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In late spring each year, I plant cucumber seeds in our garden. The seeds produce leaves quickly, but it takes time to see the fruit. In fact, one summer after I watered the seeds and waited, I questioned whether I’d get any cucumbers at all. I thought, Did I put too many seeds too close together or was the ground not warm enough when I planted them? But one day, I spotted a green bulb. The next week, I spotted another. Then another. Within a few weeks, we moved from only vines to almost enough fruit to make salad for a week.

Spiritual growth looks like that sometimes. We don’t always see the things we’ve been praying for: patience, self-control, being gentle and loving (see Galatians 5:22-23). But, if we ask God to help us create the conditions needed for growth—prayer, studying the Scriptures, worship, serving others—the Holy Spirit will produce the growth.

This is the crux of the parable Jesus shares in Luke 8. “A farmer went out to sow seed” (v. 5). “The birds ate” some of the seeds that fell on the path (v. 5). Others landed on rocky ground, where they received no moisture and withered (v. 6). Some more fell among thorns and were choked before they could grow (v. 7). But the seed that was planted on good soil yielded a crop that was “a hundred times more than was sown” (v. 8).

As God helps us, let’s cultivate good soil and grow in Him.

America has had it so good for so long that we can start to assume freedom is automatic. It isn’t. From Wichita, Kansas at a Liberty Pastors event, we talk about why the 250th anniversary should feel less like a victory lap and more like a wake-up call for Christians who care about religious liberty, civic engagement, and the future of a constitutional republic.

Rick Green sits down face-to-face with historian Bill Federer to connect hard headlines to hard history. We dig into the real-world cost of Christian persecution overseas, including a chilling account from the UK that sparked a simple demand with massive implications: “legalize apostasy,” meaning it must be truly legal to leave Islam without violence or retaliation. From there, Bill traces a repeating pattern across centuries: ideologies advance by exploiting internal division, taking advantage of rival factions that refuse to unite around what matters most.

We also wrestle with modern information warfare. Influence campaigns don’t just come through movies anymore, they come through your feed, your phone, and now AI systems that learn what triggers fear, anger, and tribal loyalty. If the goal is division, then the antidote is wisdom, courage, and unity around first principles: God-given rights, human equality, and the true purpose of government.

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