Theme

JOHN 10:7-16
Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd."

The Lord Jesus is the one true Shepherd; all who know Him and are known by Him are His sheep. Christendom is filled with conflicting denominations, theologies, movements, and perspectives, but He is one, and so His flock must be one.

Jesus is at work in the world through His Spirit until this very day--gathering and purifying His flock, healing the broken, retrieving the strays, reconciling the separated, and driving out the wolves. He will continue to do so until the Last Day. At that time His flock will appear in all its glory, visibly and triumphantly one, one flock under one shepherd.

This site is devoted to the one true Shepherd of the sheep, and to His flock which is one, no matter how much it seems to be divided at the present time. I will be considering a wide range of subjects and may write about more personal things at times, but the central theme will continue to be Jesus Christ the Shepherd and the Church, His flock. May the Lord be honored and the Church built up by the things recorded here.