A Frank Sinatra hit song, a COVID-era mask callback, and a brutally smelly airplane converge into one uncomfortable truth: spiritual independence sounds great…until it doesn’t. The guys center on John 15 and the difference between staying connected to the source of life and slowly drifting into spiritual decay. Along the way, they land on two words they argue may be the most important in all of Scripture and figure out how to become best friends with Jesus.

In this episode: Matthew 28, verses 18–20; Acts 17, verses 24–28; John 15, verses 1–17; 2 Corinthians 2, verses 14–16; Ephesians 1, verses 4–10; 1 John 2, verse 6; Hebrews 2, verses 5–9; Hebrews 12, verses 26–28; Psalm 8, verses 3–6

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Chapters: 
00:00 Zach’s Mysterious Absence
04:32 Entering the “North Carolina Research Triangle”
12:18 Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra & “I Did It My Way”
16:48 The Brick Capital of the World
24:42 What Does It Really Mean to Abide?
29:36 The Vine, the Branches & the Source
38:10 The Airplane Smell Story
43:18 The Two Most Important Words
47:26 A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
51:38 Jesus Calls Us Friends

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