| Fifth Sunday of Easter | | Date Created: May 09, 2006, 05:06 PM |
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The Gospel reading for this coming Sunday is John 15:1-8.
"...This is my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."
You know there's lots I disagree with, but here's what I've been learning from McLaren and Chalke and some friends: remaining on the vine -- him in me and me in him -- is just phase one. And all my energies aren't supposed to go into that. His will is not just that I remain. I remain in order to bear fruit. He prunes the vine not in order to test the resilience of my theological system, but in order that I might bear fruit. |
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