About this episode

This episode explores the metaphor of being a branch in the vine as taught by Jesus in John 15, emphasizing the importance of connection to the source of life.

Teaching with metaphors is powerful. Sometimes too powerful. We can be misled by a metaphor. Jesus taught that a birth from heaven is required to be a part of the kingdom of God. Yet that metaphor of birth might lead us to think that we are given a life that we must then live on our own. So Jesus also taught that our lives are like a branch in the vine. We explore this teaching from John 15.

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