The Greek word for shepherd, poimen, is used of a church leader only once in the New Testament – and in John 10 the Greek reveals a “good” shepherd, a hireling, and “one flock” that the KJV calls “one fold.”
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Ebenezer Scrooge Name Meaning: A Stone, Not a Sneer
The Ebenezer Scrooge name meaning hides in plain sight. The famous gravestone story is probably a hoax, and the name itself is an old word for a stone of help.
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Oil Meaning in the Bible: It Had to Be Crushed First
Oil meaning in the Bible: light, healing and anointing all began with olives crushed in a press, and the garden where Jesus prayed still carries that name.
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Sunrise on the Reaping: Why the 50th Hunger Games Takes Twice as Many Children
Sunrise on the Reaping opens November 20. Its 50th Hunger Games takes twice as many children. An older 50th year was made to do the opposite: give it all back.
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Prayer for My Son’s Protection: Where You Can’t Follow Him
A prayer for my son’s protection, and the word Psalm 121 repeats six times: shamar, to keep watch. The same word Cain refused, and the guard Philippians posts on a parent’s own heart.
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Bible Study Plan for New Believers: Built for the Day You Miss
Most Bible study plans for new believers are built for a perfect month. Here’s one designed around the day you miss — plus the day-two detail in Nehemiah 8 nobody quotes.
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What to Do When Someone Won’t Forgive You
What to do when someone won’t forgive you, after you already apologised: why saying sorry did not make you lighter, where your side of it actually ends, and five things you can do today.
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Jesus Loves Me: Lyrics, Meaning, and the Novel It Was Written For
Most people learn Jesus Loves Me before they can read, and assume it was written for a Sunday school. It was written for a novel. In the story a young...
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Is “The Eyes Are the Window to the Soul” in the Bible?
No – “the eyes are the window to the soul” is not in the Bible. Leonardo called it a saying he had heard, and the verse people reach for runs the other way.
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Nervous Conditions Meaning: The Gift That Came With a Bill
Nervous Conditions meaning: Tsitsi Dangarembga’s novel tells you its ending on page one. What it is really about is a gift that arrives with an invoice.