The Father Prunes All His Children In the last few hours Jesus spent with His disciples He taught them that the Father prunes His followers. In John 15:1-11 Jesus lays out these elements of the pruning process: Jesus is the vine. The Father is the vine dresser. Jesus’ followers are branches. Branches are to bear fruit. The Father prunes branches to produce more fruit. There isn’t a lot of detail in this passage as to how this works. Here are two things we can be sure of: ...