What is the central theme of Christ’s teaching? We could suggest a number of themes—love, humble service, faith—but all of these are encompassed in the overarching theme of the coming kingdom of God. When Christ proclaimed the coming kingdom during his earthly ministry, he shattered his hearers’ expectations of what that kingdom would look like. Listen to Pastor David’s sermon on Matthew 13:1-23 to see the mystery of the kingdom of God in the Parable of the Sower.