In this parable, Jesus uses four types of soil to describe four different responses to the preaching Dig Deeper   This parable speaks of these four different responses to the Word of God using the example The practice described in this parable may seem off or different than farming practices today.

Vain isn't a word we use very often, and its definition has different senses. times we might refer to a pompous, arrogant person as being vain, but here the word is being used in a different We have a dualistic tendency in us as well, in which we tend to think of our physical needs as being different

Literally translated, One was killed and offered His blood in order to satisfy God's justice on account

But this King would be very different than David. Certainly people do follow lots of different internal leaders, each time thinking that this one will be different. But He's different. His "origins are from old..." In other words, He's eternal.

You can see the slight difference in the Greek words. that Simon Peter is the rock that the church is built on, or is 'this rock' that Jesus refers to a different Dig Deeper The doctrine of the Church (known as ecclesiology) is one of the primary differences between But understand the Apostles' Creed far predates the formal RCC, so it's referring to something different

But the King being described in this psalm is far different than earthly kings, whose time comes and Dig Deeper Despite the massive differences that exist between our modern North American context and

The Bible is different than anything else ever written, and it's at work in you! But they recognized that the Gospel was different. Dig Deeper Paul goes on to remind the Thessalonians and us that not only is the Bible different than

Today's diverse church landscape really isn't all that different from the variety of emphases present The Corinthians had strengths and weaknesses that were very different than the Thessalonians. Reformed churches have strengths and weaknesses very different from Lutherans or Pentecostals.

Then he would thunder out that famous and awesome Biblical reprise that's been translated into modern

Dig Deeper Communion in this early congregation looked far different than it does for us. But even now, the communion experience looks different across the broad church spectrum. Our confession gives us four aspects that a faithful communion experience will include, no matter how different