2009-10-02T09:59:50-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/true+vine/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:1-2&version=NIV 2009-10-02T09:59:50-05:00 Jesus is compared to a vine, from which his followers--the "branches"--draw life. God the Father regularly "prunes" the branches to discipline and correct His church, shaping it in the way that He sees fit.