A Shepherd's Desk
Ryan StraarupA pastor’s study of Scripture, sacrament, and spiritual formation.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 5 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 5 months ago |
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The Lamb Is Here: The Shepherd Who Knows His Sheep
The Good Shepherd - Catacombs of Priscilla (Early 3rd Century)
Over the last 4 weeks we’ve taken a look at the passage of the angel announcing Jesus’s birth to the shepherds. Truth be told, I really started this series because I wrote a pa...
The Lamb Is Here: The Purest News Delivered to Unclean Hands
Adoration of the Shepherds — Georges de La Tour (1644)
By now, the pattern should be impossible to miss. God does not reveal His Messiah the way we would. Not through power. Not through prestige. Not through religious elites or political a...
The Lamb Is Here: Usual News for Unusual People
“The Holy Children with a Shell” — Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1670s)
Last week we looked at who the Messiah is—the true King from the line of David.
This week I want to look at what the Messiah came to do. It’s one thing for us to see Jes...
The Lamb Is Here: Behold The Peasant King
In Luke 2:8–20 we find shepherds on the outskirts of Bethlehem tending their flocks through the night. While shepherds played a large role in the local economy they were seen as socially insignificant. In some cases these shepherds did not...
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Bethany and I wanted to create a space to give updates to our church planting journey. While this all began in April of 2024, we decided to shoot a few videos to catch everyone up on our story so far. Our goal is to post more updates, vlogs...
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