In this episode, Pastor John and Andrew wrap up John 15 with sermon 3 of the At Home in the Vine series -- The Cost of the Vineyard: Bearing Witness in a Hostile World. The sermon did not pull any punches. Jesus warned his disciples that the world would hate them—not might, would—and the question is whether that warning has made us more careful or more silent. They dig into the Stephen illustration from Acts 6 and 7, talk through what it means that Saul was standing in the crowd, and take on the hard questions: how do you witness in a post-Christian culture, how long do you keep going after repeated rejection, and what does a simple, honest witness actually sound like? An episode worth sharing with someone who has been meaning to say something about Christ and has not yet figured out how.
