Tag Archives: Parable of the Sower

I recently planted a Redpoint Maple Tree. Anyone who knows anything about planting knows you don’t just dig a hole and stick it in the ground. There is a process to ensure the tree will have healthy growth. Ingredients need to be added to the water. It must be secured ...

“But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” (Matthew 13:23) There are many preachers of the gospel. There are many who would seek to sow the Word ...

Today was the annual LGBT pride parade and it got me thinking about how Bible believing Christians should deal with liberals in the church who not only affirm, but encourage the LGBT lifestyle. As a hard line conservative in both my theology and politics, I find it difficult to see ...

“Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds. As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them. Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow. But the plants ...

James was my great-grandfather. A proud Irishman, he left his coastal birthplace and journeyed to America in the late 19th century. He was a farmer by trade, working rented land  in his new country while he went through the process of becoming an American citizen. After gaining the coveted citizenship, ...