In this parable, Jesus uses four types of soil to describe four different responses to the preaching

God's relationship with His image bearer was far different than it was with any other aspect of creation

Our current mindset is focused on overcoming adversity, so it's hard to imagine anything different.

people after the fall,  by virtue of which they retain some notions about God, natural things, and the difference

it applied to the Israelites freed from slavery in Egypt, even if at certain points the particulars differ

Every part of you must look different as a result of participating in the Lord's Supper.

This is in keeping with the way that so many different Biblical writers explain the primary effect of

There's a big difference between those two conditions. A sick person still has hope.

But the situational difference between God's initial mandate and His command to Noah is stark: even though

What's the difference between trusting God and testing God?