https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2015/03/new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-11/ Truth Will Prevail Sun, 05 Aug 2018 23:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2015/03/new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-11/#comment-530838 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 20:32:40 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=32665#comment-530838 The parable of the sower shows that the method of planting seeds was to broadcast/scatter the seed on top of the ground. This was clearly an ineffective method of farming, and replaced by better methods, such as digging furrows and planting the seeds directly into the ground. Perhaps this difference suggests that a missionary that shares the gospel may do better to prepare the hearts of men before attempting to plant a seed? Alma 32 gives us this idea of preparing the ground/heart prior to planting the seed. So, we can look at this parable from effectiveness and methodology.

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