Posts Tagged ‘True Vine’
Defined by the Vine
Yesterday I preached a sermon at Victory Christian Fellowship in Lynden, WA. As a closer to that exhortation, I called on people to bear the fruit of righteousness from a heart of repentance. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may…
Read MoreThree Metaphors for the Christ-Follower
The pages of scripture are replete with metaphor. God frequently speaks metaphorically to his people, using metaphor with and through the old covenant prophets. Jesus teaches in metaphor through parables. The apostle Paul writes with metaphor. For those not familiar with metaphor, it is a figure of speech that is applied to something to suggest…
Read MoreWho is Jesus? (Part 7)
Today, we close our look at the seven “I AM” statements of Jesus in John’s gospel. Over the course of this seven-week journey, we have seen Jesus as the bread of life, the light of the world, the gate to the sheepfold, the good shepherd, the resurrection and the life, the way, the truth, and…
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