Author: David Ellis
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Wandering Sheep VIII: Is Christianity Necessary?
[somewhat rough notes this week.] Alice introduced her friend Hosia (sp?) visiting from Egypt. Don: We have been looking for many weeks at the metaphor in Matthew18 … The parable of the sheep and the shepherd, especially the 99 sheep that stay vs. the 1 that strays. John 10 espouses the same metaphor. We’ve…
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Wandering Sheep VII: Others
The Parable of the Lost Sheep: The Others John 10:14-16: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me — just as the Father knows me and I know the Father — and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I…
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Wandering Sheep VI
Don began by asking for prayers for Alice and her husband and family in this time of sickness. The Parable of the Lost Sheep, continued. Don began by summarizing last week’s discussion on the voice of God. He read from Acts 9, the passage in which God accosts Paul on the road to Damascus….
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Wandering Sheep V
The Parable of the Lost Sheep, continued. Don: Can we know, can we hear, can we understand the voice of God? Matt 18 and John 10 assert that the sheep can recognize the voice of the shepherd and that the shepherd knows their names. The Book of Samuel suggests that recognizing the voice of God…