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When it comes to living the Christian life, beginnings are better than endings. That may be one of the most important lessons that the Gospel of Mark, by its very structure, teaches us. Looking at life in terms of endings often leads to discontent, neuroses, and despair. We always want to win more, make more, succeed more. More is an insatiable taskmaster. But the Gospel of Mark says the better...

the best things in life. But the parable does not identify what makes good soil good so that it produces a good yield. What is a thirtyfolder, a sixtyfolder, a hundredfolder? Jesus tells us the reasons for the failures but not the precise modes of success. The parable does not tell us how to become good earth—only to be careful how we hear.53 One can only know that after reading the whole of the Gospel of Mark and learning from the example of Jesus.
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