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  • Brian Atwood avatar

    Shallow Spirituality

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,504 views

    Attitudes to avoid because they promote shallow spirituality.

    Last week we looked at "surface spirituality", the soil that did not receive the seed because it had been "walked on" and was hardened. We learned that we can develop a hardened heart when others hurt us if we’re not careful. If we let our hearts become bitter and unforgiving the Word of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Reaping

    Contributed by James Wilson on Mar 2, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 4,963 views

    The importance of sharing our faith.

    Reaping Matthew 13:1-9 NLT Later that same day, Jesus left the house and went down to the shore, [2] where an immense crowd soon gathered. He got into a boat, where he sat and taught as the people listened on the shore. [3] He told many stories such as this one: "A farmer went out to plant some ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sow What!

    Contributed by Joe Jones on Jan 13, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 4,881 views

    We use this text to describe the process of sowing and reaping, investing and return on investment, deposits and withdrawals. And in addition to that it contains some great insight to how to get the most out of life; not just here but in the hereafter as

    Picture in your mind if you would this image…Jesus, crowded by many seeking his wisdom, stepping into a boat and sitting down to teach while the many stood on the bank in anticipation. Why didn’t he just have the disciples push the crowd back, why the boat? Was Jesus claustrophobic? Did he need ...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
     | 3,559 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

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    The Progression Of The Kingdom Series

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 8, 2001
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,494 views

    exposition on Matt ch 13

    THE PROGRESSION OF THE KINGDOM Matthew 13 v. 1 - 43 1. The place v. 1 by the sea-side i.e. perhaps because of rejection 2. The plan v. 3 parables - to teach truth and make it interesting, to apply truth and make it practical, to conceal truth (from rebels and scoffers) and make it hard to ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Does Your Heart Listen

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 2, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 36,828 views

    This sermon is on the parable of the sower and deals with how well we listen to the word of God. My wife and I preached this together.

    Does Your Heart Listen? 9:30 3/25/93 Text Matthew 13:1-22 Psalm 1 Hebrews 12:1-12 .ls2 RICK How is it that two people can come hear the same preacher, sit on the same pew, and listen to the same message each week, yet one of them grows by ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Right Kind Of Dirt

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 236 ratings
     | 13,631 views

    What about all the people who at one time professed faith in Jesus Christ but who now seem to have little interest in the things of the Lord?

    I've made my choice," wrote the basketball star. "I love Jesus Christ and I try to serve Him to the best of my ability. How about you?" No, those are not the words of David Robinson, A. C. Green or any other Christian currently playing in the NBA. That testimony is from a tract written thirty years ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Preparing The Soil Series

    Contributed by Kurt Heisey on May 29, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,161 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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    A Kingdom Of The Receptive

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Jan 9, 2001
    based on 178 ratings
     | 9,008 views

    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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    The Sower

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 95 ratings
     | 3,693 views

    Kingdom of heaven is like seed being sown. This includes seed sown is us to yield a harvest and us being sown as well.

    Introductory Considerations 1. How could anyone not understand? The message of salvation is a simple one. The story of God’s great persistent love for us and the story of our rebellion. 2. And yet there are times when we try to share what it means with others and somehow they don’t understand - ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "Listen Up"

    Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 227 ratings
     | 11,277 views

    To respond actively and concretely is to be within the pupose and plan of God.

    Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 “Listen up” By: Rev. Kenneth E. Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Corporations spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year producing t-v commercials with the hope that people will watch and listen to their commercials and be persuaded ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Daryl Bahn avatar

    The Seed, The Soil, And The Sower

    Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Jul 13, 2002
    based on 83 ratings
     | 8,591 views

    How sweet it is when God blesses us with the benefits of reading, hearing, and learning His Word!

    Introduction: This week is the first week that there are people selling sweet corn and candy corn at the intersection! I personally enjoy the opportunity to taste these delicious “first-fruits.” It also can be a reminder of how God is working our lives through His Word. How sweet it is when God ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    "The Agriculturally Illiterate"

    Contributed by John Nadasi on Jul 13, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,112 views

    Sermon focusses on both the nature of sower and the soil.

    Matthew 13: 1-23 "The Agriculturally Illiterate" Paonia United Methodist Church July 14, 2002 Rev. John M. Nadasi I remember the day I got my first four wheel drive. I was so excited because I now had this extra shifter SUV. Why, with this extra shifter, I could go anywhere, anytime, over ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Maurice Schaus avatar

    Faith Lessons From A Farmer

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Jul 13, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 8,672 views

    A "City Kid" learns about farming from a small town congregation, and from Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Harvest.

    As many of you, I was NOT raised I a farming community. Los Angeles is a long way from the plains of Central Kansas, literally and figuratively. 4H and FFA were things that we only read about in books. While there was some agriculture scattered around the area where I grew up, it certainly wasn’t a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Gary Roth avatar

    Of Seed And Soils

    Contributed by Gary Roth on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 6,673 views

    God is the good gardner, working his people into good soil, fit to plant in the seed of his presence.

    "Of Seed and Soils" Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 I would like to fancy myself a gardener, although I’ve only been at it about thirty years, and am humbled at the presence of some of you Master Gardeners in the congregation. I am also finding out that gardening in the south is a different kind of animal ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran