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“And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Mark 4:8 September 29, 2025 When you read the story of the four different kinds of soil, that is the spiritual condition of the hearer of Christ’s teaching, where do you spot yourself? […]

“Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil….Other seed fell among thorns.” Mark 4:5, 7 September 26, 2025 What is the condition of the soil of your heart. For some the seed of the Word falls where there

“And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.” Mark 4:4 September 24, 2025 Jesus told stories, lots of them. We call them parables. They were heavenly stories with an earthly meaning. The parable under consideration is what is commonly called the parable of the sower. But

“And he said, ‘No; but I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, ‘What does my lord say to his servant?’” Joshua 5:14 September 22, 2025 Israel had a formidable task before them, the

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” Isaiah 5:20 September 19, 2025 “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” False. The misuse of words and the absence of

“Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.” 1 Peter 3:9 September 17, 2025 The death of Charlie Kirk has lifted the lid off innumerable issues. Biblical truth is shouting for attention. In many ways the

“And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.” Acts 8:1 September 15, 2025 The martyrdom of Stephen had a major effect on the spread of the gospel in

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” John 15:18 September 12, 2025 The night before His crucifixion Jesus prepared His disciples for the hatred and opposition of the world into which they would carry the gospel. Persecution is part of the high cost of being identified with

“What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted. When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.” Proverbs 10:24-25 September 8, 2025 There is a way God wants His people to live in this world. The wicked ignore it to

“That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death…” Philippians 3:10 September 5, 2025 The pursuit of God is the quest to know God. Advancing this truth is understanding that the pursuit of God is fulfilled in the shared sufferings of Jesus