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  • Monty Newton avatar

    Listen!

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jul 13, 2014
     | 10,879 views

    The Word of God has maximum potential when heart and applied by receptive people.

    Title: Listen! Text: Matthew 13:1-9 and 18-23 Thesis: The Word of God has maximum potential when heard and applied by receptive people. Introduction Last week I read a blurb about a research group that was studying something they called “inattentional blindness.” They say ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Strength Through Humility In The Good Soil

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jul 16, 2014
     | 5,724 views

    In the parable the seed is sown everywhere without discrimination, representing responses from all people; but in the end, it is only strength through humility that prevails.

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 13th July 2014 (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Summary: In the parable the seed is sown everywhere without discrimination, representing responses from all people; but in ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid avatar

    Angel Prayer Series

    Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Jul 23, 2014
     | 3,428 views

    The children of God that see and hear, hold visions in their hearts know of the angels' presence and know of the spiritual realm---what happens in the spirit and WAIT for the manifestation here on earth as we wait for the harvest of God.

    Angel Prayer by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (July 23, 2014) “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing not see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    How Much Fruitfulness Does God Want To Have Through Your Life? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 9, 2014
     | 5,099 views

    A look at how God wants to bring thirty-fold, sixty-fold, or a hundred-fold harvest into our lives. It looks into what exactly that means for our lives.

    HOW MUCH IMPACT DOES GOD WANT TO HAVE THROUGH YOUR LIFE? Does your life’s impact resemble an overflowing orchard basket or a Charlie Brown Christmas tree? - Matthew 13:8, 23; Mark 4:8, 20; Luke 8:8, 15; John 15:5, 8. - Let’s talk about these two images for a moment. - Image #1: the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Serial Seed Sowers Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 21, 2014
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     | 10,831 views

    First in a series of messages that examine Jesus' parables from the perspective of a minor or unsympathetic character.

    Several years ago I came across a book by J. Ellsworth Kalas titled Parables from the Back Side. The author’s introduction to the book begins with these words: Familiarity doesn’t always breed contempt, as the saying puts it, but it often breeds something potentially worse, the glazed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What; No Condemnation?

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jan 31, 2014
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    When Jesus comes into our life, everything changes, mostly in the form of disaster; however we are given the ability to stand, and in doing so we are transformed into the glory God that wants from us. Yes it is painful, but we are victorious.

    This sermon was delivered to the congregation in St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 10th July 2011: by Gordon McCulloch (A Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Summary: When Jesus comes into our life, everything changes, mostly in the form of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Receiving The Word

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 15, 2017
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    Let us understand where we find genuine Christianity deeply within people’s hearts.

    Intro, Purpose & Plan Are our hearts downtrodden, like a well-worn path? Are our hearts hard, lacking stick-to-it-iveness or thorny, laden down with worldly cares. How can we learn to become like rich soil that receives the word of the kingdom and produces a rich harvest? Let us understand where ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Heart Trouble

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Jul 16, 2017
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     | 12,940 views

    In his parable of the sower and the seed, Jesus shows us various kinds of spiritual heart trouble. From the story, we learn to share our faith indiscriminately, trust God to bring the growth, and cooperate with God in the growth he wants to bring in us.

    Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23 Heart Trouble Have you ever wondered why some seem to embrace God’s good news of salvation and others don’t? Have you ever wondered why God sends people to hell? Or maybe they send themselves there, as they reject the God who desires that all people be saved. Jesus used a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Famous Parables Of Sower, Seed, Tares, Mustard Seed, Leaven, Treasure, Pea Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 5, 2017
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     | 37,790 views

    The parables of Jesus are given in three of the Gospels; John is the only Gospel that doesn’t record any of His parables. Jesus used things that people were familiar with as the subject for the parables.

    Harmony of the Gospels -AD 28- By Sea of Galilee (27) Famous Parables of Sower, Seed, Tares, Mustard Seed, Leaven, Treasure, Pearl, Net, Lamp (Joel 3:13) Matthew 13:1-52, Mark 4:1-34, Luke 8: 4-18 Introduction The parables of Jesus are given in three of the Gospels; John is the only Gospel that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    The Survey At Caesarea Philippi

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 20, 2017
     | 2,942 views

    Let's review our attitudes toward authority, particularly in the Church.

    21st Sunday in Course 2017: Ordinary Form Homily Is authority a divine gift? The story we read from Isaiah suggests that Shebna, the corrupt official whose name we learn in an earlier verse, was given his office by God, and cast out of that office by God. Then God raised up Eliakim ben Hilkiah to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Claude Alexander avatar

    The Parable Of The Sower Series

    Contributed by Claude Alexander on Sep 27, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 18,537 views

    Why did Jesus teach in Parables? What is the meaning of the Parable of the Sower.

    The Parable of the sower When the New Testament was written, communities were agriculturally based. A family would be allocated a section of land to farm. Also, every farmer’s plot was adjacent to their neighbor’s. Also there were no fences to separate the different fields. In order to get to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Compassionate Eyes And Active Hands

    Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Sep 14, 2020
     | 1,565 views

    Proper 13, Year A. The multiplying of the fish and the bread. Jesus calls for compassionate eyes to SEE needs, and active hands to meet the needs.

    Compassionate Eyes and Compassionate Hands: Proper 13 Year A Matthew 14:13-21 Intro: Imagine the amount of compassion you can have if you walk a day, just a day, in someone else’s shoes. Imagine the ways you could pray for someone if you experienced their continual struggle for 24 ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    The Word As Seed

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 19, 2020
     | 4,780 views

    Are we deep or shallow? Are we quitters or do we last the distance? Are we choking in worldly cares? Do we receive the word of God? Is it fruitful in us? Let’s understand the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:1-23.

    Are we deep or shallow? Are we quitters or do we last the distance? Are we choking in worldly cares? Do we receive the word of God? Is it fruitful in us? Let’s understand the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:1-23. The Parable Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr Fr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    The Sower, The Seed, And The Soil (Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time)

    Contributed by Dr Fr John Singarayar Svd on Jul 1, 2020
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     | 11,366 views

    Now a days, we grow up in the post-truth world listening to the manufactured lies, reading the systematic propaganda of fake news, and proclaiming the same with the help of high profile people in society to achieve their own purpose.

    The Sower, the Seed, and the Soil (Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) Isaiah 55:10-11, Romans 8:18-23, Matthew 13:1-23 Reflection The Sower, the Seed and the Soil Dear sisters and brothers, Now a days, we grow up in the post-truth world listening to the manufactured lies, reading the ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Nickolas Kooi avatar

    Reaping And Sowing In The Ruins Series

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Jul 9, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,786 views

    This sermon looks at the hope and promise of sowing God's Word. It deals with the failures, but also the joys that we can experience with this! It goes through Jesus' parable of the sower. A special thanks to Rev. Bob Holst for the inspiration and idea

    Are you an optimist, or are you a pessimist? Are you a glass half-empty person, or are you a glass half-full person? Do you complain that rose bushes have thorns, or do you rejoice because thorns have roses? Do you see the storm clouds, or do you see the silver lining? There are various ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran