Really deep observations I think that I was having such a hard time since these were Kingdom parables. I had heard so many interpretations since I was a kid, but it troubled me recently. How can these be Kingdom parables and then have this suddenly be about the gospel? The only small point I'm hung up from is saved from what in Luke 8? I get saved from what in Acts 2:40. But I prayed for something different than all the others I've listened to or read over the years, and I think you did a great job on this. Holly