That is: New Testament references to Jesus as the Good Shepherd are referencing the ... This work involved being able to safeguard one’s flock with a slingshot and staff. Since shepherds weren’t by ...

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 ...

The Precious Moments website advertises a popular Easter collectible that features a young girl with teardrop eyes, dressed in a white lamb costume, clasping a shepherd’s staff, and gazing up lovingly ...

“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 ...

And the Psalmist writes, “Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them for ever.” Therefore, if you asked any of Jesus’s contemporaries who was 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 ...

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” — John 10:11. Jesus knew that mankind’s biggest problems were not political, but spiritual. People needed ...

Vatican Media Pope Francis emphasized the sacrificial component of the role of the shepherd, observing that Jesus “is not just a good shepherd who shares the life of the flock,” but “is the ...