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This is echoed throughout the entire bible. How did the church get the reputation of being merciless and judgmental? When I was in seminary an unsaved friend of mine offered to type me papers as she was very fast and it would pain her to watch me hunt and peck. She never went to church and was raise...

The shepherd after God’s own heart leads with “knowledge and understanding�; one who cares for the sheep; administers justice. Of the three types of leaders that God ordained for the OT, prophet, priest and king, they all failed and thus the people failed and Judah and Israel lost everything a...

: Throughout the word the good shepherd must be willing to intercede on behold of the flock; to save them from some fate; to stay with them regardless the conditions of heat, cold, drought, or predators. Moses comes up more than once in the book as an example of such a servant. When pleading for the...

2Sam.7:5-7 p103 As a Shepherd, want what God wants, not what you want for God. David had been blessed by God to be prosperous and have rest from all the enemies around him. In his contentment and desire to honor god, he wants to provide God with a great house. God respond to David “did I ever say ...

The size of flocks (page 51)- Laniak discusses the size of flocks in relation to the shepherd. The subsistence flock of twenty-five to sixty was usually a family operation and flocks over sixty could be used for surplus. The flock from sixty to five hundred could be handled by one shepherd but all t...