Tradition teaches that, like many other biblical psalms ... the metaphor of us human beings as sheep: just as sheep implicitly trust their shepherd and depend on him for their daily sustenance ...

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 ...

David Clines, professor of biblical studies at the University of Sheffield, said, We all know that in reality shepherds do not keep sheep for the sake of the sheep, as acts of altruism ...

As such, the Egyptians felt it unseemly that other humans should rule over their gods, by being shepherds, by controlling their holy rams, together with the other sheep. The sheep were holy ...

(RNS) — The Bible issues clear warnings about ... First, Ezekiel rebukes the evil, unfaithful shepherds who feed themselves rather than the sheep: “You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with ...

In the sheep barn, all things are equal ... But perhaps, too, he meant something of the life of the shepherd. When we read the Bible, when we encounter the scripture, the lives of Jesus and ...

The Hebrew Bible idealizes David as the paradigmatic shepherd ... flock of citizens with the goal of subordination and control, the ecclesial shepherd guides reason-endowed sheep in his image, and ...

Weren't those sheep lucky to have a shepherd who persevered and never gave up. Thanks for helping me tell today's treasure story. It's a story from the Bible that Jesus told. See you again soon.