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We all remember the Parable of the Sower in which Jesus is describing to his Apostles how the kingdom of God is to be preached and the people to whom it is to be preached. This parable is given in three out of the four Gospels but I will be using the account found in Mark 4:1-20. For the next few weeks, I will be exploring the learnings we can gain from such a powerful text of scripture.

First, let’s take a look at the Sower who goes out to sow. Like most farmers today, he has a variety of soils and some produce more than others, and some are a great disappointment in the area of crop producti...