Net Gain | Part 9: Ears to Hear! | Luke 8:4-21

Has the sermon had its day? Does anyone really listen? Is it time for a new approach?

Taking a fresh look at Jesus' well-known Parable of the Sower, Paul makes a gentle defence of this central element of our Sunday worship, reminding us that God still speaks even if the preacher is second rate!

"If you have ears to hear, then hear!"

References:

Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (2004).

Commentary on Luke, Justo L. Gonzalez (2010).

Sermon: "The Parable of the Sower" by Rev. Len Vander Zee, (Church of the Servant CRC, 2023).

Eugene Peterson: "Preaching is the weekly verbal witness to the invisible, inaudible, but eternal presence of the living God."

John Calvin: "It is certain that if we come to church, we shall not hear only a mortal speaking, but we shall feel that God is speaking to our souls, that He is the teacher."