Feb. 17—Using agricultural language because his audience was familiar with it, Jesus told the Parable of the Sower to describe the four outcomes that result from exposure to the Word of God, all ...

In Matthew 13, a chapter full of parables, Jesus tells the parable of the Sower of the seed. It is a story of a farmer, scattering seed which fell upon four different types of soil; ...

The Parable of the Sower from the Gospel of Luke in the Bible shows that while not everyone may accept faith messages, sometimes the "seed" will land on good soil and produce fruit.

This is Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh’s depiction of a sower like the one in Jesus’ Parable of the Sower. van Gogh lived from 1853-90. (Courtesy Photo) Using agricultural language because his ...

Feb. 17—Using agricultural language because his audience was familiar with it, Jesus told the Parable of the Sower to describe the four outcomes that result from exposure to the Word of God, all ...

Yesterday, the many thousands of churches worldwide that follow the Common Lectionary heard the Parable of the Sower. The particular one I went to featured a lib-modernist sermon that I quickly f… ...