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Dr. Toby Holt explores the meaning of abiding in Christ through the metaphor of the vine and branches in John 15.

What does it actually mean to "abide" in Christ? In this study of John 15, Dr. Toby Holt takes up Jesus' image of the vine and the branches. A branch severed from the vine is dead and fruitless; joined to the vine, it lives and bears fruit. So it is with the believer — our spiritual life and every bit of our fruitfulness depend entirely on a living union with Christ. To "abide," Dr. Holt explains, is not a mystical feeling but a real, sustained dependence:...

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