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Jesus is our Good Shepherd. This means his love is best seen in his laying down his life for us. Last week, we spoke of the loving side of Jesus as the shepherd, today we look at his strength. A shepherd must be willing to fight for his sheep, to lay down his life and risk his limbs to fight away the predators that assail them on every side. In this world, we will have many seeking to harm and destroy us – if not our bodies than, more importantly, our souls. Yet, we fear not, for we have a good and mighty shepherd, one who is more than ready to fight our enemies and make us dwell in security! Today, let us meditate on the strength of Jesus.

Shepherds were not how we might picture them today. We often think of shepherds as being somewhat soft or effeminate, but they were hardly that. Shepherds are much closer to our modern myth of the cowboy than to the gentle pictures of a smiling, clean man holding a luxuriously soft sheep in his arms. In both pictures, the weak and the strong, are wrong in certain respects, yet speak the truth in others. How are we to think of Jesus as our Good Shepherd? Today, as Jesus furthers his instruction from the metaphor of 10:1-6, we can see how a Good Shepherd loves his sheep.

Shepherds were not how we might picture them today. We often think of shepherds as being somewhat soft or effeminate, but they were hardly that. Shepherds are much closer to our modern myth of the cowboy than to the gentle pictures of a smiling, clean man holding a luxuriously soft sheep in his arms. In both pictures, the weak and the strong, are wrong in certain respects, yet speak the truth in others. How are we to think of Jesus as our Good Shepherd? Today, as Jesus furthers his instruction from the metaphor of 10:1-6, we can see how a Good Shepherd loves his sheep.

We're back! After about a 6 month hiatus, we discuss the many changes happening at Crossway right now, including a transition into missions, a new pastoral calling, and the usual book reviews.

In this episode, we discuss the meaning and significance of the cross of Christ. Why was Jesus crucified, and what took place between God the Father and God the Son on Good Friday? We also review books by Dale Ralph Davis and Kevin DeYoung.

This episode was recorded on the campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary during the 9 Marks at Southern Conference. We discuss conference highlights, as well as our impressions of the Cross Conference simulcast from the weekend. In addition, Dr. Tom Schreiner talks to us about his recent commentary on the book of Hebrews.

This month we discuss the basis for (and importance of) church membership. Pastor John talks about why we place a heavy emphasis on membership at Crossway, and what implications this has in our congregation. Book reviews include Isaac Watts and Jonathan Pennington.

This month we talk about family discipleship. We uncover what the Bible has to say about it, why its so important, and what are some practical steps we can take toward faithfulness in discipling our children. We review a helpful book for teaching kids (The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski), and Pastor John commends some good resources to encourage and strengthen in this area.

This month we discuss a common theme around Crossway Christian Church - Disciple-making. Pastor John defines what it is, why we do it, and gives some good resources to encourage and equip Christians to do this task the Lord has given us. We also review a biblical theology book by T. Desmond Alexander, and talk a bit about the new ESV Reader's Bible.

This was recorded at the Desiring God National Conference 2014. In this episode, we recap the conference and get a chance to interview author Adrian Warnock ("Hope Reborn"), author and pastor Daniel Montgomery (Sojourn Community Church, "Proof"), and Daniel Patz (President of Northland International University).