In this series of posts, we look at the story of Mary anointing Jesus’ feet with perfum in John 12:1 – 8. Something of this act of extravagant worship thrilled Jesus but at the same time had a provocative impact.
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What kind of Soil? The Good Soil
That Jesus is promising something awesome in it’s growth potential. What characteristics does the good soil have?
What Kind of Soil? The Thorny Ground
In this part of the parable, the weeds and thorns are things that grow up with your permission on the inside taking up the space and choking the word.
What Kind of Soil? The Rocky Ground
The second type of soil is the shallow or rocky soil. Here the word is immediately received and springs up, then the sun rises and immediately it’s scorched. It has a short life. It’s superficial.
What Kind of Soil? The Pathway
It’s possible for Christians not to bother to take the word seriously and not be changed. Sometimes we dismiss truth and the seed lies on the surface.
What kind of Soil?
Jesus said, “The seed is the word of God.” Every time God speaks, this parable happens.
Delight
When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your consolations delight my soul – Psalm 94:19 (NASB) The fact is that anxieties do multiply. They breed! One leads to another, so that your imagination, mingled with fear, can take you on […]
The Dilemma of understanding Romans 7:14-25
I am delighted to note, that in a recent commentary on Romans published by Apollos in the Pillar series, Collin G Kruze has stated that his understanding of Romans 7 is that it represents Israel’s historic encounter with the law, […]
The presumption of Complementarianism
Should women be elders/overseers in local churches? That, in a nutshell, is the question that separates so-called egalitarians, who would say yes, from so-called complementarians, who would say no. (I say ‘so-called’, because lots of people who represent each of […]
