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  • Jonathan Goats avatar

    The Thorny Soil

    Contributed by Jonathan Goats on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,616 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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    What Kind Of Dirt Are You? Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Jul 2, 2003
    based on 166 ratings
     | 8,999 views

    Identifing ourselves in the Parable of the Soils helps us to improve our relationship with Christ.

    What Kind of Dirt Are You? Mark 4:1–20 INTRODUCTION It is often said that a parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. The first of Jesus’ Parables is about the condition of human hearts. Jesus always emphasized that it is not a good sermon that makes for good worship but good ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are You Without Or Are You In?

    Contributed by Ronald Crandall on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,463 views

    Takes a look at are crowd pleasers or God pleasers? Are we in an intimate relationship with Jesus or do we just know him from the crowds and what we are told or maybe have seen?

    Are you without or are you in? By: Pastor Ron Crandall Mark 4:1-20 1 And He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very great multitude gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And He was teaching them many things ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Understanding People's Unresponsiveness Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 83 ratings
     | 7,174 views

    A surprise, a realization, an encouragement and a reality check for understanding why more people don’t respond to the Christian message.

    After I became a Christian, I wanted to find a way to share the good news of Christ with my non-Christian friends and family members. I was convinced that if I could find just the right approach, just the right technique, all of my unbelieving friends would come to faith in Christ. At first I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sigueme

    Contributed by Amat Fernandez on Nov 30, 2003
    based on 159 ratings
     | 6,653 views

    Lo que mueve a una iglesia son los discipulos. Este mensaje esta diseñado para motivar a la congregacion a responder al llamado de discipulo.

    Sigueme Pastor Amat Fernandez Mateo 4:16-20 16 El pueblo asentado en tinieblas, Vió gran luz; Y á los sentados en región y sombra de muerte, Luz les esclareció. 17 Desde entonces comenzó Jesús á predicar, y á decir: Arrepentíos, que el reino de los cielos se ha acercado. 18 Y andando Jesús ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeff Budzinski avatar

    What Is The Condition Of Your Soil?

    Contributed by Jeff Budzinski on Aug 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,478 views

    In order to receive a harvest from God’s Word, we must become like a sower and plant the Word in the soil of our heart. We must be doers of His Word. We have to plant the Word by reading and meditating on a constant basis. We have to keep it before you

    Introduction • How many of us want a harvest from God’s Word? • How many of us want to be blessed with all the promises of God? • In order to receive a harvest from God’s Word, we must become like a sower and plant the Word in the soil of our heart. • We must be doers of His Word. We have to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You Involved? Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Oct 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,144 views

    The Parable of the Sower, the Seed and the Soil. Are you involved in the process?

    And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea. Then He taught them many things by parables, and said to them in His teaching: “Listen! Behold, a sower ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Poverty Of Mind Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,712 views

    We are created to bear fruit. If you don’t bear fruit then it is a sign that things are not well with you. Fruitfulness should be the purpose of life. In fact, throughout Jesus’ ministry, He constantly talked about how we should bear fruit.

    Confronting Our Poverty of Mind Mark 4: 3-8, 13-20 Brett Blair tells the story of the very first person to reach the status of billionaire. At the age of 23, he had become a millionaire, by the age of 50 a billionaire. Every decision, attitude, and relationship was tailored to create his personal ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    This Thorny Thicket Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,070 views

    For Martin Luther King Day. The words we offer fall into the thorny thicket of anxiety, despair, and distraction. Like King with his dream, we the church can give hands and feet to help those so captured.

    Our back yard is a thorny thicket. Other people have manicured lawns, with friendly plants laid out in neat rows. But our back yard is a tangled thorny thicket. Along one fence there are blackberries, growing in long canes that have to be tied up lest they wander into the next county. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Good Ground

    Contributed by Jeff Pearce on Nov 22, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,004 views

    THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER.

    GOOD GROUND INTRO: PARABLE OF THE SOWER 1: MARK:4:3-20 A) PARABLE- AN EARTHLY STORY WITH A HEAVENLY MEANING B) JESUS SPOKE IN PARABLES FOR THE SOLE REASON OF BEING EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY HIS CROWD C) IT’S NOT THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE THEOLOGY OR THAT HE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK ELOQUENTLY D) HE WANTED ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Preparation Of Prayer Series

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
     | 2,257 views

    Part 2 of a 6 week series on sharing faith. This is the power of our evangelistic effort-prayer.

    OUT OF THE SALTSHAKER AND INTO THE WORLD Part Two—The Preparation of Prayer Mark 4:3-8, 13-20, 26-29 Sunday, July 29, 2007 Pastor Brian Matherlee In preparation for a meeting in a large city, famed evangelist Billy Sunday wrote a letter to the mayor and asked for the name of individuals he knew ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    Planting The Seed

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jan 10, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,469 views

    The seed of God’s Word has been planted in us. What are we going to do with it?

    January 11, 2009 Morning Worship Text: Mark 4:1-20 Subject: Faith Title: Planting the Seed I’ve got so much to say to you this morning that I don’t know where to start. I am going to continue to speak to you what I started last week and actually have been preaching about for the last seven ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Is Good Soil In You?

    Contributed by Seowoo Choi on Dec 11, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,615 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
     | 16,717 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
     | 4,756 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