But one night as he slept, his enemy came and sowed thistles among the wheat.” Matthew 13 :25 Medical science says that an average adult should sleep seven hours every night without interruption. In fact, one of the researchers says…
Year: 2024
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble (kalos) and good (agathos) heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop Luke 8:15 We’ve spent the past five days discussing the sower,…
The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature Luke 8:14 I once asked some of my…
Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. Luke 8:13 So…
This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they…
This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Luke 8:11 We began examining the parable of the sower yesterday. We started with the generosity of the sower. Although the Bible never tells us who…
A farmer went out to sow his seed… Luke 8:5 The parable of the sower is one parable that never ceases to amaze me. It’s interesting how all the three gospels recorded this parable and my guess is that it…
No one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house Mark 3:27 Yesterday, we began examining the parable of two opposing kingdoms. The conversation arose when some teachers of…
If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand Mark 3:25 Don’t you just love Jesus?There’s something about the way Jesus presented simple parables that explains kingdom realities in a way that is so simple and easy to…
But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, cancelling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that? Luke 7: 42 In my first year at the University, we had a practical exam…