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12 Short Stories Based On New Testament Parables
Parallel Parable: Matthew 13:1-23
The Sower
"I guess I wanted to be a preacher from the time I was a
little kid." It was the newly-ordained Cal Thompson talking to
his new friend and fellow pastor, John Childress. The age
difference between the two of them was more than a generation,
Cal having been ordained less than six months, and John over the
40-year mark. It wasn't exactly a natural friendship that was
forming; instead it was a pairing of two pastors arranged by the
The Sower
"I guess I wanted to be a preacher from the time I was a
little kid." It was the newly-ordained Cal Thompson talking to
his new friend and fellow pastor, John Childress. The age
difference between the two of them was more than a generation,
Cal having been ordained less than six months, and John over the
40-year mark. It wasn't exactly a natural friendship that was
forming; instead it was a pairing of two pastors arranged by the
