Parable of the Sower

The meaning of the Parable of the Sower is explained and a brief statement concerning the implications. The Parable of the sower employs a typical farming activity to illustrate why the human heart needs to be prepared in advance to receive, believe, and persevere in the truth.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
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Music: Morning Mandolin by Chris Haugen

Billy Graham
By Roland Gerrits / Anefo - http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ad557f5c-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72704678

Billy Graham in Dusseldorf (1954)
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The rich young ruler
By Harold Copping - https://www.meisterdrucke.de/künstler/Harold-Copping.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84021924

Plowing with horses in the Russia 2006 year.
By Dmitry Makeev - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84741296

Boy wearing red clothing driving a tractor to plow a paddy field at sunset in Don Det, Laos
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FALL PLOWING by Grant Wood
By Grant Wood - http://most-famous-paintings.com/ADC/Art.nsf/O/8XY5WF, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76363616

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