The Roads Church

Culture - Webster - The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a society, institution or organization.

Kingdom - basilĕia - Royalty, rule or realm; area ruled by a king

- Root - basis - To walk; the foot; the bottom of something or foundational, principal component of something

Mysteries - mustēriŏn - That which has not been known before but which has been revealed to an in-group or restricted constituency

Given - didōmi - To grant someone the opportunity or occasion to do something

Know - ginōskō - To come to know, acquire understanding or comprehension; progression

Sow - spĕirō - To place or scatter seeds in-ground for future growth

Stony places - pĕtrōdēs - Thin layer of soil with bedrock or larger rocks just beneath

Sprang up - ĕxanatĕllō - Show growth, develop suddenly

Receives - lambanō - To take hold of something; to grab

Joy - chara - A state of joy and gladness; rejoicing

Root - rhiza - The fundamental part of the plant that absorbs nutrients from its surroundings

Received - paralambanō - To grab hold of information and hold near; closely associate with oneself

Rooted - rhizŏō - Firmly planted in the ground; Strengthened w/ focus on the source of that strength

Built up - ĕpŏikŏdŏmĕō - The process of increasing potential; build upon further

Endures - ĕimi - To possess certain characteristics, to “be.”

For a while - prŏskairŏs - Temporary, not lasting or permanent

Scorched - kaumatizō - To suffer harm by intense heat

Tribulation - thlipsis - Pressure, trouble distress, oppression, suffering

Persecution - diōgmŏs - To pursue, chase, harass; to systematically organize a program to oppress people to renounce their beliefs

Stumbles - skandalizō - To entrap, trip up, cease believing what is right and let oneself believe what is false.