🌾 Becoming Wholesome Grain
Wheat and the church have been on my mind this past year as I watch false teachings spread and faithful people falter. To make sense of what I’m seeing, I want to walk through the biblical process of sowing → harvest → threshing → winnowing and show how each stage maps to conversion, testing, and purification in our day. Sowing AI rendition of the parable of the sower When seed is sown, the farmer’s hope is simple: life will grow. In spiritual terms, sowing is the proclamation of truth and the work of discipleship. New converts and renewed hearts are the visible fruit of faithful teaching and prayer. In some souls the word takes hold and in others it withers. 1 , 2 Tares Wheat on the left and Tares on the right The Scriptures warn that tares will grow alongside wheat. Tares look like wheat at first, but their roots and fruit differ. We hear about the tares sown by the enemy amongst the fields. These remain until the harvest whe...