2009-09-18T13:39:18-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/wheat/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2012:24&version=NIV 2009-09-18T13:39:18-05:00 A wheat kernel must die in order to spread its seeds and give birth to new plants. In the same way, someone willing to give up their very life in the service of Christ can plant seeds of faith beyond what they ever could otherwise. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013:24-30&version=KJV 2009-09-04T12:04:39-05:00 Jesus tells a parable of a field in which tares and wheat were planted. In the end the owner of the field decided to gather the tares first and burn them and put the wheat in his storehouse.