Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Preaching Commentary

Preaching Angle: Preach the Word, Rest in God’s Work

Maybe I tend to focus on the negative, but when I read the parable of the soils, I tend to focus on the soils that struggle (the soil too close to the path, rocky soil, and the thorny soil) and how I feel I might contribute to poor seed sowing. But I don’t tend to meditate on the good and right sowing of the seed, the right cultivating of the soil and young plants. Yet this is, I think, contrary to what Jesus is teaching His disciples. Jesus is preparing His disciples to be ready for the tough times in the fields. There will be times when they don’t want to get out in the fields and work the soils, and there will be times when those poor soils…