Parable of the Sower With Matt Fradd (from Pints With Aquinas)
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- čas přidán 9. 10. 2021
- Matt Fradd's a Catholic and I'm a Protestant and we sat down and processed through the Parable of the Sower from Matthew 13.
Matt Fradd's new book is called
How To Be Happy: Saint Thomas' Secret To a Good Life
You can get it here:
www.amazon.com/How-Be-Happy-T...
Who else thinks these two should do a regular podcast??
They could call it, "Matt Squared"
Absolutely may it be so.
Yes!! Was going to comment the same
Yes!!
Minutes With Matt and Matt. 😁
You are the Catholic and Protestant version of the same kind of person: articulate, thoughtful and more interested in truth than outrage-click scoring.
Fellow Matt here. I as a Matt am glad to see these types of conversations. I think us Matt's have been divided far to long and there is real need for healing and unity.
I'm afraid the matt rift runs too deep, we can never know peace
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Hahahaha 🤣
Another Matt here, and I concur
Hi Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, and Matt. I find this very unifying for Matts. I can feel the Matt healing now. - Matt
As a Catholic deacon and someone who grew up Baptist it was heartwarming to see the two of you together
The two of you express what is in my heart and together articulate what I anticipate in heaven
The reformation is for me like a divorce in my family which has broken my heart
Today you have poured a healing balm on the wounds
The Lord is creating something new out of the mess we christians have made
Thanks for being agents of healing in the body of Christ
How blessed are the peacemakers
We need to take Jesus desire for unity seriously - love and charity is an obligation - not something we do to be nice
We should never act against our conscience in matters of faith and morals but there are many places for us to play and work together in Christ’s vineyard
Thanks so much for respecting and loving each other and letting us watch
Thanks for having fun together!! And for giving us a glimpse of the Christian unity we will enjoy in heaven
Two Matthews discussing Matthew. Is that an indicator of shared heritage or what? I love both of you. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Both Matthews are wearing flannels too!
And both in Christmas colored flannels, too 😊
As a TMBH follower, a Catholic and a follower of Pints with Aquinas, this made my day!! God bless both of you!!!
Same here! 😍 I hope for some long-time collaboration between the two Matts.
Just watched the other one when Pints with Aquinas Matt was the host. Great content.
@LC_33 AMDG Excactly
Same
I listen to both and ignore them equally as they start to annoy me
The Our Father (Lord's Prayer) is more than simply a prayer- it's a formula for proper prayer. The formula: praise, thanksgiving, surrender, petition, forgiveness and guidance. God Bless
I love this fellowship between Protestant and Catholic brothers in Christ. When I was deployed as a Marine our Catholic Chaplain, Father Kelly, was popular with all Christians. I remember having a combined Catholic and Protestant Bible Study while deployed. It was such a blessing when brothers live together in unity. Psalm 133:1
This is definitely pleasing to OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST! Bless you both and prayers for the reunion of all Christians.
Pretty weird idea, but I hope more people start doing more of this sort of thing with Podcasts and CZcams. "What do ya wanna talk about today", leaves the conversation open to a lot of potential!
35:00 Statement from Matt Fradd about how God reveals our brokenness as we mature in Christ is awesome. This is not condemnation, but sanctification. This is one of the strongest proofs that I personally have of the reality of Jesus, of Christianity, of a true God, of a spirit that is alive and working in me. This is freedom, liberation, hope.
What he speaks on here is what I feel is one of the most important and central points of the Gospel. The closer we become in relationship with Him - the more and more He reveals His glory and power, and the more we realize our brokenness and deepness in sin. The gap between the two things seems insurmountable BUT what bridges that gap is the cross (Jesus's sacrifice on the cross for us) and the bigger that gap gets, the more of impactful and meaningful, the more of a necessity the cross becomes for us in our lives! Was really encouraging to hear this video and to read your comment, brother, so thank you!
1) Man. This episode hit me in the feels talking about the aching joy turning to dust. Brought me to tears to have you guys finally put what I've been feeling to words.
2) As a fan of both TMBH and Pints w/Aquinas and anything to do with Tolkien--this was a gem. Please do more! :D
Hit the nail on the head on all points Lindsay. 10/10 episode. ❤️
The Lord's prayer is a singular teaching. So simplest yet so powerful. We can always fall back on it.
I typically listen to these in the background while I work, but when Matt Fradd started reading out of John at 46:39 I had to click over to the video. The following interaction between both of them was a beautiful picture of our weakness as humans and the infinite glory of God. Praise God for this conversation and thank you both for your vulnerability and respectful conversation!
Wow! Matt and Matt. Love the contents.Lets go back to being just one Church, as Jesus has prayed to His Father.
The book of Matthew is my very favorite. ❤
At 54. That made me weep. Beauty of what we see and experience here. Yet know its all about the beautific vision. I experience the unity of the brothers between you. It was beautiful. May we all be one as Jesus and the Father is one.
I've seen a lot of your Bible hours.. THIS was the very best one.
I'm so "" proud,pleased. At what the Holy Spirit did. His presence was so strong in that moment. I'm so glad Matt that you experienced someone else understanding you. It's beautiful.
I agree and just posted some thoughts that are in essence very similar to yours. This was beautiful.
Just a wonderful wonderful conversation. Thank you both ❤
Parable of the sewer: As a teen, a bad Catholic at that, I started to read the Bible, and when I hit this... I was utterly confused, and lost heart. I felt I did not understand what was being said, and felt that it must have meant that I was a lost cause like many of these seeds. I still went to mass with me family, though we did so less and less over time. Fast forward 25 years, I returned to the Catholic Church this year, and I'm finally doing the right things with my life. We need people to support each other in their spiritual growth
The thing that has me laughing is the fact Matt Fradd is An intelligent Catholic but forgot “my peace I leave you my peace I give you” because we hear it every week at Mass. and I think it’s said in the Byzantine Tradition as well
It's not in the Byzantine tradition - or if it is it isn't heard bc the priest about never wears a lavalier mic during the consecration.
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the traditional monastic practice of "Lectio Divina" this jem of a conversation is exactly what it looks like.
Lectio Divina (Prayerful Reading) is a practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God. It seeks not to treat scripture as a text to be studied, but as the living and transformative Word of God.
"The Rule" of St. Benedict begins: "Listen, my son, to the words of your master and incline the ear of your heart."
When I got back closer to the Lord, the one parable that impacted me the most while reading the Bible was the Parable of the Sower. I still hold it dear to me! 🙏🙏🙏
2:44 I think it's in the Bible
Lol Matt is indeed a very funny Catholic. This was really a original idea for Catholic and Protestants to take, great video!
This is the first time I've seen either of the Matts open up this much and speak so poetically. Really beautiful.
“In order to be saved I have to be desperate, incapable of saving myself“ what a line
You guys should definitely do a regular podcast, or at least have more of these conversations. I cried a few times in sympathy with you and the scripture. Please know you both have been a grace on my journey in faith.
The section on Farmer Maggot goes deeper: if I remember correctly, he stands up directly to the Ringwraiths. Imagine this little hobbit being brave enough to tell the agents of Sauron himself to bugger off and leave his farm alone. In many ways, this is also what we need to do daily if in smaller ways.
As a catholic who has been in a lot of Protestant circles this gives me so much joy! The fact that 2 amazing Christians can have a discussion like this in this format is so amazing!!! Please let’s have more!!!
This was incredibly inspirational. Catholics and Protestants should do this more often--just explain what texts/parables mean to each other. Thank you!
This needs to be a regular thing.
Wow I just loved this. The way we can’t have perfect happiness here , the yearning for the infinite awe
Matt, not as if I am any good as an ultimate judge of these things... but I have listened to thousands of hours of teachings and commentaries and sermons from some great thinkers of the faith and this was BY FAR one of the most moving, Spirit Filled conversations I've ever witnessed! I only share this to be an encouragement to you both to keep being faithful men and allowing God to use you for the edification of the Church! Because Praise be to God ... He sure is using this conversation to convict hearts and bring understanding! Thank you!
I found this to be a very moving episode, the most personally moving episode I've enjoyed on your channel. Thank you, Matts.
I am very late with my reply, but as a new dad. When they started going back and forth about good things on earth not ultimately satisfying their desire for happiness. That hit home hard and then they provided comfort as to why that is! Truly a beautiful exchange
Two podcasters I have enjoyed and learned from...Together in one place! I am so blessed right now. You two have given this Anabaptist a faint sense of a glory we may one day share, as our eyes fill with nothing but Jesus. Jesus, and tears of joy!
8:38 I’m not that far in time from the first time I read that parable. I prayed and I prayed hard to place me in the good soil. Please don’t let me be on the rock, keep me from the thorns and crows. I begged and pleaded to be planted in the good soil. So yeah I took it as a warning and continued to pray that I could at the very least return thirty fold.
Both so eloquent, humble, and raw. What a great conversation. I love the honesty.
I appreciated Matt from Ten Minute Bible Hour speaking about his easy, early life, good behavior and virtue because of the strict “bumpers” he’d been raised with.
I was raised in an extremely devout, prayerful Catholic home. I have 10 older siblings, mostly brothers, who monitored and checked my behavior constantly. I was raised in a very close environment, I was in Catholic school. Apart from the mortal sin of rage that I was forced to recognize and confess when I was 7, I really didn’t do anything notably bad. I behaved well. I tried to be obedient, responsible, kind, etc. I was never going to be a popular kid because I was too nerdy and awkward. I didn’t have to worry about managing my virtue or my vanity, or any other major issues.
But then I grew up. I grew in attractiveness, in outgoing personality, in social acceptance. All of a sudden, I was confronted with weaknesses and venality that I was completely unaware. It was amazing to be found attractive. It was seductive and enthralling. And I found that I could be easily flattered, that I could develop this terrible ego. As I grew in the things that this world values, I realized how extremely weak and broken and sinful I truly was, and it was so humbling. And that horrible, terrible revelation, that thing that broke me and keeps breaking me, keeps me running to Christ for rootedness, for salvation, for humility and for the ability to love and forgive, for me to recommit my life and my heart to God. It’s easy to be “good” when you have no opportunity to be “bad”.
Drawing every single thought, word and deed captive to the words of Christ.
Man, that snow analogy was gold! Very well said 👍
The Matt & Matt hour.
Call it "The One Hour Bible Minute"
I stumbled across Matt Fradd a week or two ago, and ever since, I've been thinking he and Matt (Whitman) should do a podcast together. So excited to see this!
What you say at 47:45 brought tears to my eyes. As a father of young children I know the feeling well, and the discussion you two engage in around this was awesome. It reminded me of the famous St. Augustine quote:
"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
Also...Ecclesiastes...
Can I put a vote in for the two of you doing a bible study? The openness in conversation between you is truly beautiful to witness. Both faiths love the Word of God, let that bind us and bring us together! Thy will be done. Keep up the good work Matt's.
What a blessedly real conversation.
I love that Matt guy…😊 This is super good. I feel like this focus on Christian conversation can unite us, which is so needed.
Please give us more of this type of content 🥰😇 Have a Protestant x Catholic Podcast spinoff of TMBH!
This one got me in the feels. I really enjoyed this episode
Protestant: Ah yes! Matthew 13!
Catholic: That sure is in the Bible somewhere!
100% accurate :D (saying this as a Catholic)
That's what happens when a church is so much older than the numbering of chapters and verses
Better to KNOW then to memorize and cherry pick
My dad is RC, sounds like our conversations 😆😆😆
@@bradleesargent the body of Christ; all believers are the Church my friend.
Matthew 18:20
@@kelslo74 unless there's a problem then unlike the catholic church dissenters split off and start their own church with their own interpretations which started when Luther couldn't convince Swingley that communion was not only a symbol.
Thank you for this. An excellent example of how two friends can study the Bible together. Loved how you kept the bouncy ball of the conversation in the air the whole time.
Praise the lord his word will not return void.
I wept listening to you speak of life's fleetingness and never-met potential. Thanks.
I love your two conversations with Matt Fradd. I am a protestant convert to Catholicism, the only one in my family, and I really appreciate your knowledge and your willingness to share it with everyone. After I read some of the comments under your Pints with Aquinas video that nit picked little bits of Catholic dogma, I appreciate better your well thought through detailed theological points expressed in many videos. Unlike Scott Hahn, I don’t know enough to agree or disagree with anything. All I know is I like conversation, I like learning new things, and I don’t like conflict and arguments. Keep it up and I’ll keep watching.
Please, Please, Please; Matt and Matt do a podcast together!!
"Being wrong feels just like being right, doesn't it?" Sounds like someone else has seen my favorite Ted talk.
About the parable of the sower, when Jesus is arrested it's interesting all the disciples crumble and flee under the persecution. Peter takes that even further. Face value, it sure looks like the disciples are the rocky soil. Yet, Jesus doesn't treat Peter's outward moral crumbling as being synonymous with the failure of his faith. He prays for Peter that his faith would not fail even though he is going to turn away under persecution. In the parable of the sower I naturally would think that to crumble under persecution *is* to have your faith fail, but the rest of the gospel brings in a lot of nuance.
