St. Peter’s Lutheran | Parable of the Soils | March 16, 2025 | Pastor John Cordrey | In the midst of rising opposition and challenges, Matthew’s gospel shifts the reader into a discourse of parables; earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. In the first parable, that of the sower and the seed, Jesus explains how the Kingdom of God will be received. Tucked in the parable is an invitation to believe and become the good soil.