations to being a banquet speaker, small group leader, slide show presenter, and author and director of short dramas and comedies. In recent years most of Fred's teaching has been through the written word. He has written 170 messages about prayer and knowing God for a list of 100 e-mail subscribers. He has written advent studies in the genre of historical fiction. He also writes poetry and essays on science, theology, philosophy, history, and psychology. He has written three unpublished books on philosophy, history, and modern Evangelicalism.
Fred Hutchison has an MBA and a CPA and is retired. He was a technical specialist in governmental accounting and auditing. He wrote technical literature, did research, taught classes, prepared training seminars, and did quality review