JESUS: WHAT A SHEPHERD! (1 OF 8)
Scripture: John 10:11, Hebrews 13:20-21, 1 Peter 5:4
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Jesus: What a Shepherd! (1 of 8)
Series: Jesus
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
John 10.11; Hebrew 13.20-21, 1 Peter 5.4
You may not be familiar with the name Clifton Hillegass, but you’re probably familiar with his work. What he produced during his forty-year carrier, saved many of us from academic ruin.
In 1958, Clifton borrowed $4000.00 from a local bank and began channeling his love of literature into a series of guide books he called ‘‘Cliff’s Notes.’’ Within ten years, his little black and yellow books were a million-dollar business.
Hillegass launched his Cliffs Notes in August 1958 with a line of 16 Shakespeare study guides. In each of the slender pamphlets, Mr. Hillegass included a note to readers with his signature at the bottom, ‘‘A thorough appreciation of literature allows no shortcuts.’’ Yet, that’s precisely what they were: shortcuts! They were often referred to as ‘‘cheater books,’’ whereas Mr. Hillegass maintained they were ‘‘study guides.’’ He would take a book, like Alice in Wonderland, and provide the reader with enough of the highlands, to get a general understanding of the book. But it wasn’t like reading the entire book. By 1989, Forbes magazine reported that the company, with more than 220 titles, was making $11 million a year, and some news reports have said that Cliff’s Notes has printed more than 50 million guides.
Over the next few weeks, from the word of God and from the land of God, rather than give you Cliff’s Notes, I want to give you Ernest’s Notes. Now go with me to the shepherd’s fields on the outskirts of Bethlehem. This is the same Bethlehem the prophet Micah spoke of beginning in Micah 5.2, ‘‘Bethlehem, Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.’’ Verse 4, ‘‘He will stand and shepherd them in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD his God. They will live securely, for then his greatness w ...
Series: Jesus
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
John 10.11; Hebrew 13.20-21, 1 Peter 5.4
You may not be familiar with the name Clifton Hillegass, but you’re probably familiar with his work. What he produced during his forty-year carrier, saved many of us from academic ruin.
In 1958, Clifton borrowed $4000.00 from a local bank and began channeling his love of literature into a series of guide books he called ‘‘Cliff’s Notes.’’ Within ten years, his little black and yellow books were a million-dollar business.
Hillegass launched his Cliffs Notes in August 1958 with a line of 16 Shakespeare study guides. In each of the slender pamphlets, Mr. Hillegass included a note to readers with his signature at the bottom, ‘‘A thorough appreciation of literature allows no shortcuts.’’ Yet, that’s precisely what they were: shortcuts! They were often referred to as ‘‘cheater books,’’ whereas Mr. Hillegass maintained they were ‘‘study guides.’’ He would take a book, like Alice in Wonderland, and provide the reader with enough of the highlands, to get a general understanding of the book. But it wasn’t like reading the entire book. By 1989, Forbes magazine reported that the company, with more than 220 titles, was making $11 million a year, and some news reports have said that Cliff’s Notes has printed more than 50 million guides.
Over the next few weeks, from the word of God and from the land of God, rather than give you Cliff’s Notes, I want to give you Ernest’s Notes. Now go with me to the shepherd’s fields on the outskirts of Bethlehem. This is the same Bethlehem the prophet Micah spoke of beginning in Micah 5.2, ‘‘Bethlehem, Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.’’ Verse 4, ‘‘He will stand and shepherd them in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD his God. They will live securely, for then his greatness w ...
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