I'm a New Creation... Now What?

Simply going to church won't make us Christ-like, any more than sleeping in a garage will turn us into a car. What makes some people successful while others seem to flounder at everything? Jesus's parable of the sower - which is shared in Matthew, Mark, and Luke's books of the gospel - answers this question. It's the quality of the ground! Farmers know that in order to produce a good crop, the ground must be prepared: stony ground tilled, rocks removed, weeds and thickets destroyed, and roots re