Sunday March 1, 2026:  Pastor Matt continues in the parables with a sober, hope-filled call to tenderness through the parable of the sower and the soil.

The seed is not the issue. The sower is not the issue. The difference is soil.

In this message, we let Jesus evaluate the conditions of the heart, where it has grown hardened, stayed shallow, become crowded, or remained receptive. These are not labels for different types of believers. They are heart postures that can surface in any of us in different seasons  .

Maturity is not intensity sustained over time. It is tenderness sustained over time.

This is a call to own the yard without owning the weeds. To uproot bitterness before it poisons the soil. To refuse self-protection that chokes future fruit. To welcome grace that tills the ground gently so the Kingdom can multiply.

The seed is alive. The inheritance is secure. The question is soil.