My Good Shepherd

This book is the story of Jesus, the Good Shepherd (Mark 6:34; John 10:1-18). The Arch? Book series tells popular Bible stories through fun-to-read rhymes and bright illustrations. This well-loved series captures the attention of children, telling scripturally sound stories that are enjoyable and easy to remember.

Brings new light and life to our understanding of one of the most beloved and central images of the Christian faith. The Lord is my shepherd. Thus begins the most beloved of all Psalms - and thus begins a thousand-year journey through the Bible. Prophets, apostles and Jesus himself took up this image from David, reshaping it, developing it and applying it to their own situations and needs. Kenneth Bailey uses his celebrated insights into Middle Eastern culture and especially his familiarity with Middle Eastern shepherding customs to bring new light and life to our understanding of this central image of the Christian faith. With each of nine major Old and New Testament passages, Bailey reveals the literary artistry of the biblical writers and summarizes their key theological features. His work is also enriched by his unique access to very early Middle Eastern commentaries on these passages, bringing fresh understanding from within the mindset of these ancient worlds. The Good Shepherd invites us to experience a rich, biblical feast of ethical, theological and artistic delights.

Simplified retellings of eighty-six Bible stories.

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'Stories from Jesus' series The wonderful parables of Jesus Read to Me- 2-5/ Read Myself- 6-8

A companion to the author's A Shepherd looks at Psalm 23, written around John 10.

JESUS IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD WHO GIVES HIS LIFE FOR THE SHEEP.Jesus said: "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture" (John 10:9)."I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10b)."I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep" (John 10:11)."Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father" (John 10:17-18)."My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me" (John 10:27)."And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone pluck them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one" (John 10:28-30).Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Receive eternal life and live forever in heaven.