Text Matthew 13:1-8,18,19,20,21,22,23 
Shall We Blame God Or Give Glory To God?
Sunday July 14, 2024 Text: Matthew 13:18-23 Speaker: Pastor John Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:18-23
We’re living in what has been called a post-Christian culture with hardened hearts openly attacking God in a thousand ways. We’re living in an evil, sin frustrated, universe that scorches the hearts of others. We’re living in the midst of a vast thistle patch, richly fertilized with the moral manure of people doing what is
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God’s Word Gives The Increase
Sunday July 16, 2023 Text: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
Many of you are farmers and gardeners. How many of you plant your seeds the way this man does? If I were to ask some of you to come up and speak about how this man might be a better farmer, I’m sure there is a lot you could say. Not least of which would
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Christ Is A Farmer
Sunday July 12, 2020 Text: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
When explaining the kingdom of heaven to us, Christ chooses to show himself as a farmer. He through hard work removes stones and weeds, tills, and fertilizes our hearts, so that we might be good soil bearing fruit for God.
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The Parable of the Sower and the Seed
Thursday July 20, 2017 Text: Matthew 13:1-8,18-23 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 13:1-8,18-23
He who has ears to hear, let him hear! – I think we sometimes assume that Jesus words here are a metaphor, in our heads we tend to translate this “if you are able to understand than figure out the meaning of the parable.” Jesus is being very literal and offering a very sharp rebuke
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