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  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    Parables Of The Kingdom – The First - The Sower Or Rather The Soil – Part 4 Of 5 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 1, 2025
     | 68 views

    We are studying the third soil in the Parable of the Sower and now consider the reasons why the good seed gets choked by thorns. How many of us know someone who walked as a strong Christian but just departed the faith? It is a complex matter and we try to see why that happens.

    PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM – THE FIRST - THE SOWER OR RATHER THE SOIL – Part 4 of 5 In the last message we did the seed that fell on the rocky soil, and we also did some of the seed that was choked by thorns. We will finish that choked seed this time. Let us revise the relevant verses from last ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Guaranteed Return-30,60,100 Times

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Feb 6, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,391 views

    The message challenges the listeners to become "good soil" and receptive to the good news of the Gospel.

    Guaranteed Return – 30, 60, 100 Times Matthew 13:1-9 There are approximately 60 parables in the New Testament. Jesus told common life stories with word pictures to connect with the people and teach Biblical truths. Most of the parables had a deeper meaning. Jesus used word pictures to capture ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    It's Time To Listen

    Contributed by Jeff Krist on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 108 ratings
     | 16,848 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

  • Steve Ely avatar

    Game Of Thrones - Pt. 2 - Seedy Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Aug 7, 2016
     | 5,319 views

    We talk, sing, and pray using the language of the Kingdom . . . words like Lord, King, and sovereign. However, citizenship in a democracy keeps us from understanding the throne.

    Game of Thrones Pt. 2 - Seedy Introduction After 1 year we have finally come to the final battle in the attack on the 5 principalities that I identified for us. We have fought isolation, poverty, hopelessness and apathy. Now we square off against compartmentalism. Compartmentalism is pervasive ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mike Hullah avatar

    Why Were The Wisemen Wise?

    Contributed by Mike Hullah on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 35 ratings
     | 4,558 views

    Why were the wisemen wise? This sermon reveals three characteristics of their lives and exhorts us to apply them to our lives.

    WHY WERE THE WISEMEN WISE? Matthew 2:1-12 1. THEY SOUGHT GOD FIRST Matthew 2:1-2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Seedy Christians

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,235 views

    The Parable of the Sower - Who are you?

    SERMON: Seedy Christians Matt 13: 1-9, 18-23 July 14, 2002 I. Introduction A. People love to define themselves 1. look at magazines a) Teen magazines (1) Survey: Are you boy crazy? (2) Answer these 50 simple questions and you will know whether it is true love or not? b) Other (1) Test your ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    The Sower And The Soils Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jun 8, 2008
    based on 25 ratings
     | 14,611 views

    This message talks about the Sower and the soils and discusses true Christianity and how to produce more fruit

    Tell Me a Story The Sower and the Soil Understanding the Parable What is your heart Like? Hardened Soil = Resistant Heart Rocky Soil = Party Heart Thorny Soil = Vacation Hearts Good Soil = Open Hearts How to Bear More Fruit? Cultivate the growth of your mind (Plow the field of your mind) Prune ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Pathway Ground Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,518 views

    A look at the Parable of the Sower

    I believe that it is the work of the preacher to preach and teach things that will cause us to grow and stretch our belief and faith in God. I hope that in the time that God gives us to work together here in this community that I will be able to do just that. I want to challenge you, teach things ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Power Plant Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 16, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,456 views

    Moses' burning bush experience is a pattern for God's work in our lives. He catches our attention in a variety of ways and watches to see how interested we are. The deeper our interest, the deeper he takes us.

    1. Exodus 3.1-10 2. "Earth's crammed with heaven and every common bush afire with God. And only he who sees takes off his shoes, the rest sit round and pluck blackberries." -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3. God uses a variety of ways to catch our attention and interest us in him 4. The Question is, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Dangerous Grounds

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 30, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,662 views

    The soil, of course, represents the human heart, so the word of God falls on four different types of hearts. This parable is about salvation and three out of four of the soils represent people who are not genuinely saved.

    Opening illustration: Growing up as a teenager, my dad would take me to watch the plowing of the field and planting of wheat and sunflower. The tractor would plow deep into the hard soil of central India usually slicing the big snakes hibernating below the earth. Their mangled bodies were brought ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Word Is Like...

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jul 12, 2004
    based on 33 ratings
     | 3,514 views

    From the ministry of Jesus and His followers we see the importance of knowing and applying the Word of God to our lives. This sermon gives three word pictures of the Authority of God’s Word.

    God’s Word is Like …. Acts 8:26-40 During the months of May and June I’m preaching on the Authority of God’s Word. I have spoken on the “Power of God’s Word” and the importance of “Fathers’ Passing on God’s Word to their Children.” This morning I’m focusing on what “God’s Word is Like…” Most ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Jim Kane avatar

    Left Out Or Left Behind?

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,555 views

    The second sermon of a 4 part series, ‘Overload: Saying ‘No’ So We Can Say ‘Yes.’

    This morning, take your bulletin or another piece of paper, and a pen or pencil and take a couple of moments to respond to these four questions. (Slide 1) What is contentment? Are you a content person? What would make you content? What is your source of contentment? Now, as we watch this ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Part 3 - Matthew 12:9-14 -Deformities Of The Heart And Hand Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 19, 2010
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,929 views

    The CLAWED FINGERS of their law system were DISTORTED AND MALFORMED and particularly difficult to uproot. It is not at all surprising that Jesus uses a man with a DEFORMED HAND to illustrate what needed to be done if ever they were to be healed of their D

    Part 3 - Matthew 12:9-14 -DEFORMITIES OF THE HEART AND HAND Yesterday, with the encouragement of my wife, I got rid of some THORNY WEEDS growing like trees in the back garden. The thorns were now like razor sharp nails and so it was difficult to get to the roots without punctures, scratches and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • DAN SANTIAGO avatar

    Transformed By God's Word

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Feb 10, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 12,796 views

    Being changed by God’s word requires an appropriate response from its hearers.

    Transformed by God’s Word Mark 4:1-20 INTRODUCTION Our passage implies that Jesus’ desire was to see a transformed life as a person hears the Word of God. He wants to see our transformed character and conviction as a result of learning God’s Word. Every Sunday morning millions of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul George avatar

    The Parable Of The Sower

    Contributed by Paul George on Jan 29, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,566 views

    "Behold, the sower went out to sow." Missing from this parable are the words, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to.”

    "Behold, the sower went out to sow." Missing from this parable are the words, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to.” There must be some good reason why Jesus omitted these words from the first parable. The reason why they are omitted is not a mystery. The kingdom of heaven is an expression ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness