So, in Hedley Lomas (Case C - 5 / 94, The Queen v Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, ex parte: Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Ltd.) the United Kingdom could not prohibit the export
of live sheep to Spain because it did not trust the Spanish authorities in applying EU rules on animal welfare.
Australia is one of the world's biggest exporters
of live sheep and cattle — sending animals for slaughter to the Middle East, South East Asia and North Africa.
Mr York, whose state represents 85 per cent
of the live sheep trade, told AAP after the meeting it was a chance to inform Ms Ley of the economic impact of any ban.
Liberal MP Sussan Ley says she remains «unpersuaded» by arguments in favour
of live sheep exports.
Not exact matches
The cost to Western Australian farmers
of a ban on
live sheep exports could be more than 10 times previous estimates, as much as $ 150 million, according to a report released today.
I am not a
sheep, I prefer to make my own decisions on
life instead
of being indocrinated into any particular religion.
the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost
sheep of the house
of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and
living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...
Maybe you used to be a white
sheep, but because
of some decisions you've made to set yourself apart and
live your own
life, you've morphed into a black
sheep.
I know it's impossible not to grieve... we are going to do that no matter what because it always hurts and if you didn't hurt at all that would sort
of mean you didn't have any true love for these
sheep or significant investment in their
lives.
Religion is a hoax, your all
sheep... you do nt need a fictional account
of something from 2000 years ago to tell you whats right or wrong, or good or bad... Stop using a crutch and
live your own
life.
We are
living in the end times
of all these
sheep herder religions, now, go back to church and wave your hands like a zombie worshipper...
But these texts call us to re-imagine our
life together as the people
of God, and the texts» images are
of sheep and shepherds.
It would be good for Pastors (keepers and feeders
of the lambs and
sheep) would encourage the flock to attend City Council and School Board meetings to help provide a better
living enviroment
Peter's commission to feed Jesus»
sheep was contingent on his threefold declaration
of love for Jesus, a love that would require that he be willing to lay down his
life.
So for example, how can we part
of the Body
of Christ, and at the same time be part
of the Bride
of Christ, and at the same time be
sheep, branches, and
living stones!
You
live in fear
of being a sinful individual who your god rejects should you not adhere to his words and so you judge others based off
of what
sheep herding freaks from 2000 years ago said.
Wonderful teacher... get out your Bible and start reading... this guy is a wolf in
sheep's clothing leading millions to an eternity in hell... the prosperity gospel he teaches is contrary to the teachings
of Christ... Christ talked about abundance in
life but he was speaking
of spiritual abundance not material things... Scripture and Christ said in this
life you will have trouble... Christ suffered in this
life as did each
of his Apostles... open your eyes before it is too late for you.
and a scholar who
lived there for many years suggests that it would be very nice if we could understand the reference to the hills / wilderness as indicating where the shepherd went to look for the lost
sheep, assuming that he had left the flock safely in the fold (E.F.F. Bishop, «Parable
of the Lost or Wandering
Sheep», ATR 44 [1962], 44 - 57.)
I think all pastors and full time ministers should be mind full that we are called to give up our
lives for the
sheep, not to enrich our
lives at the expense
of the
sheep.
Hitler was born with little money, and the majority
of jewish families that
lived near and around germany HAD been wealthy, and so one could argue that Hitler was just looking for funding and a back reason to make his
sheep like followers do his deeds so he played on his peoples misunderstandings and cultural separations.
Morebath is a small
sheep «farming village on the southern edge
of Exmoor, and from 1520 to 1574 its parson, Sir Christopher Trychay (Catholic priests were then called «Sir» rather than «Father»), kept minute and still extant accounts
of church
life, which was then coterminous with village
life.
t its most fundamental level, Christianity requires a belief that an all - knowing, all - powerful, immortal being created the entire Universe and its billions
of galaxies 13,720,000,000 years ago (the age
of the Universe) sat back and waited 10,000,000,000 years for the Earth to form, then waited another 3,720,000,000 years for human beings to gradually evolve, then, at some point gave them eternal
life and sent its son to Earth to talk about
sheep and goats in the Middle East.
The bottom line is, it DOES NOT matter how many studies are and have been sponsored, and how many «experts» are paid to do them... Our society, our people are hurting, and their
lives ARE forever altered BECAUSE they have been sold a lie, and like a dumb herd
of sheep, have swallowed it hoo - k line and sinker!
