{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Love Is the Agenda","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/53c11963\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1915,"description":"Today Rick and Svea share the studio with Pastor Otis Hall. In the Parable of the Sower (Matt. 13:1-9), they discuss shifting the focus to looking for the desired result: a good harvest,  not just from the perspective of sowing the seed.\nNOTE: This is the last episode of 2023. Rick and Svea will be back behind the microphones in January 2024 for a new series, Devoted.\nMessage Scripture Passages:\nMathew 9:35-38; Mathew 13:1-9; Mathew 13:18-23\nTopics Discussed Today:\n00:00 Intro\n01:14 Otis’s background in plant science and molecular genetics--pre-ministry\n02:04 Otis’s long-term experience of being called into ministry\n03:16 Background of Otis’s sermon, Matthew 9 and Jesus’s prayer for “workers” for the harvest, and Matthew 13 with the parable of the sower.\n09:41 How did Jesus model addressing people’s needs prior to sharing the Gospel?\n10:46 What about sharing the Gospel apart from loving service? Or, “Just share the Word.”\n14:53 How to practically incorporate service and love while sharing the Gospel?\n28:03 So what do we actually do? How can members of our congregation engage?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}