# SPB Sermons || Matthew 13:1-23 ||The Sower, The Seed & The Soil

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Podcast: [St Pauls and St Barnabas Belfast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/st-pauls-and-st-barnabas-belfast-6574291)
Published: 2026-07-13T12:44:41+00:00
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The same seed. The same sower. Four very different soils. In this sermon from Matthew 13:1–23, Rev Andrew Irwin opens the Parable of the Sower and asks what state our hearts are in when the seed falls. Are they hard, shallow, choked with competing loves — or receptive, understanding, and bearing fruit? And for those who know where they stand in Christ: will we keep scattering, keep praying, and keep trusting the Lord of the harvest — because the harvest, says Jesus, is certain. Preached at St Paul's & St Barnabas, Belfast — Sunday 12 July 2026. www.spbbelfast.church

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