Season 9 Episode 5 - Dependence

About this episode

Rick and Becky explore dependence as a core teaching of Jesus, contrasting it with the church's typical emphasis on self-improvement.

Mind the gap! Rick and the Becky-nator are back with a new episode of Paying Ridiculous Attention to Jesus after a six-month “gap.” It’s Episode 5 of Season 9 - “Dependence” - a continuation of the series “THE WAYS OF JESUS.” Here Rick and Becky explore themes drawn from his new book Editing Jesus. In this episode they kick off a mini-series within the series—we’ll explore dependence as a core teaching of Jesus, threaded through His parables and miracles and constantly modeled by Him. To walk in His ways means to live a dependent life. But the church has typically elevated a different way of living, urging us to “try harder to be better.” It’s in direct contrast to a life of dependence—best expressed in Jesus’ metaphor for our relationship with Him: the “branch” embedded in the “Vine.” Check out Rick’s new book, Editing Jesus. Go to its Amazon page here: https://tinyurl.com/48erume9 Becky has another podcast project, co-hosted with her friend Steph. It’s called Orderly, and you can find it here: https://www.beckycrawley.com/orderly-podcast/ And here’s a great recorded conversation with Dr. Judi Slattery on her popular podcast Authentic Intimacy—an exploration of the themes of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rick, Rick Lawrence

Topics covered

• dependence
• Jesus
• parables
• miracles
• spirituality

Keywords

• Editing Jesus
• Vine
• branch
• mini-series

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Editing Jesus, Jesus-Centered Daily

Books & works: Paying Ridiculous Attention to Jesus, Dependence, THE WAYS OF JESUS, Editing Jesus, Vine, Orderly, Authentic Intimacy, Jesus-Centered Daily, The God Who Fights for You

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