Parable of the Sower: I Control the Soil

When I was growing up, I didn’t understand the parable of the sower.

It didn’t make sense to me.

If you’re a Christian, you’re probably familiar with it. Jesus tells it this way in Matthew 13:3–9:

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky…