Sermons

In this first message of our summer series Plot Twist, we dive into the Parable of the Sower from Mark 4, the one Jesus says you have to understand before you can understand any of the others. This isn't just a story about farming; it's a story about the condition of your heart. We unpack three big questions: Who is the sower? What is the seed? And why are there four different soils? Along the way, we discover that the sower might be more than one person, the seed carries a deeper identity than you'd expect, and each type of soil maps onto real people from the Gospels in ways that might surprise you. If you've heard this story a hundred times, it's time to turn the diamond and see it fresh. The soils can change, and that's the best news in the whole parable.