Far off! Far away! Far from home! Far gone! Gone too far! How far? So far from here! Too far! Far from us! Far apart! Far out! Far from each other! Far from God! How far is far? O! We use it all the time. So does the Word of God! We would not get […]
Introduction In preaching on Mark’s version of the Parable of the Sower, Tom Long claimed that Jesus preached in these confusing parables in order to make people deeper thinkers about what the gospel is all about. Jesus did not want to have people grab the gospel too quickly because such a quick grab almost always […]