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In John 15:1-5, Jesus gives us a very clear prescription for how the Christian life is meant to be lived: “I am the true vine and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You… Read more
In our reading, we find Jesus talking to his disciples about what is to come, preparing them for what is about to happen. Jesus is telling his disciples—his friends—he is about to leave, and where he is going, they cannot follow, but he is leaving them with one final job … “Love each other. Just… Read more
“Now Jesus was deeply troubled …” (John 13:21). How can God in the flesh be troubled? In the opening chapter of John’s Gospel account, we read, “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it” (John 1:5). It is a declaration of victory, but just 12 chapters later, during Jesus’ Last… Read more
The disciples get a bad rap. We make jokes about the way they acted without thinking (Peter cut a guy’s ear off), and we denounce their lack of faith (after Jesus calmed the storm, and Thomas after Jesus rose from the dead), but can we blame them? It’s hard to follow Jesus today. Imagine how… Read more
