Jesus demonstrated throughout His earthly life the counter-intuitive principle that in His kingdom, the way up is always down ...

The 23rd Psalm, Briggs shows, helps personalize the figure of a divine good shepherd and inspires trust in God’s loving providence. Its imagery not only resonates in hymnody and praise music but also ...

"From the Pulpit" is a weekly column of faith, shared by Central Illinois faith leaders. This week: Getting back on track ...

For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (Rev. 7:17) Of all the ...

In this continuation of the story of David, we follow the young shepherd as he is anointed by the prophet Samuel to become Israel's future king. David is called to soothe King Saul with his music ...

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke ...

The late rabbi Adin Steinsaltz explained that the verse compares the speaker to a lamb, and that God the shepherd “will lead him on a secure path and provide him with a dwelling in a good and ...

Death is a door of entry into God’s heaven. Jesus said "I am the way, and the truth and the life." He also said, "I am the ...

even those who were sinners or strayed from God’s path. He uses the example of a shepherd (God) who has 100 sheep and one goes missing. The shepherd leaves the 99 others and searches high and ...