He is the way (see 14:6), the only way to
life, just as the one door through the wall is the only way the
sheep have
of entering the courtyard.
I really hope you
sheep wake up and smell the roses before you hand over all
of your
lifes savings to the church.
He expresses it as «the good
life», «the
life worth
living», evoking the biblical images
of a tree by streams
of water and
sheep in green pastures.
There is a great deal
of difference between thinking that one is laying down one's
life for the «
sheep» and that we are called to lay down our Jives for each other.
To call those who actually reflect on their own spirituality and make conscious efforts to
live based on a moral compass, rather than as herded
sheep, self - obsessed is not only pretentious but a reflection
of your indoctrination in the school
of those who believe out
of fear — which is worse?
How ironic that atheism defends itself for not having done anything out
of hate and yet millions
of sheep condemn people's choices and ways
of living with a set
of beliefs.
Didn't jesus base judgement (seperation
of sheep / goats) on what we did for the least... visit those in prison, feed the hungry etc... nothing to do with what we believed... but how we
live.
There lies the dangerous part
of the experience /
life and still trying to have a voice and to be heard instead
of playing
sheep and silently allow corruption and evil to dominate.
Jesus seems to be prefiguring his death with phrases about his «hour» which was to come, and the temple
of his body to be destroyed, about the kind
of love that leads one to give one's
life for a friend and a shepherd to give his
life for the
sheep.
The parables which best illustrate the divine initiative that stems from the yearning love
of God for every person, whatever one's moral status or station in
life, are the trilogy
of the lost
sheep, the lost coin, and the lost boy, ordinarily called the prodigal son.
To the muslim people
of the UK... Instead
of being like the rest
of the predictable, regimented islamic
sheep, why not try and have an original thought and give your child a unique name that reflects where you
live.
The pre-exilic prophets were already speaking
of the judgment to fall «in the latter days» as one in which the God
of Israel «will be judge between nations, arbiter among many peoples» 8 and where the divine judgment would result in a new kind
of world in which «the wolf shall
live with the
sheep, and the leopard lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall grow up together, and a little child shall lead them».9
When Jesus related the parables
of judgement, such as the talents, and the
sheep and the goats, he was teaching his hearers how to discern the significance
of their own actions in the
life of each day.
Jesus seems to be prefiguring his death with phrases about his «hour» which was to come, and the temple
of his body to be destroyed, about the kind
of love that leads one to give ones
life for a friend and a shepherd to give his
life for the
sheep.
In John's story
of the good shepherd, Jesus is portrayed as the good shepherd because when the wolf comes he does not flee like a hireling, but because the
sheep are his own he lays down his
life for his
sheep.
Instead, they are
sheep who have believed in the grace and mercy
of God, and as a result have received eternal
life from God, but who must now recognize that the true source
of their eternal
life is Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, their good and true Shepherd.
We grow in our ability to actively give mercy, encourage faithfulness to Him, and to
live Matt 25, parable
of the
sheep and goats.
It means that the oppressive rule will end and it will be replaced the rule
of the Shepherd, who gives his
life of the
sheep (Ezekiel 34).
Furthermore, anyone who has studied ancient Near Eastern culture knows that the familial structure we see represented in scripture was nothing like the nuclear family epitomized by the Cleavers, but would rather have included multiple generations and relatives
living together in clans, with women working long hours «outside
of the home» in the fields, tending
sheep, gathering food, trading goods, etc..
«We also take more seriously the right
of the small
sheep - owners in big forests to continue to
live «where they belong» on a traditional level as ecologically on a higher level than their urban critics» («Encouraging» 54).
This trust, like the ways
of a
sheep with its shepherd, is a radical trust that empowers us to believe that
life has Christian meaning, even though our immediate experience may be telling us otherwise.
The trust
of the
sheep with its shepherd is a radical trust empowering us to believe
life has Christian meaning even though immediate experience may seem otherwise.
mike: what i am saying is that i, and a whole bunch
of people, do not care to a
live by the blatherings
of iron age
sheep lovers
He would go so far as to give up his
life to save the
life of one
of his
sheep.
These
sheep are not righteous because
of their good works, but because they believed in Jesus for eternal
life.
First, just as the
sheep of God should
live for Jesus during the tribulation period, we as the
sheep of God in this age, should
live for Jesus as well.
I know it is hard after a
life of being in a society
of sheep it is hard to understand like SOCIETY.