Shepherding: Exploring a Rich Biblical Image

As pastors we are called to “shepherd the flock of God.”  That calling has a deep, rich and long scriptural history.  One that is a beneficial, might I even say necessary, study for every pastor.  This paper explores the rich biblical imagery of shepherds and sheep from God’s shepherding care for His people, to Jesus identifying Himself as the Good Shepherd, to the NT call to be under-shepherds of the great shepherd.  Under shepherds that God calls to do so “after my own heart.”…