Tag: Matthew 13
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Exploring Jesus’ Teachings: Parables of the Kingdom
Reading the passage it is as though Jesus has somehow turned into a holy Duracell bunny: he spins from one parable to another, ‘the kingdom of heaven is like this’ he says and then jumps straight into another descriptor. I imagine the heads of the disciples and other followers are spinning: is the kingdom of…
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I’ve Got a Brand New Combine Harvester: Separating the Wheat from the Weeds.
Today’s passage is one of those ‘oof’ passages. If I wanted to preach brimstone and hellfire sermon this would be the perfect text to base it on. I don’t. Instead I am trying to work out how a loving and just God deals with freewill but also sin. I am trying to see the love…
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Feed me Seymour! Lessons from the Parable of the Sower on Nourishing Your Faith.
As I walked home in the cool of the day, a member of the team shared with me that she was going to water her pots. It wasn’t just a daily chore for her though, it was a time of reflection and meditation at the end of the day, listening to the ‘rain’ falling from…
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Sowing the Seeds of Love
How often are we left wondering which seed we are, where have we landed? Have we placed ourselves in an environment which is nurturing to our faith, are we able to produce a spiritual harvest that is not only large enough to sustain us into the coming seasons, but to share with others too? We…