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  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 180 ratings
     | 43,956 views

    Too often, we feel that we are listening what God is saying to us but we really hear only what we want to hear.

    Luke 8:18 "Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have." Introduction: I read about a lady who had a hearing problem. One day she and her husband were driving from Tennessee to Little ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Commitment To Excellence

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 194 ratings
     | 33,143 views

    As followers of Jesus we are to be committed to excellence in every sense of the word.

    Commitment To Excellence Luke 8:4-15 Commitment is key. No matter what it is that we are talking about there is no greater determining factor than our commitment. I'm not talking about commitment by coercion. I'm not talking about commitment by convenience. I'm not talking about commitment by ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John Campbell avatar

    A Sower Went Out To Sow

    Contributed by John Campbell on Apr 2, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 12,001 views

    A comparison of two farmers - why one is sad, and one is carefree.

    A Sower Went Out To Sow His Seed I would like to compare two farmers, or sowers of seed, this morning. They are very different in their outlook. First let’s look at the one in our gospel lesson, Luke 8:4-15. This man goes out to sow his seed, but he is not a very careful sower, is he? Some of ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    Harvest: What Kind Of Soil Are You?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 30, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,684 views

    A short, challenging, all-age talk given at a harvest festival service.

    I love the ‘Mr. Men’ books by Roger Hargreaves! I also enjoy reading the ‘Little Miss’ books too, but my favourite has to be Mr Greedy. A few years ago it was the children’s book that I read more than any other and as a result it’s required a lot of sticky tape to hold it together. I particularly ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Robert Cox avatar

    What Kind Of Soil Are You?

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Sep 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,988 views

    The Parable of the Sower

    LUKE 8:4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. 6Some fell on rock, and when it ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Stephen Boldin avatar

    The Sower And The Seed

    Contributed by Stephen Boldin on Jan 31, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,666 views

    Jesus used this parable to teach about mankinds reception of God’s Word.

    The Sower and the Seed Luke 8:5-15 Intro: Here we have the parable of the Sower and the Seed. Jesus used this parable to teach about mankind’s reception of God’s Word. There are many that hear God’s Word, but very few who live it. Some accept it for a short time, only to allow sin and self to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dale Miller avatar

    Parable Of The Sower

    Contributed by Dale Miller on Apr 6, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 7,456 views

    This sermon deals with Jesus parable of the sower.

    MUB 4-3-05 LUKE 8;4-8 4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. 6Some fell on ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeremy Houck avatar

    Thorny Ground Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,959 views

    A Look at the parable of the sower

    Soil Testing: Thorny Ground "I’ll Serve the Lord as Long as It Does Not Interfere With Things That Are More Important" Luke 8:4-8 There was a young man who was doing everything possible to move up in his company. Over the past 3 weeks he had built us 52 hours of overtime working on a new project. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    It's Time To Listen

    Contributed by Jeff Krist on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 108 ratings
     | 16,729 views

    Illustrated sermon on the parable of the sower

    It’s time to listen ILL: I read about a lady who had a hearing problem. One day she and her husband were driving from Tennessee to Little Rock, Arkansas. They were pulled over by a state trooper who asked if the husband knew how fast he was driving. The wife asked, "What did he say?” The ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Kerry Bauman avatar

    A Lesson In Farming Series

    Contributed by Kerry Bauman on Jul 28, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 12,207 views

    A look at the four conditions of the human heart and the receptivity of each to the Word of God

    A Lesson in Farming Text: Luke 8:4-15 Introduction: For the next several weeks we’re going to be looking at the parables of Christ as they are found in the Gospel of Luke. The word for "parable" means, "to throw alongside." Therefore, a parable is a type of illustration thrown alongside of an ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Don Jaques avatar

    7. The Parable Of The Sower Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on May 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,890 views

    If we want our lives to be fruitful for the Kingdom, we must cultivate the “soil” of our lives and eliminate impurities.

    INTRO: This week Ann and the kids did some planting. We have a little plot in our backyard that we’ve designated for the kids’ garden. Last year we planted a few things – including a short lived goldfish pond, in that area, and on one of the sunny afternoons Ann took them out there and put some ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Kevin Cummins avatar

    How's Your Heart For God's Gardening Series

    Contributed by Kevin Cummins on Jun 12, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,567 views

    Christ talks about 4 different soils, each representing a heart and how receptive it is to God’s Word. How receptive are you to God’s Word?

    Here is one for the teachers in the crowd today! It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florists son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Gary R. James avatar

    Hearers Of The Word

    Contributed by Gary R. James on Mar 14, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,336 views

    How to know you effectually hear God’s word.

    Luke 8:4-21 I. Introduction A. He who has ears to hear let him hear B. The doctrine of hearing God’s word is presented C. Four kinds of hearers 1. Christ focuses on the last kind of hearer – those to whom effectual hearing that brings understanding. D. Deut 8:3 … man lives by every word that comes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Drew Mills avatar

    Why Is My Life A Parable? Series

    Contributed by Drew Mills on Mar 16, 2007
     | 5,582 views

    to hear with ears that really hear, to prepare our “soil” for the seed of God’s Word

    The Parable of the sower, is a very familiar portion of scripture. It can be very tempting to think to yourself, "I’ve heard this story, hundreds of times before, and there is nothing new here for me." Because we think that we know this story so well, we can close our ears to what the Lord wants to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    How To Listen To God's Voice Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Apr 10, 2007
    based on 91 ratings
     | 51,603 views

    This is the first in a series on: Communicating With God. This sermon is intended to ask: How Well Do We Listen?

    Communicating With God: How To Listen To God’s Voice One of the basic claims we have as Christians is that God is alive and He wants to have a relationship with us. In fact our salvation is based on the relationship we have with God. But you can not have a relationship with someone without ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational