Principle Christianity Is Too Easy to Choke

But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. Luke 8:15

The Lord's parable of the sower is a hopeful story. But no more hopeful than creation itself, in which a single seed actually does result in many more seeds, even hundreds of seeds.

But it is also a starkly truthful story, and that can feel very discouraging. Because some seeds don't take root, some are eaten by birds, and some, even when they take r...