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  • Carl Willis avatar

    Scattering Seed

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Jul 13, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,291 views

    The parable of the seed and the sower

    Scattering Seed Mark 4:3-9 (NLT) "Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed. [4] As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate it. [5] Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The plant sprang up quickly, [6] but it soon wilted beneath ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sowing Of Seeds

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Aug 17, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 15,647 views

    Who are the characters in the parables and what each represents.

    Sowing of Seeds Jesus taught the people using parables. He told short stories using terms that the people were familiar with. These short stories also caused the people to think and to try to reason what Jesus was telling them. Just like today some people were too lazy or too busy to stop and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Twelve Truths That Jesus Taught About Farming

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 19, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
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    Good sowing is done with confident hope that God will give the harvest! Let us ask the Lord for wisdom, faith and guidance in knowing how to be the best spiritual farmers He wants us to be.

    Twelve Truths That Jesus Taught About Farming (Mark 4:1-4:22) Illustration: Other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased, and produced. --Mark 4:8 John Chrysostom was one of the most captivating preachers of the early Christian church. However, he recognized that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Rocky Ground Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 98 ratings
     | 12,981 views

    A look at the parable of the sower

    "I’ll Serve the Lord as Long as there are no Difficulties or Discouragements" Mark 4:1-9 According to John Gipson the following story was published in the Galveston, Texas paper. It concerned a woman and her parakeet named "Chippie." It seems that the woman was cleaning Chippie’s birdcage with a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Four Soils Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 18,719 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

  • David Asch avatar

    Growing An Abundant Harvest Series

    Contributed by David Asch on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,520 views

    God wants to produce a superabundant harvest in and through you. Will you believe it? Will you receive it? This message shows us what and how God wants to produce in and through us.

    GROWING AN ABUNDANT HARVEST Mark 4:1-20 INTRO: This is the story of the sower and the superabundant harvest. A. A sower sows This is a story from everyday life. Its completely normal. Its about a farmer who puts on his long apron and fills it up with seeds. Then he walks over his field, scattering ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sea Side Stories: "A Sower To Sow..." By Dr. Winson Butler

    Contributed by Winson Butler on Dec 14, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,813 views

    If you were being arrested for soulwinning, would there be enough evidence to convict you? Our Lord emphasized the importance and art of soulwinning. Let’s examine it together!

    Introduction If you were being arrested because someone accused you of being a soulwinner, would there be enough evidence to convict you? I know what everyone is thinking, "Isn’t that the responsibility of the Pastor, the Staff, the Deacons..." or "Shouldn’t this be left to a professional?" Yes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Thorny Soil

    Contributed by Jonathan Goats on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,185 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

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    Is Good Soil In You?

    Contributed by Seowoo Choi on Dec 11, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,409 views

    the word of God is spread to everyone, it is the good soil to be fruitful.

    Illustration: Cup with half-filled water cup What do you see on hand? Describe this water cup! How we view the life is just like how we view this water cup. Some might say “It is half-empty.” The others might say, “It is half-filled.” The amount of water stays the same. The material or the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Are You Good Ground Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 17,581 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
     | 5,259 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

  • Jim Cunningham avatar

    The Poor Economics Of Sowing

    Contributed by Jim Cunningham on Sep 2, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,984 views

    Looking at the Parable of the Sower as a true parable, rather than an allegory.

    We are a bit past the growing season here in NJ. But the farmers’ markets are still booming with the harvest of seeds that were planted back in the spring. We have had extreme weather this year – first wet, then dry, with a miserable heat wave in the middle. I’m not sure it has been a bumper ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    How's Your Mud

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 3, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,345 views

    In the parable of the seed the sower only has to be the sower and the seed only has to be the seed, the responsibility lies with the soil.

    How’s Your Mud? When I was a teen we lived just outside of Saint John New Brunswick in Hammond River and when I needed to think or just find time alone I would go down to the river, find a big rock and just sit and enjoy being next to the water. And it seems that it has always been like ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Kent Kessler avatar

    God Knows What He Is Doing With Your Life! Pt1 Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Oct 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,447 views

    God knows what He is doing with your life! He knows what grace you need to get you through! God brought a strange selection to His Son to anoint him for his burial—a woman of reputation—a known sinner. God brought a strange selection to a sinful woman to

    Text: Mark 14:1-11 The Story of my wife and I meeting--prevenient grace. This is what is called Prevenient Grace—grace that came before so that my wife and I could get to each other. Does God know what he is doing with your life? God brings strange selections together sometimes. The story ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Gordon Curley avatar

    The Parable Of The Sower Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,630 views

    Listening and hearing. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Ill: Sir William Osler who was the professor of medicine at Oxford University, • Had a class full of students before him; • And wanting to emphasize the importance of observing details, • He reached down to his desk and picked up a bottle containing ’urine’, • Holding it high, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren