<p>Bible Study</p><p>Don&#39;t just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: </p><p>.</p><p>Sermon Outline</p><ul><li>The Nature of Indifference</li><li>The Danger of Pride</li><li>The Face of the Shepherd</li></ul><p>Sermon Questions</p><ol><li>Remember the mine owner who views his workers only as tools to extract wealth? In what ways do we sometimes mistakenly view God as a cosmic tyrant or a slavedriver?</li><li>Spiritual indifference is often a scrupulously constructed wall built to protect ourselves from God. What &quot;lifestyle features&quot; do you think we use most often to insulate our hearts from God’s reach?</li><li>We all carry a deep ache, yet fear that if we open that ache to God, we might find Him to be a &quot;wolf&quot; waiting to rebuke us. Why is it so hard to trust that God is a Good Shepherd, not a thief waiting to &quot;steal, kill, and destroy”?</li><li>The sermon says that Jesus is not a tyrant waiting at the top of the tunnel to kick us, but the &quot;corpse at the bottom of the pit&quot; and the &quot;sacrifice that is the ladder&quot; leading us out. How does this specific vision of Christ change your perspective on your own struggles and &quot;failed resolutions&quot;?</li></ol><p>Resources Consulted</p><ul><li>John Hemming, <a href="https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon7/%5BHemming_John%5D_The_Conquest_of_the_Incas(BookZZ.org).pdf">The Conquest of the Incas</a><em> </em>(Harvest, 1970)</li><li>Augustine, Tractates on the Gospel of John, <a href="https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1701045.htm">Tractate 45</a></li><li>John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of John, <a href="https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/240159.htm">Homily 59</a></li><li>Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Gospel of St John, <a href="https://isidore.co/aquinas/english/John10.htm">Lectures 1–2</a></li><li>David Ford, <em>The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary </em>(Baker Academic, 2021)</li><li>Matthew Levering, &quot;Augustine and Aquinas on the Good Shepherd: The Value of an Exegetical Tradition,&quot; in Michael Dauphinais et al (eds.), Aquinas the Augustinian (CUA, 2007)</li><li>Charles Taylor, &quot;<a href="https://tif.ssrc.org/2008/09/02/buffered-and-porous-selves/">Buffered and Porous Selves</a>&quot;</li></ul><p>Questions?</p><p>Do you have a question about today&#39;s sermon? Email Sam Fornecker (</p><p>).</p><p><br></p>