Ezekiel 34:1–10: Shepherds Who Feed Themselves
Ezekiel 34:1–10 answers the question of pastors who lead people astray by showing that God himself brings the charge. The shepherds took the fat, the wool, and the meat, and left the sick, the broken, and the lost untouched.
What should Christians know about religious trauma? A Biblical Guide
God holds leaders accountable for how they treated the people entrusted to them, and he calls neglect and harsh rule real wrongdoing. He sees the scattered, treats their harm as his own loss, and promises to search for them himself.
Pastoral visitation that helps rather than exhausts: A Biblical Leadership Guide
Ezekiel 34 tells us what visitation is for: the shepherd strengthens, heals, binds up, brings back, seeks and feeds. It also tells us where a visitor's job ends, because God himself promises to search, gather, feed and give rest.