Best of 2014: Jesus the Shepherd – Tuesday

Best of 2014: Jesus the Shepherd – Tuesday

We asked yesterday what kind of item might be so important that if you lost it, then found it again, that you’d throw a party to celebrate its return. I can’t imagine there is much, beyond other people, we’d do that for! Well, Jesus told a story about this in the book of Luke. 1 […]

Friday – Reflect – Shepherd

Friday – Reflect – Shepherd

Please take some time to pray and reflect before the workweek ends!   Meeting with a Group?  Your discussion questions are in this week’s Group Study Guide [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]

Thursday – Act On It – Shepherd

Thursday – Act On It – Shepherd

Heaven is a party.  Jesus is wanting to see his kingdom come, on earth, as it is in heaven.  Following him is about copying heaven. If God and the angels are having a great party in heaven every time someone meets Jesus, repents of sin and lives a new life in him, so should we. […]

Wednesday – Change It – Shepherd

Wednesday – Change It – Shepherd

Jesus tells this very short story about a shepherd who loses just one of his 100 sheep, finds it, then throws a party.  It’s short, but it says a lot!  Particularly when we pay attention to who is listening. He tells is to a divided audience that includes tax collectors and sinners, AND religious authorities […]

Tuesday – Study It – Shepherd

Tuesday – Study It – Shepherd

  We asked yesterday what kind of item might be so important that if you lost it, then found it again, that you’d throw a party to celebrate its return.  I can’t imagine there is much, beyond other people, we’d do that for! Well, Jesus told a story about this in the book of Luke. […]

Monday – A New Idea – Shepherd

Monday – A New Idea – Shepherd

We’re starting a new series today, called Jesus: The Most Interesting Man in the World. Jesus has been called all kinds of things, and has done all kinds of things.  They are not coincidental, nor disconnected.  They’re all part of one person. What kind of man can be a shepherd, a revolutionary, a prophet, a […]

Group Study Guide – Shepherd

Group Study Guide – Shepherd

Are you meeting regularly with a discussion group? If you meet just once a week, you can find all of this week’s discussion questions in one place right here.   Question: What is so important to you, that if you lost it and found it again, you’d actually throw a party? Reading: 1 Now the tax […]