Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). The word “good” in the Greek language refers “to goodness in the sense of capability ...

In John chapter 10, Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep” (vs. 11). Jesus uses the imagery of a shepherd to portray Himself as being the kind ...

This good shepherd knows the sheep by name and guides them, because the sheep come to know and trust his voice. "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep" (John 10:7). 4. "I Am the Good ...

A familiar example is when Jesus says in John’s Gospel, “I am the Good Shepherd.” It harkens back to the even more familiar Psalm 23 that we so often hear or recite at funerals. Detached as ...

“Jesus said, ‘I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.’” Pure love is a hard thing to come by in human relationships. This is our human condition, and few ...

I must make a confession, as a pastor I never appreciated the comparison of clergy to a good shepherd, it felt gross. People ...

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (Jn 10:11) On the Fourth Sunday of Easter, the first reading continues with speeches from the Acts of the Apostles that ...

“This is what the Lord wants to tell us with the image of the Good Shepherd ... sacrificial dimension of the shepherd so that we bear in mind: “For Christ, I am important, irreplaceable ...