Jesus explains to his disciples (and to us) the deeper meaning of a parable he recently told them. (Matt 13:24-30). He explains that just as in the field where there will be good seeds and tares mixed together, in life there will also be children of God and children of...

Jesus left the house to go and sit by the sea. A great multitude followed him in hopes of hearing his divine wisdom. He sat in a boat. They stood on the shore listening. Then, he started teaching in parables. Two of the parables he taught were about seemingly small...

In this parable, Jesus told us that faith communities (churches, schools, organizations) will have a mixture of those who are following Jesus and those who are not. Jesus gave us an insight, which is that if God pulled up and destroyed all the “weeds” right away, it would be overwhelming...

How many times have we allowed the cares of this world, or the deceitfulness of riches, to choke out the Word of God that we know to be true? When we do, we become unfruitful in our own lives. It’s true that we sometimes get so bogged down with “making...

In Matthew 13:18-21, Jesus teaches us about the different ways people receive His message, using the parable of the sower. Just as a farmer sows seeds on various types of soil, Jesus sows the word of God into the hearts of people. Some hearts are like the hard path, where...