How does being friends with Jesus change the way we do friendship, with Christians and non-Christians? What are the most encouraging and challenging things about the friendship Jesus offers us? And how do we practically go about addressing the friendship deficit in our own lives, while having realistic expectations of ourselves and our friends?

We’re joined by Vaughan Roberts for a challenging, encouraging and liberating conversation about the joys and limits of human friendship, and how knowing Jesus as our friend transforms our view of and approach to friendships. Vaughan is the rector of St Ebbe’s church in Oxford and author of True Friendship.

Resources mentioned and related

True Friendship Vaughan Roberts
Emotional Dependency: A Threat to Close Friendships Lori Thorkelson Rentzel
Emotional Dependency Andrew Bunt
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
The Lord of the Rings J R R Tolkien
Wicked
Wendell Berry short stories and novels
Politics, Poverty and Belief: A Political Memoir Frank Field

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