What's the Ted Talk ?
I’m curious. Since Protestants believe prayer can only be defined as an act of worship, how do they reconcile Jesus’s prayers to the father? Does God the son worship God the father?
@@paxchristi1661 "On being wrong" by Kathryn Schulz
@@Nighthawkinlight thanks brother.
Wow more of this, please. Insights from both men were terrific, and borne out of interracting with each other.
This is the first time I've heard the parable of the Sower taught/talked about without asking "Which ground are you?" with the heavy emphasis put on how you need to be more serious to make sure that you're the "Good ground."
I liked how the emphasis was on the Sower knowing what He's doing even though from our perspective things look chaotic and unmanaged.
This was a pleasant insight about the character of the Sower and our place, no matter how insignificant it seems, in His field, so to speak.
Which perhaps gives a depth of insight, even though it was not fully parsed out, that God isn't just the Sower; and isn't just the Seed, but He "Who alone is Good" is also the "Good soil" in whom we are planted according to His purpose and plan. This being done in His death, we too are buried with and in Him, through baptism, as into good rich soil; and in Him are given the fruits of the Spirit, us being clothed with Christ. The harvest of which will last forever.
So God in Jesus, who alone is good, is the good ground in which we are planted; and we are made good ground in Him alone, in which He is planted in us.
As a young mother, I answered a question from my children: "Am I smart?"
I answered with an analogy:
Intelligence is a bucket, a bucket you are born with.
Information is what you put in your bucket.
Wisdom is what you do with what you have put into your bucket."
Don't fill your bucket with rocks and throw them at people.
You guys are great. You exemplify the type of discussion that needs to be happening without emotions. So often I go on to CZcams just to Proclaim what the church teaches and I'm completely attacked, admonished, put down etc. This is just a conversation, there's nothing wrong with finding common ground. My job is not to change someone's opinion but to put the information in front and you do what you want with it.
I love Christian trash talk. “He knows the exact verse like a good Protestant.” 😆 Also is Matt F. From Australia? I didn’t know they used the term “Y’all” but it makes me smile. Also after they get done with trash talk they immediately transform into Bible nerds discussing pros / cons of which translation to use. I’m only 9 minutes in and I’m loving this episode. Thanks guys!
He’s Australian but lives in the Southern U.S. now
Yeah, he's from Adelaide, Australia. We don't use the word "y'all" here. (Instead, we typically use "youse"). But he started saying y'all a few years ago due to living in the USA.
@@mitchsweeney6937 what a coincidence, I live in central Ohio. I wonder if he ever does any in person events?
@@tripp9821 I'm a central Ohioan as well. I haven't seen anything local, I don't think, but he might have done something in Worthington last year before he moved to Ohio...Although that might have been Chris Stefanick, I tend to put them both in the same mental file folder.
Y'all has been working its way into modern English through music and other pop culture vernacular. It's much less regional than it once was.
Don't miss it! There's a gem for us at 1:05:44 - 1:06:40. Wonderful conversation. It really blessed me today. Loved your transparency about moments slipping through your fingers and the inability to hold onto them. I have that same sense as things are happening in my life ... these fleeting gifts are but glimpses of our Father's infinite love for us.
Where is this from? I can find bits and pieces in Isaiah but I haven’t been able to find it all together.
Great discussion and insight. Thank you.
Matt and Matt, this video was such a blessing. The portion on searching for happiness and Christ being the only true fulfillment to our longing brought me so much joy! I know you've had discouragements about how CZcams handles meaningful content like this. I just want to encourage you that conversations like this make a big difference. I'm excited to hear you speak at FLBC in in October.
I think the conversation about how we should be honored even playing a small part, like the farmer in LOTR, is a good way of seeing Mary's role. She was given a MASSIVE role. It doesn't mean she's a goddess, of course, but it shows God likes using people to achieve His plans. As a former Protestant, understanding Mary's role in salvation history was hard for me at times when I became Catholic a decade ago. But maybe we celebrate her for the huge, glorious work He chose to do in her like we celebrate Frodo for being chosen as the one who threw the ring in the fire.
It is important to unite Christendom during a time when our faith is being severely attack from many forms
This brought me to tears twice. Excellent use of my morning.
Can't even describe how much I love this conversation. Thank you both!
