Jesus refers to himself as the ‘good’ shepherd. But our word ‘good’ doesn’t really catch the full meaning of the word John has written here… The word John uses can also mean ‘beautiful’. This doesn’t refer to what Jesus looked like. It’s about the sheer attractiveness of what, as the shepherd, he was doing. When he calls, people want to come. When they realize he has died for them, they want to even more. The point of calling Jesus ‘the good shepherd’ is to emphasise the strange, compelling power of his love.
The Story of Everything
A great video from showing the narrative arc of God’s story, from one of the students on the CMS Pioneer Leadership Course.
HT: Jonny (again…)
The new 2010 NIV translation is now online
Went to bible gateway today and noticed that the TNIV is no longer available (the version in our St Paul’s church bibles) - this is because the new NIV translation which goes to print in March 2011 has now been completed and was uploaded today to the bible gateway and biblica websites.
The new translation is intended to replace the TNIV from 2007, which has often been often criticised, and the old NIV translation which was completed in 1984. The translator’s notes for the new version are at http://www.biblica.com/niv/accuracy/.
Who wrote the Bible: God or humans? (via wearesparkhouse)
Another set of pretty cool animations…
