It is a growth parable. Parable Meaning Significance for today A man went out to sow grain. The man represents God and the seed is His message. Just as a planted seed starts to grow, the word of ...

One day, while going through it, I came across his interpretation of the Parable of the Sower and the Seed, from which he teaches a lesson. His use of the parable significantly differs from the ...

Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her ...

The parable of the sower is an 'allegory' about the Kingdom ... The man represents God and the seed is His message. Just as a planted seed starts to grow, the word of God starts to deepen and ...

A reader shared the following Facebook post (archived) with the question: "Is this meme accurate about Octavia Butler's book 'Parable of the Sower' and predicting the recent LA fires with a new ...

The mid-20s read would’ve been a few years after Parable of the Sower debuted in 1993 ... or telepathy and immortality (the Patternist/Seed to Harvest books). In contrast to these, the Parables ...

Jesus says, “The Kingdom of Heaven is similar to a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of ...

There are two ways to consider the parable in today’s Gospel reading. The first is to see the sowing of the seed, or the spreading of the word of God, as a singular event. Jesus calls you and you are ...

The grave of Butler, who died in 2006 at 58, is marked by a footstone etched with a quote from "Parable of the Sower," among her most famous novels: "All that you touch, you change. All that you ...

As wildfires scorched the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a number of Snopes readers and commentators (archived) pointed out similarities between current events and the plot of Octavia Butler's 1993 ...

You are probably familiar with the story of Jesus about the sower who scatters his seed on various soils. It is Jesus’ following story that should be a revealing warning to us. It is known as the ...