Don’t Stumble – Session 1: Sower or Ground? | Living Church Study | Tree of Life | Benjamin Conway

Don’t Stumble – Session 1: Sower or Ground Living Church Study | Tree of Life Benjamin Conway What if we’ve been misunderstanding Jesus’ parables all along? In this first Living Church Study in the Don’t Stumble series, we explore a foundational shift in how we read Scripture: we are not the heroes of the parables — Jesus is. In the parable of the sower, we are not called to scatter seed. We are the ground, receiving what is given. In the Good Samaritan, we are not the rescuer. We are the wounded one being saved. This session introduces a grace-based lens for understanding all of Jesus’ parables. When we stop reading them as instructions for performance and start seeing them as revelations of what Christ has already done, the Gospel opens up in a whole new way. This teaching will help you: Reframe how you read every parable Jesus taught Move from striving and self-effort into rest and receiving Understand why the parable of the sower is foundational to all others Break free from performance-based Christianity Read Scripture through grace, not works Living Church Studies are designed for small groups across Tree of Life Church, but they are also perfect for personal study or watching with others. Each session is built to be paused, discussed, and applied together. There is a companion study used in Living Churches across Tree of Life to help groups go deeper, but this video is fully accessible on its own. If you’ve ever felt pressure to do more, try harder, or be better — this session will help you discover the freedom of being good ground and simply receiving what God gives.