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Jesus Our Shepherd
(Copyright) by Dwight Fleming (Oroville, California)  Jesus speaking in John 10:11: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.” In John 10, Jesus described many attributes of a good shepherd. Joel P. Kramer produced a 30-minute video from his years of filming sheep and shepherds in Israel. This stirring video will bring the words of Jesus and David found in John 10 and Psalm 23 alive. On my grandfather’s headstone is a quote from Psalm 23:1, “The LORD is my shepherd.” That quote has always given me comfort. So, I found this video by Joel […]
Parable of a Shepherd
Reprinted from Servants’ News Published by Norman S. Edwards (Perry, Michigan) John 21:15-17 & Acts 20:28:      These Scriptures contain instructions to Peter to “feed and tend my sheep”, and a group of elders to “shepherd the church of God”. Some will claim that these verses set the leadership in authority over the people as a shepherd is in authority over his animals. They forget that our Savior is the chief Shepherd (1 Pet. 5:4) and that believers are all His sheep (1 Cor. 3:23). We can easily demonstrate the relationship from a brief parable:      A prince hired a shepherd to […]