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  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A- The Sower

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 18, 2023
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    Even in the fruit-bearing hearers of the word there are gradations.

    I saw a neighbor working in his front yard wearing a funny T-Shirt that said, “Sorry I Can't My Plants Need Me.” In today’s parable from Matthew, chapter 13, the seed is the Word of God (verse 20), and the ground is our hearts (verse 19). It all depends on what kind of soil a person is because ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Change Inevitable, Growth Optional

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 8, 2023
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    But our world seems bound to turn its back on God’s gift.

    Fifteenth Sunday in Course (A) Originally 13 July 2008 edited 2023 “Farmers are the founders of human civilization,” said Daniel Webster. Farming and gardening are just the same the analogies chosen by the Lord to illustrate a profound truth about the loving mercy of our God. Moreover, if we pay ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Extravagant Sower

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Jul 17, 2023
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    A sermon for the season after Pentecost, Year A, Lectionary 15

    July 16, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 The Extravagant Sower Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Farming techniques have come a long way. To begin with, the equipment: Modern tractors are ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Parable Of The Sower

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Jan 20, 2024
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    A series on the parables of Christ.

    Title: “The Parable of the Sower” Script: Mt. 13:1-23 Type: Expos./Series Where: GNBC 1-21-24 Intro: People love stories. From the time you were a young child, your parents read stories to you. Stories are passed down from generation to generation. My grandfather was one of the greatest ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Tending To The Spiritual Garden Of Your Life Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Feb 2, 2024
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    Where are the seeds of God's Word being sown in your life?

    Dr. Bradford Reaves CrossWay Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Skunks Don't Like The Be Squeezed

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 6, 2025
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    Mother’s Day sermons are notoriously awful.

    Skunks Don’t Like to Be Squeezed “That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large CROWDS gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Fertile Ground Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jun 8, 2025
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    This is the 26th Sermon from the Gospel of Luke Series, "Jesus- Son Of Man".

    Series: Jesus- Son Of Man [#26] FERTILE GROUND Luke 8:1-18 Introduction: For teachers and students, the School Year is over; but for the Maintenance Department, this is when we are the busiest. Several weeks ago, we hydro-seeded at 2 of our Elementary Schools. The Grounds Team dug up the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Parables Concerning The Kingdom, Part 1 (Matthew 13:1-23)

    Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Apr 13, 2025
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    Matthew, Chapter 13, presents a series of stories, or parables, Jesus used to illustrate the concepts of the kingdom of God, the approaching judgment, and the work of the devil. Listen, if you have ears to hear.

    The thirteenth chapter of Matthew's gospel focuses upon the parables of Jesus. As the Master got into a boat while teaching the people on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He told a story about a man whose job it was to sow seed into ground that had been tilled in order to grow crops. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Partners In Growth: God's Work And Our Walk Series

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Sep 6, 2025
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     | 574 views

    Spiritual growth is a lifelong journey of transformation empowered by God’s grace, sustained through our daily surrender to the Holy Spirit, nurtured in Christ-centered community, and aimed at becoming more like Jesus for the glory of God.

    Partners in Growth: God's Work and Our Walk 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Last week, we began an exciting new sermon series entitled “Rooted.” Picture the scene: Jesus is seated in a boat, speaking to a large crowd gathered along the shore—many of them fishermen. To capture their hearts and minds, He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is A Parable Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Sep 8, 2025
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    The parables clarify the truth for those who want to believe but they also conceal the truth for those who do not want to believe.

    Sermon 1 THE PARABLES OF JESUS (Matt. 13:34-35; Mark 4:33-34) “Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. So it was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Four Kinds Of People We Preach To Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Sep 8, 2025
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    Jesus gave the parable of the four soils to encourage his disciples to keep on preaching even though people reject the message.

    Bob Marcaurelle bmarcaurelle@charter.net FOUR KINDS OF PEOPLE IN CHURCH Matt. 13:3-9; 18-23 God knows the way to a person’s heart is through his mind. There is incredible power in words. Hitler launched Germany into a program of world conquest with words. Karl Marx put words on paper and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Kingdom Of The Receptive

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Jan 9, 2001
    based on 179 ratings
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    The parable of the sower shows us how we are to receive the good news of Jesus Christ

    A Kingdom of the Receptive Matthew 13.1-17 September 14, 1997 Morning Service Introduction I. Ben Franklin’s Field of Plaster: Ben Franklin was known for his outrageous experiments, one such experiment revealed that plaster could be sown with crops to help them grow, when he shared his discovery ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Where Is This Kingdom? Series

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 11,519 views

    Part 1 of 4 of the series, Secrets of the Kingdom of God, Revealed! In this first message of the series we uncover the location of this kingdom. The obvious question - where is it? The answer is truly an astounding one! 

    Where is this kingdom? Read at beginning of service: Matt 13:10-17 (NIV) 10 The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?" 11 He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Preparing The Soil Series

    Contributed by Kurt Heisey on May 29, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,438 views

    There are things that hinder the soil of our heart from being truly fruitful, and things that help our soil to be fertile, let’s have good soil!

    1 Peter 2:1-3 VCC August 16, 1998 Preparing the Soil Introduction Peter is written to those who were going through all kinds of trials (1:6) He has exhorted the Christians to personal holiness in chapter 1 After encouraging personal holiness, he commanded them to have sincere love for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Surface Spirituality

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Mar 3, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,323 views

    Help for the hurting heart.

    True spirituality is discussed a lot but seldom experienced in today’s world. Jesus faced the same problem. So the Lord used parables, stories of familiar things, to point out how unfamiliar people truly were with spirituality. Here in His famous story of the farmer scattering seed Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist