Everybody who has gardens or fields knows that there is good soil and bad soil in every garden and in every field. And every farmer’s goal is to get the best soil into his field. If the ground is hard and packed down, you have to till it. If it is rocky, you have to get those rocks out of there.

In the parable of Luke 8:4-15, Jesus likens the soils of a field to the different groups of people on this earth. Everybody falls into one of these four categories. His desire is for us to be good soil for the seeds of the good news. But everything starts with careful listening. Are you a careful listener?

“Be careful how you listen” (Luke 8) – sermon by Valentin Arnaudov in the series “The Savior of the World” on the Gospel of Luke.