Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

It is a growth parable. Parable Meaning Significance for today A man went out to sow grain. The man represents God and the seed is His message. Just as a planted seed starts to grow, the word of ...

The parable reminds us that success is a journey; every setback is an opportunity to grow, learn and sow seeds of greatness. The main lesson here is “keep on sowing.” ...

Other seed fell on good ground and produced a crop – a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Jesus concluded, “He who has ears, let him hear.” Jesus did not usually explain parables ...

Now what do you think we can know about Jesus ... in his parables and his aphorisms are firmly rooted in peasant society and call upon everyday things like a sower, or sowing seed.

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus ... (Lk 15:8-10); this is how seed always grows to full harvest ...

Parables were a trademark method of teaching used by Jesus, drawn from the practice of ... out of his story about the man who sowed good seed but, while he was asleep, his enemies planted weeds ...