Absolutely loved the conversation 👍👍
I think an “exemplary” childhood is an example of much grace, not less.
A beautiful discussion between two beautiful minds, in such a beautiful redemptive way. Thank you both for making the internet and the Christian family a better place.
This is one of my favorite TMBH videos yet. So good and refreshing.
I hadn't thought of connecting the word "little" with the different times it is mentioned or inferred and the connection with how Christianity started as a "little flock".
These talks are great. I also want to see priests and preachers of different faith traditions having these talks. That will build mutual understanding and bring us closer together at the middle/top levels.
This is beautiful guys! This is what we need! I pray for so much more of this. This could be a monthly/weekly thing. It’s great to learn about each other’s beliefs but seeing how you bring those beliefs and study Jesus and the Bible…best think on CZcams!!!
You two should have a regular podcast
I was evangelical, today I'm happy to be catholic.
This was an absolutely beautiful conversation! I’d love to see more like it some time in the future.
What a wonderful way to wake up and get ready for church. One day I’d love to hear you discuss Jesus first miracle, making the wine at the wedding, and the seeming aversion that so many Protestant denominations have to wine vs. grape juice at communion while claiming to rely on the Bible as the inerrant word of God. That sounded judgmental. I don’t mean it that way, but I don’t know how else to ask.
Yes!!!
@@Bdfhvj Thanks for sharing your story. What advice would you have for a Christian moving into an Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood that wants to be a good neighbour and a good witness?
As a born and raised Baptist who doesn't drink for personal reasons, I think it comes a lot from the US temperance movement that once led to Prohibition. There was a lot of alcohol abuse that was worth fighting back against but it led to a complete anti-alcohol stance that just sort of stayed long after the movement died down.
@@Bdfhvj thanks! So it sounds like Jewish people would prefer for Christians to carry on being Christians rather than becoming atheist or agnostic? Why is that? I'll have to check out that halachic stuff, never heard of it!
@@Bdfhvj Interesting, thanks. Have you got any recommendations of books that would help me learn more about Orthodox Judaism?
The one hour and ten minute Bible Hour! -- seems like leveling up!
I loved this! You should do more of this! Thank you both!
Love this format... gonna need more like this!
Geez, you guys are outstanding. I love these conversations 😄
Excellent discussion... like others I was really moved by the brokenness and the glimpses of joy we receive and then turns to dust at times - and the knowing that the true peace and joy is in the arms of God. Nothing on Earth fully gets us there. Thanks for pulling this episode off!!!
What a beautiful conversation. Thanks
GREAT episode.
This made my heart happy
Helpful and friendly conversation. This is a great format.
That was really beautiful.
Awesome stuff! Lots to think about for the week! Thanks guys
I listen to both of their podcasts and I am loving this crossover!
This was amazing! Thank you for the awesome videos!
A beautiful conversation, thank you for this!
That was so enjoyable! Thank you for sharing this conversation with both of your audiences!
Well Matts, this conversation deeply resonated with me. I appreciated the vulnerability of both of you and deeply wished that I had friends such as yourselves. Alas, I am here in Canada and far away. I think that part of the struggle each of you discusses when you touch beauty and experience the joy of love is the fact that we were made for the eternal and this world only provides us with glimpses of it. Indeed, we see as through a mirror darkly but then we shall see face to face. 1Cor. 13:13. The great mystics in Catholic and Protestant traditions all mention how fleeting the world is and only God provides us with that which remains. It also points to where we need to let go and allow the Lord to fill in the empty space....
Blessings brothers in Christ.
Dan
More of this content please! Such a deep conversation and definitely life giving!
LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Matt and Matt.
I love the premise for this episode.
This was a beautiful authentic conversation. That authenticity opens the possibility for connection… which we all observed. As this fed your souls as you contemplated these verses in the bible and how these words have deep meaning in your own daily experiences as you seek greater connection to The Seeker… so too was I fed, and in a way that I’m not sure I’ve quite experienced in a CZcams video before. I believe Christ yearns for us ALL to have an eternally intimate relationship with Him that we can barely even begin to imagine the magnificence of. Our other relationships are echos of that relationship, and of those between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as He tells us that we are indeed created in His Image. When we start to believe this more deeply, I think we can experience His Kingdom here on earth IN COMMUNITY with others in a profound way that we didn’t even realize was possible.
Great video! Great conversation!
This was unexpected and I'm glad y'all went this direction. Enjoyed it immensely.
Just preached this. Love it!