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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Whose Fruit Is It? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 24, 2003
    based on 174 ratings
     | 30,089 views

    Jesus tells us that we’re expected to "bear fruit." What does that mean and how can we do it so that we honor His desire in our lives on this matter?

    OPEN: Back in the 70’s, a man and his wife were driving to thru Cape Cod, when they spotted a field loaded with blueberries. They stopped and proceeded to eat their fill. As they turned back to the car, the husband noticed that the rear door was open. In the back sat a Cape Codder munching away ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Chris Hodges avatar

    The Parable Of The Sower And The Soils Series

    Contributed by Chris Hodges on Sep 7, 2003
    based on 161 ratings
     | 22,843 views

    To stress the importance of preparing your heart to receive the Word of God.

    The Gospel of Mark #11: The Parable of the Sower and the Soils Text: Mark 4:1-20 Thesis: To stress the importance of preparing your heart to receive the Word of God. Introduction: (1) Oftentimes, Jesus spoke in parables. (a) “The Gospels record some sixty different parables of Jesus, most of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dr. C. David White avatar

    Hearing The Word

    Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Mar 25, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 4,703 views

    How we hear what God is saying is of the utmost importance.

    • Doctor told my parents, "He is not hard of hearing, he just isn’t listening". • It took me a long time to learn that the best part of a conversation is listening. • Some people seem to prosper in the things of God and others don’t. • The paradox is that God wants ALL of His people to succeed in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gordon Kroeker avatar

    Jesus Speaks In Parables Series

    Contributed by Gordon Kroeker on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,333 views

    Only a few parables are found in Mark. Most of those are found in Mark 4.

    Mk. 4:1-34 JESUS SPEAKS IN PARABLES A. Recently, hearing about the trial of John Allen Muhammad, has seemed to be a mysterious case to me. 1. He had not only won the chance to represent himself as his own defense and lawyer - but I read that he is out to prove to the nation that he had ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Jonathan Goats avatar

    The Thorny Soil

    Contributed by Jonathan Goats on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,378 views

    What to do when you find thorns choking the spiritual life out of you.

    Mark 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Charles Salmon avatar

    The Four Soils Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 19,130 views

    Sermon on the parable of the sower. One’s response to the Gospel depends on the personal inclination of his will.

    The Four Soils Mark 4:1-20 INTRO.: Why do different people respond differently to the same message? Why do some reject the Gospel of Christ and others accept it and live Christian lives? Jesus provides an answer to this question in the passage before us. We will become more effective and joyful ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Are You Good Ground Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 17,848 views

    We need to ask ourselves if we have the kind of heart that in which God can produce fruit.

    Are You Good Ground? Text: Mark 4:13-20 Introduction 1. Illustration: In the movies "Gettysburg," there is a scene the night before the main battle. The commanding General of the Union Army, George Meade, comes to the house where their headquarters have been established. He looks at one of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Good Things Come To Those Who ... Wait. Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,496 views

    Our tendency to procrastinate, even over matters related to the soul, is challenged by Jesus’ sermon of the soils.

    GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO … WAIT. Mark 4:1-20 From the Sermon Series: “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America” We are in the throes of our sermon series, “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America.” It is taken from the first six chapters of Mark. We are highlighting different adages or aphorisms ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    Seeds

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Jan 19, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,054 views

    A discussion of how seeds grow, and how seemingly careless God is in sowing them.

    Seeds PPT 1 Message Title PPT 2 main text Mr 4:26 And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; Mr 4:27 and goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts up and grows — how, he himself does not know. Mr 4:28 "The soil produces crops by ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • D Marion Clark avatar

    The Good Soil Of Mother Emanuel

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Jun 24, 2015
     | 3,086 views

    This sermon reflects on the response of Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, SC to the killings that took place June 17. It shows the power of grace and forgiveness.

    The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Jesus, The Teacher Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,134 views

    When Jesus taught, he did so in parables. Now this was not unique in Jesus’ day for most rabbis or teachers taught in parables. The Greek word for parable means “thrown along something else.” Parables are about comparisons.

    Jesus, the Teacher Mark 4:1-20 For the past several weeks, we’ve been looking at the Gospel of Mark through two questions: “Who is Jesus?” and “What meaning does he have for our lives?” We’ve learned that Jesus came to preach that the kingdom of God is near, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    The Right Attitude About God’s Word

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Mar 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,255 views

    God’s word is sown in us to grow, but we must cultivate it for it to produce.

    Mark 4:1-4:20 March 25, 2012 Morning Worship Text: Mark 4:1-20 Subject: Faith Title: The Right Attitude About God’s Word I can’t seem to get away from the theme of revival in the church. Every time I go to prayer that is the one thing that is on my heart to pray about. On Friday mornings when ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Joel Preston avatar

    The Parable Of The Soils Series

    Contributed by Joel Preston on Mar 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,403 views

    This parable has been often called “the Parable of the Sower” but is probably more accurately described as "The Parable of the Soils." Everyone who hears the Gospel hears it in a different way. Some revile it, some reject it & some receive it. It is the “

    The Gospel of Mark #10 – “The Parable of the Soils” Mark 4:1-20 Intro – 1. Don’t you love to hear a good story? I know I do! 2. The Bible is the story of God. (PICTURE – The Story…)To understand the Bible, you need bifocal lenses, because two ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Barry O Johnson avatar

    When Obedience Brings Trials

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Feb 15, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,068 views

    Many of us have been taught that when we do what God tells us to do and we are in His will, we won’t have trials. Many of us have been taught that when we do what God tells us to do and we are in His will, we won’t have trials. A life of success and no wo

    When Obedience Brings Trials 1. Many of us have been taught that when we do what God tells us to do and we are in His will, we won’t have trials. 2. Many of us have been taught that when we do what God tells us to do and we are in His will, we won’t have trials. When we are successful, we are a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Word Power Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 20, 2013
     | 6,446 views

    If you and I want the influence of our lives to have a multiplying effect in this world, then we must hear the Word; believe it and do it!

    A lawyer, a doctor and a preacher were hunting together when they came upon a big buck. All three of them shot at the same time, and the buck immediately dropped to the ground. The lawyer, the doctor and the preacher rushed in to examine their prey, but they could not determine whose shot had ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free